By Ralph Jennings The United States declared on Tuesday that it would compete with China and its “harmful” trade practices this year through domestic post-pandemic recovery and stronger ties with allies.“We are clear-eyed about China’s doubling down on its harmful trade and economic abuses,” the report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), […]
By Agence France-Presse Two Chinese miners who were kidnapped in jihadist-torn Niger almost nine months ago have been released in neighbouring Burkina Faso, sources said on Tuesday.“The two Chinese hostages were released in Burkina Faso in February,” a Nigerien security source told Agence France-Presse, giving no further details.China’s ambassador in Niamey, Jiang Feng, speaking on […]
By Reuters Lina, a 27-year-old Lebanese woman, started skipping her contraceptive pills a year ago as their price soared beyond her reach. Today, she is five months into an unplanned pregnancy and anxious about the future.As Lebanon’s economic crisis makes birth control, condoms and screening tests too expensive for many young adults, doctors have warned […]