Major cocaine busts in recent years have stoked fears that Costa Rica has become an important transit country for Colombian drugs heading toward Europe, worrying officials in one of Central America's most stable nations. The shipment of cocaine was transported in a conta...
Instead, the bar was well and truly raised, with new benchmarks set in the last eight and semi-finals. Then, surpassing all those turnouts, the 87,192 fans who attended the final established a new record for a women's international game in Europe, while also taking ...
She marked a new record for the Hong Kong Port as the first container ship with a TEU capacity of over 24,000 calling the city. With a gross tonnage of 235,341 tonnes, the ship is currently sailing under the flag of Hong Kong. She is deployed on the company’s Aisa-Europe Service...
China's southern city of Shenzhen launched its first Europe-bound freight train on Monday, becoming the 29th Chinese city to introduce rail service to Europe. First Islamic bank opens in Morocco after long-time rejection The first Islamic bank has opened in Morocco after a long time of rejectio...
Such numbers likely played into the calculus of Alibaba Group, Tencent’s biggest overall rival, in pulling back from esports. At the peak of its enthusiasm, Alibaba pledged to put RMB 1 billion (USD 140 million) into professional gaming, launched its own annual global tournament (the World ...
internationally oriented of China's state-owned banks, it's central in China's cross-border trade and investment activities, with a significant presence in major financial centers worldwide. The bank has actively supported China's Belt and Road Initiative, expanding its reach across Asia, Europe,...
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Those borrowers looking to remortgage this year on a longer-term fixed deal will find the average overall five-year fixed rate is much higher than it was back in May 2020, which was 2.35%. "As a flurry of lenders move to reduce their fixed mortgage rates, it could be a suitable time ...
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that at least 69 drones were destroyed that approached the city in several waves. Moscow and its surrounding region, with a population of at least 21 million, is one of the biggest metropolitan areas in Europe, alongside Istanbul. ...