Zambia’s state-owned electricity company ZESCO said this week it had produced a surplus of energy for Zambia of about 1,156 MW, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported Friday.
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China Promises ‘Steady Progress’ to Stop Rural Banking Crisis
China’s banking and insurance regulator claimed Thursday it was making “steady progress” toward resolving an economic fiasco in which millions of dollars in deposits across rural branches of China’s central bank were frozen without explanation in April…
Man Confirmed to Be Thailand’s First Monkeypox Case Goes Missing
A 27-year-old Nigerian went missing from Phuket, Thailand, in recent days after health officials informed him that he tested positive for monkeypox, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported Friday, noting that the African’s infection marked Thailand’s first-ev…
Video: Japanese Soccer Players Ignore Nearby Volcanic Eruption
A soccer game in Japan continued uninterrupted last week while an active volcano visibly erupted nearby, Chile’s CHVNoticias website reported on Wednesday, noting that all athletes, officials, and spectators of the event participated in the game as if …
China Approves $458 Million Coal Project amid Power Crisis
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) said Thursday it approved a coal mine project worth 3.1 billion yuan ($458 million) in the country’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Reuters reported.
Report: China Deploys Tanks to Stop People from Withdrawing Their Money from Banks
China’s military allegedly deployed armored tanks to the streets of Henan province in recent days to block protesters from gathering outside local banks and demanding access to millions of dollars in deposits unceremoniously frozen in April, Asian News…
Report: Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri ‘Likely’ Under Taliban Protection
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the international jihadist terror organization Al-Qaeda, “is confirmed to be alive,” a United Nations report revealed on Tuesday.
Ecuador Prison Riot: Government Still Identifying Dismembered ‘Human Parts’
Ecuador’s government said on Tuesday that it was still trying to identify the dismembered “human parts” of an estimated 12 inmates killed during a prison riot in Santo Domingo city that day, Reuters reported.
Stranded Afghan Refugees Protest for U.S. Visas in Madagascar
Several Afghan refugees living in Madagascar staged a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, the African island nation’s capital, on Monday to protest what they described as stalled efforts by the embassy to process their refugee visa …
China: Officials Engaged in ‘Violent’ Break-ins While Trapping Residents in Quarantine Camps
Officials in charge of Liwan district in southern China’s Guangzhou city apologized Monday for “unlocking 84 houses of residents” who were under state-mandated Chinese coronavirus quarantine at the time, the Global Times reported, noting that officials…