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ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s Health Minister Lia Tadesse praised China’s support for Ethiopia’s fight against COVID-19 and said its vaccines will further contribute to the African country’s vaccination campaign.
“The Chinese government has been carrying out various types of anti-COVID-19 support to the Ethiopian government ranging from sending medical supplies to sending a Chinese medical team,” Tadesse told Xinhua recently at a ceremony to receive a batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 from China. vaccines.
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ULAN BATOR – Desertification related to climate change is the main factor behind the increase in the frequency of yellow dust storms in Mongolia in recent years, said a senior official from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
“Mongolia has a severe continental climate and is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. The frequency of climate-related natural disasters, such as yellow dust storms, has been increasing in our country,” said Altangerel Enkhbat, director. of the weather. change of department in the ministry, he told Xinhua in a recent interview.
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UNITED NATIONS – Africa and China have an “unprecedented” opportunity for collaboration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the AfCFTA chief told Xinhua.
Calling China “a strong partner for Africa,” AfCFTA Secretariat General Secretary Wamkele Mene said China has provided Africa with “significant development and investment support” over the past decade.
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LOS ANGELES – A shooting occurred Wednesday night in the city of Orange, 55 kilometers southeast of downtown Los Angeles, leaving at least four people dead and two others injured, a local NBC news affiliate reported.
The Orange Police Department was quoted as saying they responded to reports of a shooting around 5:30 pm local time (0030 GMT) and later found “multiple victims at the scene, including deaths” where shooting was taking place.
“The situation has stabilized and there is no threat to the public. More details to follow,” read on Twitter.
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WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden unveiled a $ 2 trillion infrastructure investment plan on Wednesday, touting it as a “once in a generation” investment in the country.
“What I propose is a one-time capital investment of approximately $ 2 trillion in America’s future, largely spread over eight years,” Biden said in a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he kicked off his presidential campaign in 2019.
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GENEVA – The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Wednesday that world trade was poised for a strong but uneven recovery, forecasting an 8 percent rise in world merchandise trade this year.
Prospects for a rapid recovery in world trade have improved as merchandise trade expanded faster than expected in the second half of last year, the WTO said in a statement.
“The volume of world merchandise trade is expected to rise 8 percent in 2021 after falling 5.3 percent in 2020, a smaller decline than previously estimated,” the WTO said. Final product
