China to be biggest 5G market with 460m users by 2025
China will become the world’s largest 5G market, with 460 million users of the next-generation superfast network by 2025, China daily reported on Thursday.
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India to tackle terrorism with Nigeria
WorldStage Newsonline– The India High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Abhah Thakur has said that his country would support Nigeria in tackling security challenges.
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107 killed in Indonesia’s flash floods, 93 still missing
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in the Papua Province of eastern Indonesia has exceeded 107 by Wednesday, an official and rescuers said.
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Japanese Govt. approves plan to legally prohibit parents from physically punishing children
The Japanese Government on Tuesday approved a plan to revise the child abuse prevention law and institute changes to legally prohibit parents and guardians from physically punishing children.
Read More Indonesia struggles to curb forest fire as haze chokes over 1,700 residents
Indonesia has engaged aircraft, troops and volunteers to curb the fire that has razed forest and plantation areas in several regencies in Sumatra’s Riau province, a local official said on Tuesday.
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Life expectancy now 82.2 years in Beijing
The average life expectancy of Beijing residents reached 82.2 years in 2018, higher than the 2017 figure of 82.15 years, according to Beijing Municipal Health Commission on Thursday.
Read More China lifts 13.86m out of poverty in rural areas in 2018
China lifted 13.86 million people in rural areas out of poverty in 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said.
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South Korea ready to partner with Africa on technology
In partnership with the African Development Bank, Korea is ready to step up technology transfers to Africa, officials said in Seoul today.
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Nigeria joins China’s infrastructure initiative to connect over 65 countries globally
WorldStageNewsonline– The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, has confirmed that the country has formally joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) seeking to connect more than 65 countries globally, through infrastructure, with participation of more than 70 countries from Asia, Africa and Europe.
Read More China to set lower GDP growth target of 6-6.5% in 2019
China plans to set a lower economic growth target of between 6 and 6.5 per cent in 2019, compared with last year’s target of “around” 6.5 per cent, policy sources told Reuters.
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