Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Overseas institutional investors reduced their holdings of Chinese government bonds in March, official data showed.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka will appoint advisors to help with its debt restructuring in the next 20 days, Finance Minister Ali Sabry has said.
Hanoi [Vietnam], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 8,813 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down by 1,553 from Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health.
Male [Maldives], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia's flag carrier Aeroflot is to resume flights to the Maldives from May 13, the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority announced on Sunday.
Paris [France], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The 2022 French presidential runoff kicked off at 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday in Metropolitan France between incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and candidate Marine Le Pen.
Abuja [Nigeria], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Three police officers were killed early Saturday when unidentified shooters attacked a police station in central Nigeria, police authorities said.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 5,624 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the total tally to 4,427,067.
Aden [Yemen], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior commander of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch was killed Saturday in a shootout with local security forces in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout, a security official told Xinhua.
Abuja [Nigeria], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said on Saturday.
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Pharmacy Council of Tanzania has launched a nationwide crackdown on unregistered pharmacies as 23 of them were closed on Friday in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Saturday.
Hanoi [Vietnam], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 10,365 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down 795 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health.
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): A positive case of Ebola virus disease has been reported in Wangata Health Zone of the Equateur province, located in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confirmed Saturday DRC's Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani.