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New observer Uruguay participated for the first time in the Committee as its most recent observer.

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Beijing, China, Aug. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the summer, scorching heat waves often send temperatures soaring beyond 45 C along the dry banks of the Jhelum River in Pakistan.

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Dubai, August 13, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), announces that it has completed the sale of its 50.1% indirect stake in Sky Mobile LLC, operating under the Beeline brand in Kyrgyzstan, to Open Joint Stock...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SQRIL, the leading scan-to-pay QR code API for crypto apps and neobanks which is already in eleven countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America, announces its entrance into Central...

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The TFA - aimed at expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit - is the first WTO agreement in which developing and least-developed country (LDC) members determined their own implementation schedules in...

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(MENAFN) Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe were voted onto the UN Security Council Wednesday as non-permanent members, securing two-year terms in the world's most powerful multilateral body.

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The Council for Trade in Services elected its new Chair, Ambassador Audrey Goosen of the Netherlands.

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PANAMA CITY, June 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- May 2026 proved to be a consequential month for the global cryptocurrency industry, marked by both market stress and renewed momentum.

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(MENAFN) The European Union has put forward a new sanctions package against Russia that includes entities connected to India, a move that could complicate the approval process of a recently established trade agreement between the EU and India.

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(MENAFN) The European Union’s newest proposed sanctions package against Russia includes several entities based in India, a move that could complicate efforts to finalize a major trade agreement between Brussels and New Delhi.

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Keynote speech by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Asian Monetary Policy Forum Singapore, 22 May 2026 Introduction It is an honour to be invited to contribute to the Asian Monetary Policy Forum.

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(MENAFN) The European Union’s latest proposed sanctions package against Russia includes entities linked to India, a move that could complicate the ratification of a trade agreement recently signed between the EU and New Delhi, according to...

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(MENAFN) The European Union has reportedly included entities based in India in its latest proposed sanctions package against Russia, a development that could complicate ongoing efforts to finalize a trade agreement between Brussels and New Delhi....

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(MENAFN) World leaders have begun offering their condolences to China after a devastating gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern Shanxi province on Friday, claiming at least 82 lives.

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Chengdu, China, June 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China is embracing more collaborative approach in developing its used car export industry.

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(MENAFN) Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is expected to arrive in Iran on Saturday for discussions aimed at advancing Islamabad's mediation efforts between the United States and Iran, according to reports.

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Beijing, CHINA, May 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, a steel grab the size of a small room swings slowly over a pit, clamps shut and lifts a dripping load of household trash into the air. Moments later, the...

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(MENAFN) Russia has recalled its ambassador to Armenia, Sergey Kopyrkin, for consultations in Moscow over Yerevan's accelerating shift toward the European Union — a move the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday is actively undermining...

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(MENAFN) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pushed back Monday against mounting regional pressure to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and pursuing EU membership, calling such a vote premature...

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Information session on trade facilitation and rules of origin An information session held on 12 May explored the intersection between trade facilitation and rules of origin.