Day: September 16, 2024

Canada’s manufacturing sales rise 1.4% in July

ISTANBUL: Canada’s manufacturing sales rose 1.4% to $71 billion in July, according to figures released Monday by the country’s statistical agency.

The market expectation for the figure was to show an increase of 0.7%.

The figure for June, meanwhile,…

North Korean foreign minister leaves for official visit to Russia

ISTANBUL: North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has left for an official visit to Russia, where she will attend multiple international events, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang said on Monday.?

A statement by the embassy said on Telegram that Ru…

New York manufacturing activity rises for 1st time since November

ISTANBUL: Manufacturing activity in New York state rose in September for the first time since last November, according to a report released Monday

The Empire State Manufacturing Index, which measures the level of general business conditions in the st…

Typhoon Bebinca slams Shanghai, displacing over 400,000 residents

ISTANBUL: Life in parts of China was severely disrupted Monday as Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai, state media reported.

The storm could be the most powerful to hit the financial hub in 75 years, prompting local authorities to issue a Level…

Mpox cases climb to 18 in Philippines

ISTANBUL: The number of mpox cases climbed to 18 in the Philippines, the Southeast Asian nation’s health chief said on Monday.

Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said five of the 18 infected patients ‘have recovered and released from isolation.’

The 1…

Endangered one-horned rhino baby born in Japan, 1st in 50 years

ISTANBUL: Tama Zoological Park in western Tokyo has announced the birth of an endangered Indian rhinoceros, marking the first such birth at the facility in half a century.

The one-horned rhinoceros, born in early September, is reported to be healthy …

Mexico’s 214th independence anniversary celebrated in Istanbul

ISTANBUL: A reception was held Sunday in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul to celebrate the 214th anniversary of Mexico’s independence.

Hosted by Mexico’s Consul General in Istanbul, Maria Isabel Arvide, the event took place at a hotel and was atten…