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BEIJING: China’s retail sales of consumer goods went up 2.7% year-on-year to nearly 3.78 trillion yuan (about US$528.82 billion) in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.

The growth rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than tha…

Doha: Gold prices in the Qatari market rose by 0.88 percent during the current week, reaching USD 2,452.93000 per ounce, according to the data issued by Qatar National Bank (QNB).

The data showed that the price of an ounce of gold rose from USD 2,431…

Newly released GDP figures show Japan’s economy expanded for the first time in two quarters in the three months through June.

The Cabinet Office said on Thursday that preliminary data shows gross domestic product grew by an annualized 3.1 percent in …

The United Kingdom’s (UK) economy grew by 0.6 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, after the recession recorded in the second half of 2023.

UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday that the level of gross domestic product (GD…

Doha: August 14 – The second edition of Qatar Toy Festival 2024 was wrapped up, today, following 32 days of recreational activities and live shows that were purposefully tailored for all families’ tastes.

This year’s editions broke the record, in ter…

South Korea’s car exports fell 9.1 percent last month from a year earlier due to a high base effect, data showed Thursday.

The combined value of car shipments came to US$5.4 billion in July, down from $5.9 billion won in the same month last year, acc…

DUBAI: Dubai Chambers has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank of China – Dubai Branch – to develop collaboration and enhance cooperation between the business communities in Dubai and China.

The signing of the agreement coincides with…

The inflation rate in Saudi Arabia stabilized at 1.5 percent during July 2024 compared to the last five months of this year and equal to the previous month of June as it reached 1.5 percent, thus maintaining its relative stability.

The Consumer Price…