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BELGRADE - On January 11, Air Serbia will launch direct flights between Belgrade and Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong Airport - PVG), the national airline announced on Tuesday.

In a statement, Air Serbia said it would operate flights on the route twice a week during the upcoming winter season.

China said on Tuesday it was "fully confident" of hitting its growth target this year but held off more stimulus, disappointing markets and fueling concern about a lack of detail on a raft of measures unveiled last month.

Kazakhstan has approved a plan to build its first nuclear power station in a referendum, overcoming lingering resentment over massive radiation exposure from Soviet-era nuclear tests.

The Central Asian country is the world's largest producer of uranium and has massive oil reserves but it suffers from chronic energy shortages.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening a comprehensive agreement on a Serbia-UAE economic partnership he had signed with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the weekend was enormously important for Serbia and its people.

A year after the slaughter of October 7, a month before the US elections, the world is near the point of no return. Humanity was already having to deal with the economic fallout of the pandemic when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

Columbia University announced the launch of a Global Center in Athens in November 2022.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un that Beijing hoped to "deepen friendly... cooperation" with Pyongyang, as the two leaders exchanged messages to mark a major diplomatic anniversary.

The Environmental Impact Assessment process has been initiated for the factory to be built by Chinese carmaker BYD in the western province of Manisa.

In July, BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle producer, signed an agreement with the Turkish Industry and Technology Ministry to set up a factory and make R&D investments in Türkiye worth $1 billion.

A recent report from consulting firm Arthur D. Little highlights a trend where wealthy individuals in urban areas are increasingly abandoning their cars, even as the global demand for car usage remains high, posing challenges for the automotive industry, according to Euronews.

When Israel’s war against Hamas began a year ago, concern about the economic impact it could have on the wider global economy focused on the price of oil.