CHINESE President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for the nation to remain confident in the coming year, saying the world’s second largest economy can overcome its challenges and pressure through hard work.
Xi made the remarks in his New Year message for 2025 delivered through China Media Group and the internet.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for making 2025 “a new beginning” in his message for the New Year.
“Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to find. Wars are causing enormous pain, suffering and displacement. Inequalities and divisions are rife — fuelling tensions and mistrust,” Guterres said.
He said that the globe has just endured a decade of deadly heat and the top ten 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last 10 years, including 2024.
THE world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine.
It is all but certain that 2024 will go down as the hottest year on record, with climate-fuelled disasters wreaking havoc from the plains of Europe to the Kathmandu Valley.
Sydney — the self-proclaimed “New Year’s capital of the world” — sprayed nine tonnes of fireworks from its famed Opera House and Harbour Bridge at midnight local time (1300 GMT).
MIZUHO Bank said Tuesday that its systems experienced connection disruptions from around 7 am, affecting online transactions for individuals and corporations, but it stressed there are no other issues detected such as a loss of customer data. One of Japan’s three megabanks suggested it may have been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS attack, in which networks are overwhelmed by data from multiple sources over a short period. The bank said internet transactions were functioning again by approximately 10 am.
US carmaker Tesla’s megafactory in Shanghai has kicked off trial production seven months after its construction started, according to Tesla China on Tuesday.
The company told Xinhua Tuesday that the factory is dedicated to manufacturing Tesla’s energy-storage batteries, Megapack, whose mass production is expected to fully start in the first quarter of 2025.
A total of 633 container vessels docked at the Yangon Port in 2024, the Myanma Port Authority announced.
The arrival of the contain er vessels rose in 2024 compared to 629 vessels in 2023.
Myanma Port Authority stated that 49 vessels in January, 53 in February, 55 in March, 50 in April, 52 in May, 50 each in June, July and August, 55 in September, 52 in October, 57 in November and 60 in December 2024 arrived at Yangon Port.
AT 11:45 pm on 29 December, PDF terrorists set fire to a two-storey teaching hall measuring 108 feet in length, 33 feet in width, and 22 feet in height at a basic education high school in Zarhaw village, Gangaw Township, Sagaing Region.
In a separate incident, PDF terrorists launched a drone attack on Sargon village in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, dropping bombs that tragically killed a woman and injured eight other women and five men. The injured were transported to the People’s Hospital in Kanbalu Township for medical treatment.
ACCORDING to the Ministry of Energy, domestically produced petrol will be available at State owned petrol stations nationwide commencing January 2025.
From 4 January 2025, local product of petrol will initially be sold at one State-owned fuel station in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area and two stations in Mandalay Region. Additionally, plans are underway to begin distributing and selling locally produced petrol at one State-owned filling station in Bago Region and an other in Shan State beginning in January.
On this occasion of the New Year 2025, I would like to extend my warmest greetings to all national brethren residing within Myanmar. May you all be blessed with good health, peace of mind, and the fulfilment of your aspirations.
REPORTS of security forces detaining over 250 innocent people and destroying shelters and motorbikes in Budalin Township, Sagaing Region, have been categorically denied by authorities, who label them as false.
A security official described these allegations, circulated by certain media outlets, as unfounded and fabricated. The official stated that security forces are conducting standard security operations in the region and have not been involved in any acts of arson or destruction of civilian properties.