OTTAWA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- BlackBerry announced on Thursday that it has entered a long-term licensing agreement with TCL, which allows the Chinese electronics company to make and sell BlackBerry-branded mobile devices globally.
Under the agreement, the hardware made by TCL will be coupled with BlackBerry's security software and service suite, according to the Canadian company.
"TCL Communication is the natural choice to license BlackBerry's software and brand on a global scale," said Ralph Pini, chief operating officer of BlackBerry, hailing the Chinese company's vast global reach and consumer access.
After years of trying to turn its smartphone business around, BlackBerry has largely ceded the global market to its rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
The company announced in September the decision to outsource its smartphone business. The new agreement allows TCL to design, make, sell and support BlackBerry-branded smartphones in all countries except India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
A deal signed in September between BlackBerry and Indonesia's BB Merah Putih gave the latter the rights to manufacture and sell the devices in the Southeast Asian country, which is BlackBerry's largest handset market.
Founded in 1981, TCL began as a manufacturer and seller of telephones and related equipment, but its business expanded into other areas in the 1990s. Today, the TCL employs more than 75,000 people in 80 countries.
PYONGYANG nike air max 97 pas cher , Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued on Sunday a strong-worded statement condemning the latest UN resolution to impose more sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, calling it "an act of war."
A spokesperson for the DPRK's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the United States of getting more "frenzied" in imposing the harshest ever sanctions.
A stern-faced broadcaster of Korean Central Television read the statement which condemned UN Security Council Resolution 2397 adopted unanimously Friday to restrict oil export to the country and demand repatriation of all DPRK citizens working abroad.
"We define this 'sanctions resolution' rigged up by the U.S. and its followers as a grave infringement upon the sovereignty of our Republic, as an act of war violating peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the region and categorically reject the 'resolution' nike air max 95 pas cher homme ," said the statement.
It reiterated the DPRK's nuclear weapons are intended for self-defensive deterrence in order "to put an end to the hostile policy and nuclear threats and blackmail of the U.S."
The new punitive measures included in the UN resolution will significantly cut short refined petroleum exports to Pyongyang, put a lid on its crude oil imports, ask UN member states to repatriate DPRK nationals earning incomes abroad nike air max 95 pas cher , and crack down on ships illegally transferring oil to or smuggling banned items from the country.
Wu Haitao, charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the United Nations, said Friday's resolution reflects the unanimous position of the international community in opposing the DPRK's development of nuclear weapon and ballistic missile capabilities and in maintaining the international non-proliferation regime.
BEIJING nike air vapormax flyknit pas cher , Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) announced Tuesday that its board of governors had approved the Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Belarus and Ecuador to join the Bank.
The addition brings AIIB's total approved membership to 84.
"The steady expansion of our membership represents a vote of confidence in AIIB by the international community nike vapormax pas cher homme ," said AIIB President Jin Liqun.
The four prospective members will officially join AIIB once they complete the required domestic processes and deposit the first installment of capital with the Bank. The shares allocated to the new prospective members come from AIIB's existing pool of unallocated shares.
Since its launch in January 2016, AIIB's approved membership has risen from 57 to 84, expanding reach within Asia and across the world.
"As we start our third year of operations nike vapormax pas cher , we look forward to further expanding our membership and strengthening our role in the international financial community," said Sir Danny Alexander, AIIB vice president and corporate secretary.
Headquartered in Beijing nike air max 2017 pas cher homme , the AIIB is a multilateral development bank focused on infrastructure investment, with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.
Earlier this month, the AIIB approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar loan for a natural gas project in China and a 335-million-U.S. dollar loan for an electric metro project in Bangalore nike air max 2017 pas cher , India.
SUVA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tonga's Minister for Internal Affairs Sosefo Fe'aomoeata Vakata has been fired for alleged misconduct, local newspaper Nuku'alofa Times reported on Friday.
Vakata lost his cabinet seat on Sept. 13 following a recommendation made by Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva to King Tupou VI, the Prime Minister's Office has confirmed.
King Tupou VI has accepted Pohiva's recommendation for Vakata's sacking pursuant to the constitution, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
The prime minister's call for Vakata to resign was based on a letter of complaint lodged with the Prime Minister's Office by Acting Deputy Director of the Women's Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Tupou'ahau Fakakovikaetau, who had alleged that Vakata swore at her and threw a wine glass at her face and wounded her upper lip in late July.
Fakakovikaetau was treated at a hospital, and a doctor's report was attached to her letter of complaint, according to the Nuku'alofa Times.