RIGA， March 8 (Xinhua) -- Latvia has recorded its highest annual inflation rate since 2012 as consumer prices in February climbed 3.3 percent against the same period last year， but the Finance Ministry expects inflation to stay below 3.0 percent in the coming months.
Commenting on Latvia's latest inflation data released on Wednesday by the national statistics office， the ministry said that the steep rise of inflation last month was caused primarily by climbing prices of food and transport-related goods and services.
"In the following months， inflation is not expected to rise above the 3.0 percent mark，" the ministry said.
Ministry representatives noted that in February food prices went up 6.1 percent with price hikes recorded in all food product categories.
"Food prices have been seen rising also in the world's markets. The data of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that the FAO food price index continued to climb in February， showing a 17.2 percent annual increase. Still， the average price level of food commodities in the world's markets is lower than in 2014 when prices started to drop sharply，" the ministry said.
As a result， food commodities might rise in price in Latvia as well， benefiting Latvia's farmers. However， Latvian food prices have already reached a record high and a further rise in prices will be limited by purchasing power， finance ministry representatives said.
Slipping energy prices ensured very low inflation in Latvia last year， but this year rising oil prices have been pushing fuel prices up.
In February， fuel prices in the country jumped 18.8 percent year-on-year. The Finance Ministry， however， expected this rise in fuel prices to subside in mid-2017 if the oil price remained at its current level.
The effect of other goods and services prices on Latvia's annual inflation in February was not so strong， although housing-related expenses increased by 1.7 percent and telecommunications became 6.2 percent more costly.
According to the statistics office's data， Latvian consumer prices moved up 0.4 percent month-on-month in February. Enditem
NAIROBI， Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's top judiciary body on Thursday nominated Court of Appeal judge， Justice David Maraga， as the country's next chief justice to replace Willy Mutunga who retired in June.
The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC)， which has finalized the process of evaluation of the various candidates interviewed for the position， said it has submitted Maraga's name to the president for formal appointment.
"The JSC has after lengthy deliberations recommended Justice Maraga for appointment as chief justice， and has submitted the name to the president，" JCS chairperson Margaret Kobia said in a statement issued in Nairobi.
The 64-year-old Maraga was the third applicant to face the vetting JSC panel during the chief justice interviews.
Maraga told the panel that he would fast-track the implementation of the Legal Aid Act to ensure that justice is accessible to all.
He also said that he would strive to restore public confidence in the judiciary by hiring investigators to look into complaints against judges and magistrates.
Before being appointed a judge， Maraga was in active private practice for 25 years covering criminal and civil litigations as well as conveyance. In October 2003， he was appointed a judge of the High Court and later a Court of Appeal judge in 2011.
Zhang Xiaolan holds her patent at her family's home in Xinyang Starlin Castro Jersey , Henan province, September 24, 2017.
Zhang Xiaolan, an 18-year-old girl from a village in Henan Province has invented a system which automatically switches a vehicle's lights between high and low beams, which she's now been able to patent.
Coming from an underdeveloped rural area of Henan, Zhang Xiaolan's family doesn't even own a car.
"My dad has poor eyesight due to an industrial accident, so it's unsafe for him to walk at night," Zhang Xiaolan explained, "He gets blurred vision when a car's lights are on high beam."
Out of her concern about her father's safety, Zhang decided to improve the way car headlights work, beginning her project during her second year in high school.
"Convex lenses, light screens and photoreceptive circuits are used to judge the brightness of a car's headlights," said Zhang Xiaolan. "Two cars equipped with this device are able to switch automatically from high beam to low beam when they meet head-on."
The automatic auto high-low beam switcher Zhang Xiaolan invented gained a patent from the State Intellectual Property Bureau in August, 2016.
A manufacturer from Guangdong Province has already requested Zhang Xiaolan allow her product to be used in their vehicles.
Zhang Xiaolan is not resting on her one invention. She has enrolled in Jilin University.
"Given there are more opportunities at university, I'd like to make more inventions in the future," said Zhang.
by Justice Lee Adoboe
ACCRA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Ghana's economy began to show signs of recovery with higher petroleum production and better industry performance as the economy recorded a 9-percent growth in the second quarter, compared with 1.1 percent in the same quarter of 2016, according to figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Wednesday.
The value of the estimates based on current price was 45.35 billion Ghana cedis or 10.30 billion U.S. dollars relative to 38.06 billion cedis for the same period last year.
Ghana's total economy at the end of December 2016 was valued at 42 billion dollars as it had started emerging from a crippling energy crisis and a downturn in petroleum production.
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