THE Department of Agriculture and Food in Ireland and the Ministry of Agriculture in China have signed a document on agricultural co-operation.

Chinese deputy premier Zeng Peiyan will meet the President, the Taoiseach and the Tanaiste during a three-day visit to Ireland this week.

THE vice-premier of China is set to visit Cork next week and ties between the city and Shanghai are to be further strengthened next month.

U2 front man and activist Bono was today poised to unveil his latest effort to combat the spread of Aids in Africa while Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was to give a speech about the war on terror.