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Chinese firms hold charity banquets for Egyptian Muslims in Ramadan

by Mahmoud Fouly, Zheng Yihan CAIRO, July 1 (NsNewsWire) — “We really appreciate the Chinese companies for this kind gesture. I tell all the Chinese people thank you and happy Ramadan for you and for the whole world,” said Mohamed, an Egyptian man in his early 40’s after having a fast-breaking meal (iftar) among hundreds […]

CPC’s governing capacity win worldwide praise

BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) — On the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), foreign experts and scholars spoke highly of the party’s governing capacity and efforts in the fight against corruption. Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab al-Saket, a former Arab League ambassador to China, said the CPC’s glorious achievements […]

Xi to attend BRICS, SCO summit next week

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 7th BRICS summit and 15th SCO summit to be held in Ufa of Russia next week. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced Monday that Xi will attend the 7th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit on July 8-9 and the […]

Will Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina vote in Karnataka civic polls?

Bengaluru, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Believe it or not but it looks like Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might vote in the upcoming civic polls in Bengaluru. If a voter ID card found in Karnataka is to be believed, Hasina is a resident of Bengaluru’s Thanisandra area. The card clearly shows her picture and names […]

Giving a voice to women local government representatives

DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — To foster empowerment and leadership skills of elected women representatives in rural local government, UNICEF and the National Institute of Local Government (NILG) has initiated a training programme for the elected women representatives of Union Parishads (UPs) and Upazila Parishads (UZPs) in 20 selected districts. According to a Unicef media […]

Bangladesh hopes to send 500,000 workers to M’sia

DHAKA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh expects to recruit 500,000 workers over the next six months to work in Malaysia under a new recruitment agreement hammered out by the two countries on Wednesday. The workers would be offered a three-year contract with the option to extend it by another year, reports www.freemalaysiatoday.com. The new agreement […]

Zombie chicken feet strike fear into Chinese snackers

CHANGSHA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese people generally love munching on chicken feet — fengzhao, as they are known — but Beijing-based editor Han Jing recently found the delicacy a little bit nauseating. Han had been a huge fan of the tasty snack until chicken feet became the center of a food scare. In China’s […]

Vietnam to host 25th APEC Summit in 2017

HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) — Vietnam will host the 25th Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit and related activities in 2017, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Wednesday on its website. Speaking during an international seminar on APEC organization held in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh […]

Chinese biologists find duckweed to tackle water pollution

CHENGDU, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Biologists have found a strain of duckweed that can effectively purify polluted water and transform nitric oxide into biological fertilizer, a researcher told Xinhua on Wednesday. A research team lead by Zhao Hai, with the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified the duckweed species from […]