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Queen’s Baton makes first appearance on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The Queen’s Baton has made its first public appearance on the Gold Coast today, featuring as part of the Magic Millions Barrier Draw at Surfers Paradise Foreshore. Batonbearer Hugh Bowman, recently named as the Longines World’s Best Jockey, held the Queen’s Baton with pride as he rode down the […]

Row over Trump’s mental health divides US

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/7 22:33:39 In his new book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, Michael Wolff portrays US President Donald Trump as a person with mental health issues. Quoting people like former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, the book shows Trump as impatient, unable to grasp policy, prone to rambling and […]

First look at GC2018 athletics track

Gold Coast, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — World champion hurdler Sally Pearson and decathlete Cedric Dubler got their first look at the newly laid athletics track at Carrara Stadium with only three months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Pearson is gunning for a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the […]

Opening new air routes no threat to Taiwan

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/5 22:08:39 The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) announced on Thursday that it is opening four routes over the Taiwan Straits, including the south-to-north M503 route and three connecting regional routes. The mainland’s regular arrangement for civil aviation routes has prompted strong reactions from the Taiwan authorities. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council […]

Foreign talent to China visa procedures to further simplify the realization of the four “most”

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5 (Reporter Yan Zimin) In response to the personnel visa system recently promulgated by China, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said on the 5th that the Chinese embassy and consulate in China has further simplified the use of domestic personnel from January 1, 2018 Talents recognized by competent personnel to […]

Washington casts aside Pakistan as purpose served

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/2 23:23:40 In his first tweet of 2018, US President Donald Trump opened fire on Pakistan. He wrote, “the United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as […]

385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day

Dhaka, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Approximately 8,370 babies will be born in Bangladesh on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.17 per cent of the estimated 385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day. Kiribati’s Christmas Island, a small island in the Pacific, will most likely […]

New York City apartment fire kills 12, injures several others

Reuters, New York Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire that swept through several floors of an apartment building in the New York City borough of the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The blaze started on the first floor of the brick building and […]

Xi steers Chinese economy toward high-quality development

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (NsNewsWire) — The world’s second-largest economy is setting sail toward a new phase of development with Xi Jinping at the helm, reports Xinhua. The Chinese economy will focus on quality, a shift from the rapid growth the country has been known for over the past decades since the reform and opening up […]