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HK business leaders: Occupy Movement damages economy, social order

HONG KONG, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Several Hong Kong business leaders have criticized the month-long Occupy Central Movement, saying the illegal movement has disrupted Hong Kong’s social order and would cause long-term damage to the business environment of the Asian financial center. Cheng Kar-shun, chairman of the New World Development and a Standing Committee member […]

Ebola Death Toll Nears 5,000 as Virus Advances

The Ebola epidemic’s death toll has climbed to at least 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries, the World Health Organization reported Saturday. The count reflected data through Thursday, WHO said. One of the virus’ most recent victims was a 2-year-old Mali girl who died Friday after returning from a trip to neighboring […]

China’s ruling party discipline inspectors echo rule of law, support legal reform

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Discipline inspectors for China’s ruling party on Saturday threw their weight behind legal reform and promised to implement the latest plans in their fight against corruption. The fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC)discussed how to best put […]

India’s Modi unusually approaches media after assuming office

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday formally reached out to the media, his first such interaction since assuming office after general elections in May this year. Modi lauded the media for its role in furthering his ambitious “Clean India Campaign”, which he launched early this month, reports Xinhua. “You have turned your pen into a […]

Burdwan Blast Accused Members of Bangladesh Terror Group: National Investigation Agency

BURDWAN: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that all four persons arrested in connection with the blast in West Bengal’s Burdwan on October 2 are members of the terror group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The agency also said that the accused were preparing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for transporting them to Bangladesh for possible terror […]

China’s pursuit of rule of law wins world recognition

The latest gravity assigned by the Communist Party of China (CPC) to advance the rule of law in China in an all-round manner has been hailed by political and academic figures in the West. “I am glad that China is giving prominence to the discussion of the rule of law,” said Charles Powell, former private […]

IS captures Kurds-bound weapons in Syria’s Ayn al-Arab: activists

The Islamic State (IS) militants captured one of the weapons shipments airdropped by the United States to the Kurdish fighters of the People Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Ayn al-Arab in northern Syria, a monitoring group said Tuesday. Two weapons shipments airdropped by the U.S. fighters landed at areas under the IS control […]

China’s GDP expands 7.3 pct in Q3

BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — China’s economy expanded at a slower pace in the third quarter of this year, but still remained within the “reasonable range” set by policymakers, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.3 percent from a year ago in the third quarter, compared with […]

Case filed in Bangladesh against broadcast of Indian TV channels

Bangladesh’s High Court today sought an explanation from the government regarding the transmission of three Indian TV channels on a writ seeking a ban on their broadcast in the country. A two-member bench of the High Court asked the information secretary, the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the police chief, the director general […]