Vancouver meet may achieve little in addressing North Korea nuclear crisis

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/15 23:03:39 The US and Canada are bringing together foreign ministers from around 20 nations on Tuesday in Vancouver to discuss security and stability on the Korean Peninsula. It’s strange that many of the countries invited are not stakeholders in the situation, but those who participated under UN Command during the Korean […]

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Masse spearheading Canadian assault on GC2018 pool

Cold Coast, Jan. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Canadian swimming looks once again to be in rude health with all eyes on a record haul at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The 26-strong squad of swimmers includes 16 women and 10 athletes under the age of 20 and – after out-shining their male teammates comprehensively at […]

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French salmonella baby milk scandal ‘affects 83 countries’

More than 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk have now been recalled in 83 countries in a salmonella scandal involving French company Lactalis, reports BBC. The dairy firm’s CEO, Emmanuel Besnier, confirmed the extent of the contamination risk to French media. The products have been subject to a recall since December, after salmonella bacteria […]

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AIIB, ADB to co-finance more projects this year: ADB president

MANILA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said on Friday that ADB and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are exploring to co-finance several development projects this year. “We have been cooperating well,” Nakao told Xinhua at the ADB headquarters in Manila. Nakao said he met with AIIB officials […]

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Coercion won’t help US balance trade

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/14 23:13:40 At the start of the new year, Chinese companies have been oppressed by the US on several occasions. Alibaba Group’s Taobao, China’s largest e-commerce platform, was blacklisted by the US Trade Representative on Friday for the second consecutive year over sales of suspected counterfeits. Earlier this month the US rejected […]

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Ford plans $11 billion investment, 40 electrified vehicles by 2022

Ford Motor Co (F.N) will significantly increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022 and have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its model lineup, Chairman Bill Ford said on Sunday at the Detroit auto show, reports Reuters. The investment figure is sharply higher than a previously announced target of […]

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Nearly half a million children being vaccinated against diphtheria in Cox’s Bazar

DHAKA, Jan. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 14 January 2018 – As part of an intensified response to the current diphtheria outbreak, WHO, UNICEF and health sector partners are working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to vaccinate more than 475,000 children in Rohingya refugee camps, temporary settlements and surrounding areas. […]

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Japanese lifestyle brand MINISO opens its 1st flagship store at Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Well-renowned Japanese lifestyle brand MINISO is now in Bangladesh. MINISO opens its first flagship store in Banani-11, Dhaka at South Breeze Center, House # 5 (GF), Block # G, Road No 11, Banani, Dhaka -1213. On the day of the event, Mr. MIYAKE JUNYA, MINISO Global Co-founder & Chief Designer […]

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11 kg gold bars seized at Bangladesh’s airport, Japanese arrested

DHAKA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Customs officials at Bangladesh’s main airport in Dhaka seized gold bars weighing about 11 kg, from a Japanese national who arrived here by a local Regent Airways flight from Singapore, an official said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, Saidul Islam, a senior customs official, told journalists that they detained the […]

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