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Training on ‘how to export to China through e-commerce’ held at DCCI

DHAKA, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and International Trade Centre (ITC UNCTAD/WTO) jointly organized a 2-day training on “how to export to China through e-commerce” at DCCI on 17 July 2017. Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Embassy of China in Bangladesh Li Guangjun was present and inaugurated the training […]

China to air political documentary on reform

BEIJING, July 17 (NsNewsWire) — A political documentary on China’s ongoing reform will be aired starting Monday on China Central Television, the state broadcaster, reports Xinhua. The ten-episode documentary, “Jiang Gaige Jinxing Daodi,” or carrying the reform through to the end, summarizes the progress and achievements of the overall reform initiated after the 18th National […]

SKorea seeks rare talks with North to ease military tensions

South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, reports AFP. The offer of talks, the first since South Korea elected dovish President Moon Jae-In, came as the Red Cross in Seoul proposed a separate meeting to discuss reunions […]

Thousands of Turks seek political asylum in Germany amid domestic turmoil

BERLIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — More than 3,000 Turkish citizens, including 209 diplomats and 205 state employees, have applied for asylum in Germany in the first half of this year, the Funke media group reported on Friday citing information obtained from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). However, the most recent month […]

Joint naval drill of 8 NATO members kicks off in Bulgaria’s Black Sea zone

SOFIA, July 14 (Xinhua) — A joint naval exercise of eight NATO members began on Friday in Bulgaria’s Black Sea zone, officials said. The joint naval exercise Breeze involved 20 ships, one submarine, four airplanes, two helicopters and 1,700 troops from the eight NATO countries The Royal Navy’s air defense destroyer HMS Duncan, Turkish frigate […]

Russia ready to expel U.S. diplomats if no deal struck on Monday: Russian FM

MOSCOW, July 14 (Xinhua) — Russia is ready to expel a number of U.S. diplomats and seize two U.S. properties here in a tit-for-tat response if no deal is reached at a meeting of senior diplomats of the two sides in Washington on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. “You know there was a […]

France’s Macron honors U.S. forces in Bastille day celebration

PARIS, July 14 (Xinhua) — Emmanuel Macron, France’s youngest president in modern history, on Friday celebrated his first-ever Bastille Day, or French National Day, with the usual pomp, military parade and flight show, commemorating the centenary of the United States entering World War I. Alongside his guest of honor U.S. President Donald Trump, Macron presided […]

Upcoming UN climate change summit in Bonn “most important” since Paris climate: official

BERLIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — The German government is placing high hopes in the UN global climate conference to be held in Bonn later this year, describing the event as the “most important climate conference since Paris” on Friday. Jochen Flasbarth, German secretary of state for the environment, said that the United States’ decision to […]

Love for music features another face of militancy-plagued Afghanistan

BAMYAN, Afghanistan, July 13 (Xinhua) — Many people outside Afghanistan may think that the militancy-plagued country is the breeding center of extremism and terrorist groups that export mercenaries to destabilize the globe but reality on the ground is different from whatever portrayed by militant groups. The insurgency-hit Afghanistan is a peace-loving country and the war-weary […]