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BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday that Taiwan would find itself in a dead end if it denies the 1992 Consensus that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China. Lu Kang made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked whether the establishment of diplomatic ties between […]
Read MoreBEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — Since the announcement of severing diplomatic ties with Qatar, Saudi-led group of Arab countries have continued imposing pressure on the Gulf country, though signs of tension-relaxing have emerged. Last Monday, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with some other countries cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) — A gunman opened fired at a baseball field near Washington early on Wednesday during a congressional baseball practice, injuring several people including House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise. According to local police, the gunman had been taken into custody and was “not a threat” any more. A congressional aide […]
Read MoreDHAKA, June 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad hosted an iftar-dinner at Hotel Serena in the Capital on Monday. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Tarik Ahsan went around different tables set for the guests, exchanged pleasantries with them and enquired about their well-being. In a welcome speech, the High Commissioner remarked that, while […]
Read MoreBANGKOK, June 13 (Xinhua) — Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirmed on Tuesday he will use Article 44 next week to accelerate the Thailand-China railway project. Speaking at Government House following a weekly cabinet meeting, Prayut said he will certainly use the Article 44 absolute power to solve legal snags involving the construction of an […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, June 13 (Xinhua) — Indonesian police have foiled an effort to ship hundreds of detonators in central parts of the country as the security authorities have been on alert over terrorist threat. National Police spokesman Inspector General Setyo Wasisto on Tuesday confirmed that the police have aborted an attempted shipment of 500 devices functioning […]
Read MoreLONDON, June 13 (Xinhua) — Business confidence in the United Kingdom dropped dramatically days ahead of Brexit talks on concerns about political and economic uncertainties after British Prime Minister Theresa May lost parliamentary majority, a survey showed on Monday. According to the Institute of Directors (IoD), a British business organization, 92 percent of its nearly […]
Read MorePARIS, June 11 (Xinhua) — French voters went to the polls on Sunday to pick the lower house’s 577 members in the first round of parliamentary elections. The election came a month after centrist Emmanuel Macro, 39, won the presidency of the eurozone’s second largest economy. Opinion polls forecast the Republic On The Move (LREM), […]
Read MoreANKARA, June 11 (Xinhua) — Turkey has criticized a plan by Iraq‘s autonomous Kurdish region to hold a independence referendum, calling this alarming move of its ally neighbours as a “grave mistake” susceptible of creating new problems for the region. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Iraq’s territorial integrity was a “precondition” for […]
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