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Moon Jae-in leads exit polls in S.Korean presidential election by large margin

SEOUL, May 9 (Xinhua) — Moon Jae-in of the liberal Minjoo Party led media exit polls in South Korea’s presidential election by a large margin, an official survey from three local broadcasters showed Tuesday. Moon came closer to becoming the country’s 19th president with 41.4 percent support, beating conservative and centrist rivals by a wide […]

Samsung Mobile Bangladesh hands over the preordered Galaxy S8 & S8+ to its customers

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Mobile Bangladesh handed over its latest addition to its flagship smartphone device, the preordered Galaxy S8 and S8+ to its customers. Upon preordering, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ customers received one free Samsung accessory gift between the Samsung Wireless Speaker Bottle and theSamsung Dex Station. The Galaxy S8 and […]

Bangladeshi editor arrested on allegations of fabricated news

DHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the arrest of an editor under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 1. The IFJ demands immediate withdrawal of cases against the editor. Ahmed Razu, the executive editor of natunsomoy.com, […]

Obama urges “courage” to save Obamacare

WASHINGTON, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday in Boston that “political courage” is needed to preserve progress made in health care reform under his administration. Obama noted in an award ceremony that many members of Congress had to take tough votes to end the debate “about whether a nation as […]

Syrian FM stresses commitment to de-escalation zones’ deal

DAMASCUS, May 8 (Xinhua) — Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Monday that his government will abide by the de-escalation zones’ deal, warning, however, any breach by the rebels will be retaliated. In a press conference, al-Moallem said his government hopes for the armed opposition groups to comply with the deal, concluded by Russia, Iran […]

Afghan-U.S. forces kill top IS leader during raid in eastern province

KABUL, May 8 (Xinhua) — The U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Monday confirmed that a top leader of Islamic State (IS) group was killed during a joint operation in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar late last month. Emir or top leader of IS Sheikh Abdul Hasib was killed on April 27 in southern part of […]

Turkey to build wall on border with Iran

ANKARA, May 8 (Xinhua) — Turkey is planning to build a wall along the Turkish-Iranian border as part of measures against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Hurriyet Daily News cited a high-level official on Monday. Turkey is going to build a 70-kilometer wall along the border near eastern Agri Province and Igdir Province, and […]

Probe ordered after student forced to remove bra at exam centre in southern India

NEW DELHI, May 8 (Xinhua) — Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala Monday ordered a probe into allegations that an 18-year-old student was forced to remove her bra at an exam centre as part of stringent measures to stop cheating in a national-level medical entrance examination. The alleged incident took place at TISK […]

Merkel’s party wins regional election

BERLIN, May 8 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has scored a clear victory in the regional elections in Germany’s northernmost state Schleswig-Holstein Sunday. In the official election results, the CDU gained 32 percent of the vote — an increase of 1.2 percent compared to the last election five years ago. […]