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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said at least 10 people had been killed and 37 others were injured in an explosion of an unknown explosive device with destructive elements in St. Petersburg. The explosion took place around 14:40 in a train carriage on the runway between the metro […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan on Monday summoned an Indian envoy over a recent cross-border firing that killed one civilian, the Foreign Ministry said. The Director General on the South Asian desk at the Foreign Ministry Mohammad Faisal summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violation by the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has unveiled a new experimental Internet of Things (IoT) offering, Telenor Start IoT, in Norway. Available free of charge to Norwegian entrepreneurs and students, the multi-city pilot initiative will support entrepreneurship, boost innovation and new national competence building. “By providing cost-free access to next-generation IoT infrastructure, we provide […]
Read MoreBEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) — Beijing upgraded its alert for air pollution to orange Monday afternoon, the second highest warning. The smog, affecting Beijing and adjacent Tianjin and Hebei, is forecast to last until Friday. Beijing had issued the yellow alert early Monday morning, but the density of hazardous fine particle matter PM2.5 continued to […]
Read MoreNAIROBI, April 3 (Xinhua) — Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship with 11 crew members on board off the coast of Somalia, a regional maritime official confirmed on Monday. John Steed, the regional manager of Oceans Beyond Piracy, a non-government organization, said the Indian-flagged vessel was heading to Somalia shores from Dubai, the […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 3 (NsNewsWire) — Robi-10 Minute School has recently won a GSMA Glomo award for the Best Mobile Innovation for Education and Learning in the “Connected Life Awards” category at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017. The announcement came during this year’s MWC – the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry recently held […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, April 3 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s promise to “rebuild” his country’s military could have significant economic benefits for Australian state Victoria, it has been revealed. Six Melbourne-based companies will this week lobby the Trump administration for lucrative contracts in an attempt to grab a piece of the 70 billion U.S. dollars funding […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, April 3 (Xinhua) — At least two people were confirmed dead, and six others were missing after Cyclone Debbie caused massive flood in east Australia. Three men remained missing in the state of Queensland and another three people, including a child, were feared dead after their car was swept away by flood waters near […]
Read MoreANKARA, April 3 (Xinhua) — Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday that 113,260 have been arrested and 47,155 remanded over suspected links to the Gulen movement since the July 2016 coup attempt. Among the remanded are 10,732 police officers, 7,643 soldiers, 168 generals, 2,575 judges and prosecutors, 26,177 civilians and 208 local administrators, […]
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