LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — After more than five years, the historic launch pad has a rocket on it again. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has gone vertical at U.S. space agency NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) for the first time. “Falcon 9 rocket now vertical at Cape Canaveral on launch complex 39-A. This […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing on Saturday reported a human H7N9 avian flu case, the first human infection in the capital city in 2017, authorities said. The patient, surnamed Zhang, is a 68-year-old man from Langfang City of neighboring Hebei Province. He is in a critical condition and is receiving treatment, reports xinhua. Zhang […]

HAVANA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — A biography of Cuban President Raul Castro, penned by Russian writer Nikolai Leonov, won the Grand Readers’ Prize at the XXVI Havana International Book Fair (FIL) on Saturday. The book, “Raul Castro, a man in revolution”, won the prize by being the most read and sought after book among Cubans […]

XI’AN, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — At around 6 p.m. Saturday, Wang Qi set his feet on his homeland again in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, after spending 54 years in a life drift in India. “I’m finally home!” a sobbing Wang hugged his tearful brothers and sisters at Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, reports […]

BERLIN, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed his concerns whether the European Union will remain united during Brexit negotiations, Germany‘s Deutschlandfunk radio reported on Saturday. In the radio program set to air on Sunday, Junker said he fears the coming Brexit talks might easily “divide the other 27 member states without […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of undocumented immigrants from a dozen Latin American countries have been arrested in at least six U.S. states this week, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to broaden the scope of immigration enforcement targets. They were netted in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina, […]

ANKARA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s Supreme Election Board announced on Saturday that a constitutional referendum will be hold on April 16, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved constitutional amendments on Friday, which will bring drastic changes to the country’s political system, including a shift to an executive presidential system from […]

ANKARA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) on Friday announced recall and dismissal of Turkish imams who were accused of spying by Germany. Turkey doesn’t accept the accusations of spying but decides to take measures to prevent similar incidents in the future, the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) said in […]