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SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces repelled a Taliban attack in the country’s northern province of Jawzjan, killing 14 militants, the provincial police chief said on Monday. “Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Darzab district Sunday night. The security forces fought back the attackers. As a result 14 militants were killed and […]
Read MoreGAZA, Feb. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Islamic Hamas movement rejected on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to send international forces to the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave that Hamas has been ruling since 2007. Abdulatif al-Qanou, Hamas spokesman in Gaza said in an emailed press statement that sending international forces to the Gaza Strip […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — China-proposed “Belt and Road” initiative would build closer ties and cooperation between China and Cambodia, Eric Ma, Secretary for Development in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Monday. “Under the “Belt and Road” initiative, we foresee closer co-operation between Cambodia and China,” he said during […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — With China’s economic growth slowing for a sixth year in 2016 to a 26-year low, the world is watching as the government prepares to announce this year’s growth target at the annual parliamentary session. China adopted a target range for GDP growth for the first time in more than two […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — China on Monday warned against the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in the Republic of Korea (ROK), saying China’s security interests should not be undermined. There were media reports that the Lotte Group board of directors met on Monday to approve a land swap deal between the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Fengyun-4, the first of China’s second-generation geostationary orbiting weather satellites, has sent its first collection of images and data. The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) and the China Meteorological Administration published the images and data on Monday, signaling the successful upgrade of China’s meteorological […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — China’s consumer price index (CPI) is expected to grow by about 1.4 percent in February from a year earlier, the Bank of Communications said on Monday. The official CPI in February, a main gauge of inflation, is due to be released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on March […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES, Feb. 27(NsNewsWire) — “Moonlight” received an unexpected surprise by winning the Best Picture of the 89th Academy Awards here on Sunday, after “La La Land” had been presented the award in error. The award presenters, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, first presented “La La Land” as the winner, but later realized they had […]
Read MorePARIS, Feb. 26 (NsNewsWire) — In response to unfavorable comments over Paris, French President Francois Hollande on Saturday warned his American counterpart Donald Trump over showing “defiance towards an allied country.” “There is terrorism and we must fight it together. I think that it is never good to show the smallest defiance toward an allied […]
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