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Beijing reports one H7N9 case

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 […]

Biography of Raul Castro wins top prize at Havana International Book Fair

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 […]

Chinese soldier returns home after 54 years in India

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 […]

Junker casts doubts on EU solidarity in Brexit talks

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 […]

Hundreds of undocumented immigrants arrested in at least 6 U.S. states

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, […]

Turkey to hold constitutional referendum on April 16

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 […]

Turkey recalls imams accused of spying in Germany

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 […]

U.S. consumer sentiment falls in early February

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. consumer sentiment retreated in early February from a record high level reached in January. The preliminary reading of the consumer sentiment for February decreased from 98.5 in January to 95.7, said the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment on Friday, reports Xinhua. “Consumer confidence retreated from the […]

France thwarts “imminent” terrorist attack, arrests four suspects: minister

PARIS, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — French police foiled “an imminent” terrorist plot after arresting four suspects in the southern town of Montpellier earlier on Friday, French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said. During a raid by anti-terrorism units, four people were detained in and around Montpellier with “three of them are directly suspected of preparing […]