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MOSCOW, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Russia has extended asylum for U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden for two years, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday. The decision was made in defiance of a recent statement by former CIA deputy director Michael Morell that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a great opportunity to extradite Snowden as […]
Read MoreJALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) outfit abducted 13 religious scholars from a religious school in Haski Mina district of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Sunday, said Attaullah Khogiani, spokesman for the provincial government. “A group of Ulema (religious scholars) were busy in taking test from students of […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Local environmental authorities of Beijing said Sunday that a new bout of smog will hit the city from Sunday night to Tuesday. According to the municipal environmental protection bureau, Beijing will see mild pollution, with the main pollutant being PM2.5, on Sunday. The Air Quality Index is expected to reach […]
Read MoreDhaka, Jan. 15 (NsNewsWire)– For the first time, visitors of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) will able to Buy DITF tickets online, thorough Shohoz.com, an online based ticketing platform for Bus/Launch tickets. According to the partnership with DITF Ticketing Partner, M/S Meer Brothers, and Shohoz.com is the first online and exclusive partner to get […]
Read MoreDhaka, Jan.15 (NsNewsWire)– IPDC Finance Limited, the first financial institution of Bangladesh and Concito PR has signed an agreement recently where concito PR has been selected as the exclusive Public Relation agency for IPDC Finance Limited. The agreement was signed at the IPDC head office in Gulshan Avenue. Mominul Islam, MD & CEO of IPDC […]
Read MoreMANILA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday called on members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)and its dialogue partners including China, Japan and the United States to help strengthen the Southeast Asian community. Duterte made the appeal during the formal launching of the Philippine chairmanship of ASEAN in Davao City […]
Read MoreANKARA, Jan. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The United States would be invited to Syrian peace talks due to be held on Jan. 23 in Astana, Kazakhstan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saturday. Officials from Turkey, Russia, and Iran met in Moscow Friday in preparation for the summit, and decided to invite the U.S. to the […]
Read MoreFornebu, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group has announced a change to its organisational structure and its executive management team in order to transition into a more integrated global company and to deliver on its digital strategy. The changes will be effective from 1 March 2017. “In 2015, we included the business unit CEOs into […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (NsNewsWire) — President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on U.S. and other companies that move production out of the U.S. would undermine American competitiveness in the long term, a top U.S. trade official warned on Tuesday. Trump has pressured Ford, General Motors, Toyota and other companies to bring factories back to the United […]
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