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SALT LAKE CITY, the United States, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Is China now becoming a supercomputing power? Judging just by numbers, it looks that way. According to the latest edition of the Top500 list released this week at Salt Lake City, China currently not only hosts the top two fastest supercomputers in the world, but […]
Read MoreDAMASCUS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is arriving Sunday in the capital Damascus for a brief meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. Mistura is expected to discuss a recently-proposed UN humanitarian plan with the Syrian government. The plan is said to have focused on delivering humanitarian help […]
Read MoreLIMA, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, met here Saturday and agreed to maintain healthy and steady development of bilateral relations. Meeting on the sidelines of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Xi spoke highly of the U.S. president’s endeavor in developing ties with […]
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — A new study suggests that a brain region that integrates emotions and actions appears to undergo accelerated maturation in adolescent girls with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but not in boys with the condition. Among youth with post-traumatic stress disorder, the brain-scanning study by researchers at Stanford University School of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — A research published this week showed that the Democratic party has lost nearly 1,000 seats in state legislatures across the country over the past eight years. After a net gain of 46 seats in this month’s elections, Republicans now control 4,170, or 56 percent of state legislature seats, while the […]
Read MoreCHITTAGONG, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR, the leading private airline of the country will launch Kolkata flight operation from Chittagong on December 14, 2016. Mr. Mofizur Rahman, Managing Director of NOVOAIR, said on a press conference at a luxuries hotel in Chittagong. Mr. Sohail Majid, Head of Marketing & Sales and high officials of NOVOAIR […]
Read MoreCHICAGO, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar demonstrated unexpected strength. The most active gold contract for December delivery fell 0.6 U.S. dollars, or 0.05 percent, to settle at 1,223.90 dollars per ounce, reports Xinhua. Traders observed the U.S. […]
Read MoreSTOCKHOLM, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Swedish Academy said on Wednesday that Bob Dylan has decided not to come to Stockholm to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony. The Academy said, in a personal letter from Bob Dylan, “he explained that due to pre-existing commitments, he is unable to travel to Stockholm in December and therefore will […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The global GDP is forecast to grow at 2.8 percent in 2017, a very modest improvement from 2.5 percent in 2016, a research group said Wednesday. Although a projected stabilization in energy and commodity prices may lift resource-rich economies up a little next year, the medium-term trend continues to […]
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