Russia quits Int’l Criminal Court, cites “incompetence”

MOSCOW, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Russia has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to the court’s “incompetence,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement that the court “did not justify hopes assigned to it,” and failed to act as a “truly independent authoritative body of international […]

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Trump’s victory indicates polls’ failure in reflecting public sentiment

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — In Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump won the presidency despite most of the analysts and opinion polls predicting his defeat to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. U.S. pundits, experts and pollsters are now scrambling to figure out why most of them failed to predict Trump’s victory, reports Xinhua. […]

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Obama urged to protect immigration in his remaining term

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The Obama Administration should protect those “dreamers,” who were brought to the United States illegally but later granted legal temporary status to stay, a U.S. congresswoman said on Tuesday. The Obama Administration in the remaining term should take legal action to prevent those who enrolled in the Deferred Action […]

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Huawei highlights importance of partners to build smart cities

BARCELONA, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Leading ICT provider Huawei highlighted the importance of partners to build smart cities on Tuesday on the occasion of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), which is being held here this week. “We think that smart city is a very complicated system and one company cannot do all the […]

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Samsung continues to recall defective phones in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung has recalled 52 (out of 55) defective Samsung Galaxy Note 7 which had been sold in the country, The South African consumer watchdog, National Consumer Commission (NCC) said on Tuesday. The South Korean company (Samsung) is recalling the product in the world after realizing it had problems of charging, […]

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Bangladesh’s NOVOAIR to launch daily service from Dhaka, Chittagong to Kolkata

DHAKA, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR, Bangladesh’s premium brand private airline, has announced to launch its 2nd international destination connecting Dhaka-Kolkata on Dec. 1. At a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday NOVOAIR Managing Director Mofizur Rahman made the announcement. Sohail Majid, head of Marketing and Sales, among others, was present at the press conference […]

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Obama says U.S. president-elect Trump committed to NATO despite campaign rhetoric

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday his successor Donald Trump, a frequent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) critic on the presidential campaign trail, was committed to NATO. “In my conversation with the president-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships,” said Obama here at his […]

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EU ministers agree on security, defense plan

BRUSSELS, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The European Union (EU)’s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and defense, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said. Mogherini has proposed an implementation plan on security and defense, to turn into action the vision set out in the EU Global Strategy, which […]

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