15 policemen injured as Hong Kong protests turn violent

HONG KONG, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Fifteen police officers were injured after they were attacked on Sunday by violent protesters in Tsuen Wan, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, reports Xinhua. Radical protesters hurled petrol bombs at the officers and brutally assaulted them.    The police officers were sent to the hospital for treatment. […]

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More than 60,000 cases due to dengue reported in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The number of dengue cases has risen to 63,514 cases, with 169 deaths reported in Bangladesh, a state agency reported Sunday.    In its dengue monitoring report released on Sunday, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health said after reviewing 80 deaths the government’s Institute of Epidemiology, […]

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At least 8 dead, 18 injured after bus veers off road in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — At least eight people were killed and 18 others injured when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a ditch in Bangladesh’s central Faridpur district on Saturday, a police official said.    FM Nasim, officer in charge of Faridpur’s Kotwali Police station, told local journalists that the […]

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China-US trade war a test of endurance

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/8/24 20:27:55 After China on Friday unveiled additional tariffs on $75 billion of US goods, the US reacted vehemently. Washington announced on the same day that it will hike tariff rates on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods from 25 to 30 percent, and another $300 billion in Chinese products currently tariffed […]

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Huawei launches Ai processor and framework for AI developmenti7

SHENZHEN, Aug. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei officially launches its most powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor,Ascend 910, as well as the new all-in-one AI Computing framework named MindSpore. The ceremony held yesterday (23 august, 2019) in China’s Shenzhen. Huawei’s Rotating Chairman Eric Xu and and other higher officials of the company were present at the event. […]

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MTR should avoid kowtowing to HK radical forces

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/8/23 20:03:40 Radical protesters staged a sit-in at Yuen Long Station in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Late into the night, however, violence was again on the rise. Damage was made inside the station, and roadblocks were set up outside to confront riot police. To the anger of many people, Hong Kong’s major […]

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UNHCR Statement on Voluntary Repatriation to Myanmar

BANGKOK, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) –Through their bilateral Joint Working Group on repatriation, the Government of Myanmar conveyed to the Government of Bangladesh the names of 3,450 Rohingya refugees who have been cleared for return to Rakhine State, Myanmar. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, sees Myanmar’s engagement in this process as a positive step in the […]

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Dhaka-based PPD Organises Inter-Ministerial Conference on South-South Cooperation in Population & Development and PPD Governance next month in Tunis

DHAKA, Aug. 23 (NsNewsWire) –Bangladesh-based Partners in Population and Development (PPD) is going to organize the 16th International Inter-Ministerial ‘Conference on South-South Cooperation in Population & Development and PPD Governance Meetings (33rd Executive Committee Meeting, 24th Annual Board Meeting and Annual Partner Country Coordinators Meeting) from 2 – 5 September 2019 in Tunis, Tunisia. PPD, […]

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