DHAKA, Aug. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement that Nobel Peace Laureates issued with a call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen: “The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/24 18:23:40 It is obvious the two-day vice-ministerial level trade consultations between China and the US produced no significant progress. In separate statements released after the talks, both sides only stressed they “exchanged views” and “conducted constructive and frank” talks, but neither side mentioned any accomplishment, nor did they say whether or […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/24 6:34:33 Megha Rajagopalan, former China bureau chief for American news platform BuzzFeed, recently applied to have her visa renewed, but was denied by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.  Her story quickly spread among foreign journalists based in the capital and elsewhere, who wrote articles in a show of support for […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/23 21:38:40 The Australian government on Thursday banned Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network. It said in a statement that firms “who are likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government… may risk failure by the carrier to adequately protect a 5G network […]

Corporal punishment is anilluminated neon sign overhanging a dysfunctional society where schools and homes are no longer safe havens of love, protection and care for children  Any government that permits corporal punishment to children in schools, madrassahs and homes would never qualify for a humanitarian award in the eyes of Allah or man. – IMPOSSIBLE! by Sir […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 (NsNsNewsWire) — A young man living in northern California commutes about four hours and 224 km to and from work every day to save an exorbitant rent in San Francisco that amounts to as high as 4,500 U.S. dollars a month, a report of the CNBC news outlet said Monday, reports […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/20 23:38:39 Monday witnessed the climax of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to China. Chinese President Xi Jinping met him in Beijing. On the same day, a joint statement was signed by the two governments. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Mahathir also held a press conference on Monday. The depth of […]

DHAKA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — A massive fire erupted on Monday at Bangladesh’s state-run Meghna Oil depot in Khulna city, 180 km southwest of the capital Dhaka, killing two people and injuring nine, a police official said. Moshraf Hossain, officer in-charge of Khulna city’s Khalishpur Police Station, told the media that an explosion took place […]

Cox’s Bazar/Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, Aug. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Ahead of the anniversary of the start of the Rakhine crisis, the world’s largest humanitarian network is calling for an urgent political solution to a situation that has forced hundreds of thousands of people into some of the most cramped and dangerously exposed conditions on earth. More than […]