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WFP WELCOMES CRITICAL UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEE CRISIS

COX’S BAZAR, May 23 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a newly announced US$30 million contribution from the United States that will be used to provide food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. This funding comes on top of US$25 million already provided by the United States to support WFP’s work […]

Dodgy report disturbs Sino-Indian ties

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/5/21 22:23:40 A report in Sunday’s South China Morning Post has lit a firestorm. It said that China has begun large-scale mining operations in Lhunze county, on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control, which “may create a new military flashpoint with India.” The report said a huge trove of […]

DHAKA, May 22 (NsNewsWire) — Nearly two dozen alleged drug peddlers have been killed in Bangladesh in a series of incidents law enforcers described as “shootouts” amid a countrywide anti-drug crackdown, reports Xinhua. At least seven were killed overnight in separate raids in parts of Bangladesh as the country’s fierce war on drugs apparently intensified. […]

IOC President Welcomes Professor Yunus at Lausanne

DHAKA, May 20 (NsNewsWire) — On May 15, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met IOC President Thomas Bach at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) head quarters in Lausanne. Professor Yunus was invited by him to discuss the details of collaboration between Yunus Centre and IOC for mainstreaming social business in the sports world. Thomas Bach […]

Portugal firmly supports China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative: president

ISTANBUL, May 19 (NsNewsWire) — The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday vowed to take “all necessary steps” to prevent other countries from following the U.S. example of moving their Israel embassies to Jerusalem. The move came after the group held an extraordinary summit in Istanbul upon the call of Turkish President Recep […]

Portugal firmly supports China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative: president

LISBON, May 19 (Xinhua) — Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has said that Portugal firmly supports the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China since its commencement. Rebelo de Sousa made the remarks while meeting visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Presidential Palace in Lisbon on Friday. While conveying […]

Blood type affects severity of diarrhea caused by E. coli: study

CHICAGO, May 20 (NsNewsWire) — Travelers to and children in underdeveloped areas of the world with blood type A suffer more severe symptoms once infected with diarrhea than those with blood type O or B, a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows, reports Xinhua. Enterotoxigenic E. coli […]

DPP gamble stifles Taiwan’s global space

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/5/17 23:03:43 In a letter sent to the World Health Organization, a group of 172 US lawmakers called for Taiwan’s participation in this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) to be held on May 21. The lawmakers, deliberately neglecting the fact that the WHA is an event for sovereign countries, said in the […]

2nd Joint Working Group meeting on repatriation of displaced Myanmar residents from Bangladesh held

DHAKA, May 18 (NsNewsWire) — The second meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Repatriation of Displaced Myanmar Residents from Bangladesh was held in Dhaka with Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque and U Myint Thu, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar leading the respective side. The JWG discussed all […]