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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. […]
Read MoreDHAKA, 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 […]
Read MoreISTANBUL, 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 […]
Read MoreLISBON, 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 […]
Read MoreCHICAGO, 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 […]
Read MoreSource: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 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, 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 […]
Read Moreby William M. Reilly UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (Xinhua) — More than 16,000 babies have been born in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh in the nine-months since violence forced them to flee their homes in Myanmar, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. “More than 60 Rohingya babies are born in Bangladesh refugee camps every day,” said Deputy UN spokesman […]
Read MoreAl Jazeera spoke to Victoria Coates, special assistant to US President Donald Trump, on the future of Israel. Coates says it’s up to Israel and Palestine to decide the terms of any peace deal. She added that the US is committed to a solution that supports both Palestinians and Israelis, and will not impose anything […]
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