China-Vatican relations take clearer shape

China-Vatican relations take clearer shape Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/5 23:08:41 7 Western media outlets have been intensively covering progress in Sino-Vatican negotiations, with Pope Francis making substantive concessions to China on bishop appointments. “A framework accord between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops is ready and could be signed in a few […]

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Canada makes national anthem gender neutral

Canadian lawmakers have voted to make the country’s national anthem, ‘O Canada’, gender-neutral. The parliamentary vote changes two words in the anthem, altering ‘true patriot love in all thy sons command’ to ‘true patriot love in all of us command’. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to celebrate the passage of the bill, hailing […]

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China’s inflation growth likely to moderate: report

Despite rising food and oil prices, China’s inflation growth will likely moderate in January due to a high base a year ago, the Bank of Communications said in a report. BOCOM predicted the consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, will inch down to 1.4 percent year on year in January from the […]

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Syed Mahmud Hossain made Bangladesh’s new chief justice

DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Syed Mahmud Hossain was sworn in as Bangladesh’s new chief justice during a ceremony in capital Dhaka on Saturday, reports Xinhua. Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid presided over the ceremony at Bangabhaban presidential palace. The post fell vacant after the country’s first non-Muslim SK Sinha resigned from chief justice post in November last […]

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Chinese drum art troupe enthralls Bangladeshis, enhances cultural ties

DHAKA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of Bangladeshi music lovers were recently enthralled by the wonderful performance of the Jiangdu Spring Drum Art Troupe from China and they clapped and waved energetically as musicians played. “This is the most amazing drumming performance I’ve ever experienced,” said Abdul Jabbar, a member of the audience. “What I […]

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Bangladesh’s largest annual book fair kicks off

DHAKA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s largest month-long annual book fair kicked off here on Thursday. The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, which literally means “Immortal Twenty First Book Fair,” is being held in Dhaka‘s Bangla Academy premises and its adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan (garden) in commemoration of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for protecting the dignity […]

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Ludicrous to tout Hong Kong rabble rousers for a Nobel Peace Prize

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/2/2 17:33:40 A dozen US congressmen and women have nominated Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Alex Chow Yong-kang, as well as Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Movement” for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Umbrella Movement began as “Occupy Central.” The movement severely violated Hong Kong’s laws and disturbed city order. Wong, […]

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90 migrants feared drowned after boat capsizes off Libya: UN

About 90 people were feared drowned after a smuggler’s boat mostly carrying Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya’s coast early Friday, the UN’s migration agency said. Ten bodies have washed ashore near the Libyan town of Zuwara following the tragedy in the early morning, said International Organization for Migration spokeswoman Olivia Headon, citing information from its […]

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