Trump tweet draws China, Pakistan closer

[message_box title=”MESSAGE TITLE” color=”red”]ADD_CONTENT_HERE[/message_box] By Yang Sheng and Wang Cong Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/4 21:28:39 Yuan used in bilateral trade, military base talks reemerge A Twitter attack by US President Donald Trump against Pakistan on New Year’s Day appears to be helping boost the already close ties between Pakistan and China as days after the […]

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Nuclear button no solution to North Korea nuke crisis

Nuclear button no solution to North Korea nuke crisis Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/3 23:08:39 Where is the situation on the Korean Peninsula headed? It is the biggest uncertainty of 2018. At the beginning of this year, South Korea welcomed North Korea to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The two sides established contact […]

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Washington casts aside Pakistan as purpose served

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/2 23:23:40 In his first tweet of 2018, US President Donald Trump opened fire on Pakistan. He wrote, “the United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as […]

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Muslim woman on forefront of instant divorce abolition in India joins BJP

NEW DELHI, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Ishrat Jahan, one of the Muslim woman petitioners seeking abolition of Triple Talaq (instant divorce), has joined India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party, party functionaries said Monday. Jahan joined the BJP in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. “Ishrat Jahan has joined  BJP at our Howrah office during a function […]

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Indian lower house passes bill banning instant divorce

The lower House of Indian parliament locally called Lok Sabha Thursday passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017 making instant divorce — Triple Talaq illegal, officials said, reports Xinhua. Indian government hailed the passing of the bill as “historic.” “The practice of Triple Talaq has been curbed and regulated even in […]

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News Analysis: What is in store for U.S.-DPRK relations in 2018?

by Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — With tensions on the Korean Peninsula hitting new heights this year, it remains unknown what will occur between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2018. The coming year could be the “decisive time” between Washington and Pyongyang, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow […]

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Apple apologises after outcry over slowed iPhones

Facing lawsuits and consumer outrage after it said it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is slashing prices for battery replacements and will change its software to show users whether their phone battery is good. In a posting on its website yesterday, Apple apologised over its handling of the battery issue and […]

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