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The World Bank Group and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank say they have agreed to deepen their cooperation with a framework for knowledge sharing, staff exchanges, analytical work, development financing and country-level coordination, reports reuters. The memorandum of understanding signed at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington came on […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS – North Korea declared in a series of statements Saturday that “U.S. muscle-flexing can never browbeat DPRK,” threatening “a nuclear war” against the U.S. if it is attacked, reports CBS News. “The DPRK will react to a total war with an all-out war, a nuclear war with nuclear strikes of its own and surely […]
Read MorePARIS, April 23 (Xinhua) — Voters on France’s European mainland began casting their ballots Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will weigh on the future of Europe. The voting will winnow down a list of 11 candidates to two finalists for the decisive runoff on May 7. Polling stations open at […]
Read MoreKABUL, April 23 (Xinhua) — The Afghan government declared Sunday as a national mourning day to pay tribute for dozens of army personnel who were killed and injured after a massive Taliban attack at an army camp. On Friday, 10 Taliban militants disguised in army uniform sneaked in army’s Corps 209 Shaheen in northern Balkh […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 22 (NsNewsWire) — A team of Bangladesh police Friday busted a terrorist hideout and recovered large quantity of arms and ammunition in the country’s Jhenidah district, some 178 km west of capital Dhaka, reports Xinhua. An official of Bangladesh’s Counter-Terrorism Police Unit told Xinhua that the law enforcers had surrounded a building since […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 21 (Xinhua) — China and Russia agreed to boost their strategic partnership of comprehensive coordination during the three-day visit of top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang to Moscow. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), has been in Russia since April 18. He met Russian President Vladimir Putin, and […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, April 20 (Xinhua) — Australian gas giant Santos released its quarterly report on Thursday, revealing that over half the gas slated to be exported from its Gladstone LNG (GLNG) operation was being purchased via third parties. According to their quarterly report, the company who has a 30 percent stake in the GLNG operation, produced […]
Read MoreWELLINGTON, April 20 (Xinhua) — The New Zealand military is to play a leading role in a three-week war-fighting exercise in Southeast Asia, the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) said Thursday. New Zealand had dispatched two navy ships, a P-3K2 Orion surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft and about 270 personnel to Exercise Bersama Shield 17, which […]
Read MoreLONDON, April 18 (Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap general election on June 8 in what was a shock and unexpected announcement from outside 10 Downing Street. She cited disharmony and divisions in the Houses of Parliament over Brexit as the reason for calling an election. May spoke of opposition parties, […]
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