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Egypt court overturns life sentence against Morsi in espionage case

CAIRO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — An Egyptian court overturned on Tuesday a life sentence against former president Mohamed Morsi in Hamas espionage case, and ordered retrial, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on its website. The Court of Cassation, the highest degree court in Egypt has ordered that Morsi and 21 co-defendants, including the supreme guide of […]

7.4-magnitude quake jolts Japan, tsunami waves observed

TOKYO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck northeastern Japan‘s Fukushima on Tuesday, the weather agency said, while tsunami waves were observed in the area and two persons were injured slightly. The 5:59 a.m. quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, […]

S. Korean prosecutors see scandal-hit president as criminal suspect

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that President Park Geun-hye is suspected of having conspired with her longtime confidante and former aides, indicating the scandal-hit president will be seen as a criminal suspect in a future investigation. President Park has a complicity “to a significant extent” with the three criminal suspects […]

91 killed, over 150 injured in train accident in northern India

NEW DELHI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — In one of the worst railway tragedies in India in recent years, at least 91 people were killed and more than 150 others injured after an express train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh early Sunday morning. “The mishap took place around 3:30 a.m. (local time) near […]

Melbourne the best place to live in the world: int’l expats

MELBOURNE, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — An international survey of people living outside their home country has revealed that Melbourne as the best place in the world to live. The survey, published by global network and information website InterNations on Thursday, asked 14,000 expatriates in cities all over the world to rate 30 aspects of their […]

Stronger Sino-Latin American ties to inject new vitality into Asia-Pacific

LIMA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Relations between China and Latin America are expected to further grow as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Latin America, while stronger Sino-Latin American relations will inject new vitality into the Asia-Pacific. Xi left Beijing Wednesday morning to pay a visit to Ecuador, Peru and Chile on Nov. 17-23 and attend […]

Kofi Annan expresses deep concern over recent violence in Myanmar

YANGON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Kofi Anna, who is chair of the Myanmar-government-appointed Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, expressed deep concern Wednesday over the recent violence in Maungtaw of the state, which he warned is plunging into a renewed instability and creating new displacement. In his statement over the situation, Annan, who was also former […]

2016 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week kicks off in Peru

LIMA, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — 2016 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week kicks off on Monday in Lima, capital city of Peru, with the theme “Quality growth and human development.” Running from Nov. 14th to 20th, it will bring together leaders, senior officials and business elites from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies to discuss […]

Obama says U.S. president-elect Trump committed to NATO despite campaign rhetoric

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday his successor Donald Trump, a frequent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) critic on the presidential campaign trail, was committed to NATO, reports Xinhua. “In my conversation with the president-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships,” said Obama here […]