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Application deadline for media credentials to attend the landmark climate event set for Sept. 4 SAN FRANCISCO,Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Global Climate Action Summit has announced that the deadline to apply for media credentials to attend the Summit and report on its announcements and outcomes is Tuesday, Sept. 4. Taking place at the Moscone Center […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — On recommendation of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in its recent session has appointed Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) to the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP). Dr Debapriya, in his personal capacity, will serve as a […]
Read Moreby Guo Jun and Olatunji Saliu MONROVIA, Liberia, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Liberia is ready to align its “pro-poor agenda,” the national development strategy, with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Liberian President George Weah has said, reports Xinhua. Talking to Xinhua in his office in capital Monrovia, the president said Liberia will seek development […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement that Nobel Peace Laureates issued with a call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen: “The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/24 18:23:40 It is obvious the two-day vice-ministerial level trade consultations between China and the US produced no significant progress. In separate statements released after the talks, both sides only stressed they “exchanged views” and “conducted constructive and frank” talks, but neither side mentioned any accomplishment, nor did they say whether or […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/24 6:34:33 Megha Rajagopalan, former China bureau chief for American news platform BuzzFeed, recently applied to have her visa renewed, but was denied by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Her story quickly spread among foreign journalists based in the capital and elsewhere, who wrote articles in a show of support for […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/8/23 21:38:40 The Australian government on Thursday banned Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network. It said in a statement that firms “who are likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government… may risk failure by the carrier to adequately protect a 5G network […]
Read MoreBANGKOK, Aug. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand has launched a Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) project covering several of its southern provinces, repoerts Xinhua. During Tuesday’s roving cabinet meeting in Chumphon province, about 466 km south of Bangkok, the government approved the SEC project to be implemented in four southern provinces, namely Ranong, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si […]
Read MoreCorporal punishment is anilluminated neon sign overhanging a dysfunctional society where schools and homes are no longer safe havens of love, protection and care for children Any government that permits corporal punishment to children in schools, madrassahs and homes would never qualify for a humanitarian award in the eyes of Allah or man. – IMPOSSIBLE! by Sir […]
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