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NAY PYI TAW, Sept. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed that the Myanmar government was taking effective measures to curb the violence in northern Rakhine state, while ensuring that innocent civilians were not harmed, reports Xinhua. Aung San Suu Kyi made the remarks Wednesday as she replied to questions […]
Read MoreKATHMANDU, Sept. 24 (NsNewsWire) — China’s Belt and Road Initiative can contribute to realizing the dream of the Asian Century through enhancing regional economic integration, Nepali experts said here on Saturday, reports Xinhua. Speaking at a seminar entitled “Belt and Road Initiative: Economic Development in South Asia,” Nepalese Former Ambassador to China Tanka Karki was […]
Read MoreBERLIN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a requirement of the German news channel ARD youth radio program “Kanzlercheck” (chancellor check) to answer questions with a simple yes or no. The answer always depended on the question, the incumbent chancellor said on Thursday during the livestream, stressing that she would “speak […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council has released a plan for the country’s second national census on pollution sources, with the results to be published in 2019. Seven years after the results of the first national pollution census, the government launched a second survey to investigate the scale, structure and distribution of pollution […]
Read MoreGENEVA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday revised upward its forecast for global trade growth in 2017 to 3.6 percent, from the previous estimate of 2.4 percent, citing a sharp acceleration in global trade growth in the first half of the year. According to WTO economists, stronger growth in 2017 […]
Read MoreLONDON, Sept.21 (Xinhua) — English premier league Manchester United (MUFC) announced record revenues and profits Thursday in the club’s latest set of annual figures. The club turnover was 784 million U.S. dollars with profits of 109 million U.S. dollars, accounts for the year ending June 2017 show. Both figures smash previous records which were set […]
Read MoreMADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium was on Wednesday named as the venue for the 2019 Champions League final by UEFA, the governing body of European football. The 68,000 capacity stadium, which hosted its first ever game last Saturday, was chosen over Baku, which will be the venue for the 2019 […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States would add more sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Before his meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, Trump told reporters that his administration was […]
Read MoreBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — British Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and Princess Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, will be representing Queen Elizabeth II at the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s Accession to the Throne, the British High Commission to Brunei announced. According to a press release obtained […]
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