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CHICAGO, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. third largest city Chicago metro area saw its unemployment rate decline in July compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security(IDES). The data released Thursday shows unemployment rate fell to 4.8 percent from 6 percent a year ago, the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new financial sanctions on Venezuela, said White House in a statement released on Friday. The new sanctions will prohibit dealings in new debt and equity issued by the government of Venezuela and its state oil company, according to the statement, […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — A man was shot, and seriously injured, by Belgian soldiers on Friday evening after trying to assault them with a machete in downtown Brussels. He later died at hospital, according to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Belgium, calling him “terrorist”, reports Xinhua. The incident took place at 8:20 p.m. local […]
Read MoreDUBAI, Aug. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled from Thailand to Dubai, U.S. news channel CNN reported Friday. Yingluck’s escape came just two days before a Thai court is due to deliver a verdict over her case of rice subsidies, CNN quoted “a highly-placed source” in Yinluck’s Pheu Thai party […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired several “unidentified projectiles” into its east waters Saturday morning local time, the Yonhap news agency quoted South Korean military as reporting.
Read MoreBAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants on Saturday liberated most of the city of Tal Afar as they recaptured eight neighborhoods during the day, including the old citadel of Tal Afar in central the city, the Iraq military said. The Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces liberated the neighborhood of al-Qal’a […]
Read MoreBAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly on Saturday arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to hold talks with Iraqi leaders and show support in fighting against the Islamic State (IS) militant group. “Iraq is moving from war to peace, although Daesh (IS group) is […]
Read MoreKABUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — At least 40 people were killed and 90 others wounded in a terror attack against a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Friday, raising fear among Afghans, particularly the Shiite Muslim in the country. The attack came when two suicide bombers stormed Imam-ul-Zaman mosque during Friday prayers at […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Islamic architecture in China is as rich and varied as the great continent of Asia itself. Styles of ancient Chinese architecture are rich and diverse and include temples, imperial palaces, altars, pavilions, official residencies and folk houses, which greatly reflect Chinese ancient ideology which prioritizes the harmonious unity of human […]
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