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MADRID, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona on Monday confirmed the 40 million euro signing of Brazilian international midfielder Paulinho Bezerra from Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande. The 29-year-old, who has represented his country on 41 occasions, has agreed a four-year-deal with Barcelona and becomes their third signing of the summer after Gerard Deulofeu and Nelson […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — More than 253,000 new pilots will be needed in the next 20 years for the surging Asia-Pacific aviation market, Boeing China announced Monday. Boeing predicted that, from 2017 to 2036, the world’s commercial aviation industry will require about 637,000 new commercial airline pilots, according to its newly released 2017 Pilot […]
Read MoreRIYADH, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit halved in the first six months of this year, following sweeping spending cuts and a stabilisation in oil prices, the finance ministry said Sunday. The budget deficit dropped by 51 percent to 72 billion riyals (19.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2017, the […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government has granted scholarships to 181 Cambodian students to pursue their higher education in China for the 2017-2018 academic year. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo and Cambodian Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron jointly presented the scholarships to the recipients on Monday. The […]
Read MoreHOUSTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Sunday that it is the time to draw a red line to keep the city from being divided by hate groups and anti-minority groups. “Now is the time more than ever, now is the time, especially as leaders at our level to draw a […]
Read MoreSANAA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Yemen’s Central Bank is accusing the Saudi-led coalition of blocking flights bringing cash to the country and “strangling” its economy, the bank source said Monday. The bank governor Mansr al-Qaiti said the blockade deprives Yemen’s internationally-recognized government of the ability to pay salaries for 1 million civil servants. He said […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — The Russian Aerospace Forces acquired “new methods of striking ground targets” due to the experience gained in Syria, local media quoted the forces’ chief commander as saying on Sunday. “This is an invaluable experience, we cherish (it) and will apply it in the future,” said Viktor Bondarev, commander-in-chief of the […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Monday with visiting top U.S. general Joseph Dunford to discuss issues on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun told a press briefing that Moon met at the Blue House for about 50 minutes with the chairman of the U.S. […]
Read MoreMADRID, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona entertain Real Madrid in the first leg of the Spanish Supercup on Sunday night in what will be the first real indication of the relative strengths of the two major favorites for the La Liga title in the 2017-18 season a week before that competition kicks off. The […]
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