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NEW DELHI, July 5 (Xinhua) — A local level leader of India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) was arrested on charges of rape after getting filmed forcing himself on a woman in a moving bus and kissing her, police said Wednesday. The leader was identified as Ravindra Bawanthade from Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. The […]
Read MoreDUBAI, July 5 (Xinhua) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday that the U.S. has lifted the ban of electronic devices on board of flights from the Gulf Arab emirate to the United States, Dubai daily Gulf News reported. Dubai’s government-controlled Emirates said the lifting of the ban which took place with immediate […]
Read MoreHENGDU, July 5 (Xinhua) — Breathtaking scenery and breathtaking dangers — both will face Chinese engineers as they embark on building the world’s most difficult railway. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway into southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The line will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, July 4 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump will hold an official bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Citing remarks by U.S. National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton, CNN reported that the first in-person meeting between Trump […]
Read MoreBISHKEK, July 4 (Xinhua) — “One Belt, One Road and Xinjiang,” an exhibition of works of art on paper made from the bark of the mulberry tree opened Tuesday in Bishkek, capital city of Kyrgyzstan, featuring Chinese calligraphy and painting. Wei Baoshan, senior secretary of the Xinjiang Academy of Chinese Painting greeted guests and showed […]
Read MoreKABUL, July 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a visiting U.S. delegation on Tuesday that Afghanistan agreed with a proposal to conduct joint raids with neighboring Pakistan along the joint borders, monitored by the United States, said a statement issued by the Presidential Palace. A five-member delegation of the U.S. Senate, headed by […]
Read MoreWINDHOEK, July 4 (Xinhua) — Namibia’s University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Airbus will meet on Wednesday with national Space Data Centre stakeholders to explore the benefits of Earth observation solutions and use of collaborative Virtual Space Data Centre for Namibia. Sub-Sahara Africa, spokesman for Airbus, Linden Birns, on Tuesday said this workshop in […]
Read MorePARIS, July 4 (Xinhua) — Italian veteran Thiago Motta on Tuesday extended his contract with Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain for another season, binding him with the Parc des Princes until June 30, 2018. After Motta’s last contract expired at the end of June, the two sides were involved in a twist-and-turn discussion. The Italian […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, July 4 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Persepolis soccer club has completed the signing of Iraqi international midfielder Bashar Rasan. Rasan has joined Persepolis from Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya of Iraq on a two-year contract, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday without elaborating on the financial details of the contract. The 20-year-old Rasan had made 10 appearance for […]
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