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SINGAPORE, July 4 (Xinhua) — Meng Hongwei, president of INTERPOL, called on all stakeholders to join hands in fighting against global threats at the opening ceremony of INTERPOL World 2017 in Singapore on Tuesday. Meng said the stakeholders who are accountable to international security, such as government officials, law enforcement officers, scholars, private sector operators […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM, July 4 (Xinhua) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel Tuesday for the first-ever visit of an Indian prime minister in the Jewish state, in a sign of warming ties between the two nations. His three-day visit marks 25 years of full diplomatic relations between the two countries. He was accepted with […]
Read MorePYONGYANG, July 4 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared Tuesday that it has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the same day, hailing it as the “final gate to rounding off the state nuclear force.” The DPRK lauded the launch of the ICBM as a historic event in boosting […]
Read MoreDUBAI, July 4 (Xinhua) — United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed said on Tuesday that fellow Gulf state Qatar is “reluctant to change its policy towards supporting terrorism.” The UAE’s top diplomat made the remarks at a press conference in the country’s capital Abu Dhabi, UAE daily The National […]
Read Moreby Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 4 (Xinhua) — The Red Cross Society of China has made a cash donation to help Bangladesh’s communities affected by the flooding that has stranded hundreds of thousands of people. The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday handed over a cheque of 100,000 U.S. dollars on behalf of the Red […]
Read MoreDHAKA, July 4 (NsNewsWire) — At least nine people were killed and 35 others injured when a boiler of a garment factory at Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, went off on Monday night, officials said, reports Xinhua. Gazipur Additional Superintendent of Police Russell Sheikh told Xinhua that “eight bodies have been […]
Read MoreBERLIN, July 3 (Xinhua) — German police confirmed on Monday on the Twitter account that many people are dead in a tour bus-truck collision accident in southern Germany. According to initial report of the police, 30 people have been injured and another 18 people are missing after a coach collided with a truck and caught […]
Read MoreBERLIN, July 3 (Xinhua) — The conservative sister parties CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and CSU (Christian Social Union) will be the last political contenders in Germany’s looming elections to officially reveal their joint manifesto on Monday. Germans will choose a new Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and government in September. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is seeking her […]
Read MorePARIS, July 3 (Xinhua) — French police arrested a young man suspected of planning to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron during a Bastille Day parade on July 14, local media reported on Monday. The 23-year-old man was captured in Argenteuil, near Paris on June 28 after he mentioned his intention to buy a Kalashnikov assault rifle […]
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