Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) — Responding to climate change, one of the biggest challenges facing the world today, requires not only ambitious initiatives, but also, more significantly, exertion of concerted efforts by the entire international community. More frequent forest fires, accelerated sea level rise, increased coastal flooding and longer, more intense heat waves… All of […]
Read MorePARIS, June 5 (Xinhua) — Romanian No. 3 seed Simona Halep faced little resistence from Carla Suarez Navarro as she won women’s singles fourth round 6-1, 6-1, while the fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina came back from the brink of an elimination to beat Petra Martic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the 2017 French Open here on Monday. […]
Read MorePARIS, June 5 (Xinhua) — Men’s world No. 1 Andy Murray secured his place in the last eight at the French Open with a sweep over Karen Khachanov on Monday, setting up a quarter-final clash with Asian top-ranked Kei Nishikori. Murray beat the 21-year-old Khachanov 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and four minutes to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Xinhua) — Malaysia’s export for April grew within economists forecasts, expanding by 20.6 percent compared with the same period last year, underpinned by higher shipments of manufactured, mining and agricultural goods. Data from Malaysian International Trade and Industry Ministry showed on Monday that exports reached 73.97 billion ringgit (17.33 billion U.S. […]
Read MoreKABUL, June 5 (Xinhua) — Eleven Taliban militants were captured after Afghan Special Operation Forces carried out raids in two provinces within the last 24 hours, said a military statement on Monday. In one operation, 10 militants were arrested as the troops struck their hideout in Maywand District of southern Kandahar province, the command of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, June 5 (Xinhua) — Pakistani and Indian military officials on Monday established “Special Hotline Contact” against the backdrop of recent cross-border “cease-fire violations,” the Pakistani military said. An army spokesman said Pakistani Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Maj Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza raised issues of “unprovoked firing by Indian troops along the Line of […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, June 5 (Xinhua) — India Monday firmly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s allegation that it signed the Paris climate accord for financial gain. “What Trump said is not the reality. We have signed the Paris accord not under any pressure nor for any money… to say we did it for money, I totally […]
Read MoreSEOUL, June 5 (Xinhua) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday ordered an additional probe into the unreported deployment of four more mobile launchers of the U.S. missile shield to the country. Senior presidential press secretary Yoon Young-chan told a press briefing that President Moon ordered his senior secretary for civil affairs to look […]
Read MoreBEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) — Qatar said on Monday that it regretted Arab nations’ decisions to sever relations, calling the actions “unjustified” and “baseless” amid an escalating diplomatic row that deepens differences between the Gulf Arab states. Qatar’s response came after Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt had announced their […]
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