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India test-fires Prtihvi-II ballistic missile

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Xinhua) — India Friday successfully test-fired its home-made, nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said. “The test-firing of the surface-to-surface missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near the state’s Balasore district around 10 a.m. (local time) was actually part of user […]

Japan population drops at fastest pace in 2016: gov’t survey

TOKYO, June 2 (Xinhua) — A government survey showed on Friday that the Japanese population dropped at fastest pace in 2016, with less than 1 million babies born while over 1.3 million people died. According to a report released by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a total of 976,979 babies were born in […]

DPRK slams Japan for launching spy satellite

PYONGYANG, June 2 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday slammed Japan for launching a spy satellite, describing it as a revelation of its ambition for the revival of militarism. The Korean Central News Agency quoted a spokesman of the DPRK Foreign Ministry as saying that Japan launched a rocket carrying […]

Major countries stay course despite U.S. withdrawal from climate pact

BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) — Major countries across the globe have appeared steadfast to advance shoulder to shoulder in their continuous fight against climate change, despite U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark global pact reached between 195 countries in 2015 to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. “As of today, the […]

U.S. quitting Paris climate deal leaves world shaking its head

BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) — The U.S. decision to quit the Paris climate deal has met with widespread opposition at home and around the world, being criticized as “disappointment” and “mistake” amid vows to commit to the global fight against climate change. “As of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding […]

Japan’s lower house passes bill on Emperor Akihito’s abdication

TOKYO, June 2 (Xinhua) — Japan’s lower house of parliament on Friday passed a bill enabling Emperor Akihito to step down and pass his duties over to Crown Prince Naruhito. The abdication bill states that the public understand and sympathize with the wishes of the Emperor and says that his abdication should come within three […]

Hundreds of migrants evacuated from Athens old airport

ATHENS, June 2 (Xinhua) — A Greek police operation was underway on Friday to peacefully evacuate about 500 refugees and migrants from the Athens old airport of Hellenikon, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. Over the past two weeks officials of Greece’s Migration Policy ministry had been briefing the remaining residents of the makeshift camp […]

A rapid assessment of national budget 2017-18 : Unnayan Onneshan

Dhaka, June 2 (NsNewsWire) –The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, states that the proposed budgetary measures for FY 2017-18 fall short in addressing high prices, sluggish growth in real sector, rising joblessness, dwindling social sector spending, and institutional weaknesses. The budget speech seems to lack providing prudent and farsighted solutions to the current […]

Atletico Madrid have transfer ban upheld

MADRID, June 1 (Xinhua) — Atletico Madrid on Thursday had their ban on signing new players upheld by the Court of Arbitration in Sport. Atletico had appealed against the FIFA ban, which was imposed as the result of irregularities in the signing of underage foreign players for their youth system and which forbids them from […]