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LONDON, May 19 (NsNewsWire) — Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been named as the first of seven main draw singles wild cards for this summer’s British WTA grass court events organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), organizers said on Thursday. The former world No. 1 will play the Aegon Classic Birmingham for […]
Read MoreVILNIUS, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Belt and Road initiative gives the world strong hope that a peaceful world is an achievable goal, said a Lithuanian expert. “Such a strong expression of China’s commitment to actively help build the world that engages in dialogues and friendship shows a peaceful world is an achievable goal for […]
Read MoreKABUL, May 19 (Xinhua) — Eleven Afghan civilians were killed after a vehicle ran over a Taliban-planting roadside bomb in eastern Logar province Friday, a local official said. Provincial Governor Halim Fidai said on his official twitter account that the incident occurred in Zarghon Shahir area of the province, 60 km south of Kabul. Those […]
Read MorePARIS, May 19 (Xinhua) — French President Emmanuel Macron will on Wednesday discuss the state of emergency which has been imposed since the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday. In an interview with RTL radio, Collomb said emergency rules to empower police to thwart potential terrorist attacks “will be […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, May 19 (Xinhua) — Iran’s presidential election began on Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. local time (0330 GMT) as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast his vote in the ballot box. Khamenei urged the Iranians to go to the polling stations for the vote at the earliest time. The election of the president is […]
Read MoreMANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) — The 12-day joint military drills between the United States and the Philippines wrapped up on Friday, with officials of allied countries claiming the troops stand more prepared to respond to terror threats and natural disasters in the region. Only 2,600 American troops and 2,800 Philippine troops, about half of the […]
Read MoreTOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) — Japan’s education ministry has begun an internal probe into allegations that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have been complicit in a government plan to allow a heavily subsidized medical school to be opened at a university operated by his friend. Education Minister Hirokazu Matsuno told a press briefing Friday that […]
Read MoreBEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Washington for the Middle East on Friday in his first overseas visit since he took office in January. Embroiled in rolling scandals at home, he can expect a welcome in Saudi Arabia and Israel, which have been lobbying for U.S. support for their policies […]
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (NsNewsWire) — Google Inc. said Wednesday its Android operating system has reached a milestone by powering 2 billion monthly active devices around the world. Dave Burke, Google’s vice president of engineering, told Google I/O, an annual conference for computer programmers, in Mountain View, Northern California, where the technology company is headquartered, […]
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