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LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) — Police said on Thursday that a man had been arrested after an incident occurred near the British Parliament as no injury was reported. London Metropolitan police said on Twitter that the man had been arrested as the city’s traffic authorities confirmed that the Whitehall-Parliament Street is closed northbound due to […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 27 (Xinhua) — Russia concentrated its fire on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and blasted the military bloc for being a trouble maker during the Sixth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) that ended Thursday. At the two-day event, Russia’s top military officials said NATO’s military expansion in Europe and interference in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, April 27 (Xinhua) — At least seven suspected militants were killed when U.S. pilotless aircraft launched missile strikes in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Thursday, local Urdu TV channel Aaj reported.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, April 27 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank today approved $59 million in financing to help Bangladesh meet the increasing demand for electricity by improving the reliability and efficiency of the entire power system, from electricity generation to transmission. The Power System Reliability and Efficiency Improvement Project will reduce power outages and load-shedding, as well […]
Read MoreDhaka, April 26, (NsNewsWire) — In alignment with the phenomenal global success of pre-orders for the S8 and S8+ which were up 30 percent from last year’s reservations for the S7 and S7 edge, Samsung Mobile Bangladesh is also observing the most successful pre-sale period for this smartphone in Bangladesh. The newly launched flagship products […]
Read MoreMADRID, April 26 (Xinhua) — Atletico Madrid will be without the services of Belgian international winger, Yannick Carrasco for at least the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid after it was confirmed he has suffered a twisted shoulder. Carrasco suffered the injury after entering Tuesday night’s 1-0 home defeat against Villarreal […]
Read MoreRIO DE JANEIRO, April 26 (Xinhua) — Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered footballer Bruno Fernandes to return to jail for the murder of his former girlfriend. Bruno, as he is known in Brazil, was granted a writ of habeas corpus in February after serving less than seven years of a 22-year sentence for killing Eliza […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, April 26 (Xinhua) — Singapore’s manufacturing output increased 10.2 percent year-on-year in March, said the country’s Economic Development Board (EDB) on Wednesday. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output grew 12.4 percent in March, said EDB in the press release. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, manufacturing output increased 5.0 percent compared to the previous month. Excluding […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, April 26 (Xinhua) — Western Australias newly-appointed Premier Mark McGowan said on Wednesday that it is time to “play hardball” with the federal government and the eastern states over plans of a possible gas pipeline that would stretch across the nation. McGowan said his state deserves a bigger share of the nation’s goods and […]
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