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Dubai launches e-governance scheme to cut paper works

DUBAI, April 16 (Xinhua) — Dubai launched on Sunday the e-governance scheme “Smart Dubai 2021” with the objective to eliminate all paper works at government institutions as of 2021. In a ceremony launching the announcement, the Crown Prince of the emirate of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan said his government “will issue its last paper transaction in […]

Iraq condemns deadly attack on convoy of Syrian evacuees

BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) — Iraq on Sunday condemned the massive bomb attack on a convoy of buses evacuating some 5,000 civilians to government-controlled areas in Syria. “Iraq expresses its strong condemnation for the criminal terrorist act that targeted innocent civilians evacuated from the Syrian towns of Kefraya and Foah,” the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign […]

Shutdown against civilian killing affects normal life in Indian-controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 16 (Xinhua) — Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir Sunday observed complete shutdown to protest the killing of a civilian, police said. The call for shutdown was jointly given by separatist groups against the Saturday evening killing of a civilian at the hands of Indian troops in Batamaloo locality of Srinagar […]

S.Korean military says DPRK’s attempted test-launch of missile fails

SEOUL, April 16 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) attempted early Sunday to test-launch an unidentified missile on its east coast, which was believed to have failed, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The JCS confirmed the botched missile launch, saying it is still analyzing what type of missile was […]

Bangladesh FM Meets Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Saint Petersburg)

DHAKA, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, MP met with the Governor of Leningrad Oblast Alexander Drozdenko on Saturday at the Governor Mansion in St. Petersburg yesterday. The Governor briefed the historic importance of the capital of the region: St. Petersburg, a city built by Czar Peter the Great. He further briefed the Foreign […]

South Asia Could Potentially Benefit from Globalization Backlash: World Bank

WASHINGTON, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — Possible protectionism in advanced economies should not deter export-oriented growth in South Asia, a region that could even benefit from the backlash against globalization, a new World Bank report said today. The report also confirms that South Asia remains the fastest-growing region in the world, gradually widening its lead relative […]

Pro-Trump, anti-Trump rallies clash in Berkeley, California

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — Fighting broke out as people supporting or opposing U.S. President Donald Trump converged Saturday on Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, Northern California, reports Xinhua. At least 13 people were arrested as police struggled to keeep the two camps separate. The City of Berkeley Police Department […]

Will ‘Mother of All Bombs’ scare NK?

Will ‘Mother of All Bombs’ scare NK? Source:Global Times Published: 2017/4/14 23:03:39 The US on Thursday dropped the “Mother of All Bombs” – the most powerful nonnuclear bomb used by the US so far – on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan. Trump said Thursday that the mission was “very successful” and that he […]

Urdu version of Chinese president’s book on governance launched in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — The Urdu language edition of the book “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was launched here on Friday and the launching ceremony was attended by around 300 Pakistani and Chinese officials, academicians and researchers, reports Xiinhua. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Jiang Jianguo, vice head of the Publicity Department […]