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BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) — The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be held from May 14 to 15 in Beijing and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and host the round table summit of the leaders, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday morning. According to Wang, 28 […]
Read MoreMADIRD, April 17 (Xinhua) — Real Madrid look to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday night when they entertain Bayern Munich in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Zinedine Zidane’s side will defend a 2-1 first leg lead which they took in Germany last week thanks to an excellent second half […]
Read MoreBERLIN, April 17 (Xinhua) — Alongside goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, striker Robert Lewandowski carries Bayern Munich’s hopes of progressing to the next round of the Champions League. The German champions have to reverse last Wednesday’s disappointing 2-1 home defeat against Real Madrid in the second leg match. Missing in the first leg with a shoulder injury, […]
Read MoreMADRID, April 17 (Xinhua) — The Easter holidays saw a 10-percent rise in hotel bookings in Spain, Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna said Monday. De la Serna said hotels in Spain were on average 90 percent full; a record which has not been seen in the last eight years and which […]
Read MoreBAGHDAD, April 17 (Xinhua) — A United Nations’ aid agency on Monday said that nearly half a million people have been displaced in six months of an offensive to dislodge the Islamic State (IS) militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul. Hundreds of thousands more may flee their homes in […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 17 (Xinhua) — Russia hopes the United States will not use force unilaterally against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Earlier in the day, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in South Korea that “the era of strategic patience is over” with the DPRK. “If […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 17 (Xinhua) — A suspected organizer of a recent St. Petersburg metro blast was detained on Monday in the Moscow Region, Russia‘s Federal Security Service said in a statement. Azimov Abror Akhralovich, a Central Asian native born in 1990, has been caught in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region, said the statement. […]
Read MoreSEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea was delayed to unspecified dates after the country’s presidential election ends next month, Yonhap news agency reported Monday. An unidentified senior South Korean government official was quoted as saying South Korea and the United […]
Read MoreSEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — Visiting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that “an era of strategic patience is over” on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pence made the remarks during a joint press conference with South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn who is serving as acting president. They held talks in […]
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