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STOCKHOLM, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bob Dylan, the American songwriter who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, is slated to receive the prize in a low-key meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm this weekend, local media reported Wednesday. But it is still unclear whether Dylan will give a lecture, required by laureates […]
Read MoreSEOUL, March 30 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye on Thursday appeared in a court that will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for her over a corruption scandal that led to her impeachment. Park, dressed in a dark blue coat, got into a black sedan at her private residence in an […]
Read MoreRIO DE JANEIRO, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Lionel Messi has been handed a four-match international ban for insulting a linesman during Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Chile in Buenos Aires last Thursday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was also fined 10,000 US dollars by the FIFA disciplinary committee, the world football governing body said on Tuesday, […]
Read MoreBEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) — The central parity rate of the renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 133 basis points to 6.8915 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. The central bank on Wednesday, for the fourth consecutive business day, skipped the open market operations of reverse repos, a process […]
Read MoreDAMASCUS, March 29 (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered the replacement of three Syrian ministers on Wednesday, including the ministries of justice, commerce, and administrative development, reported state TV. The presidential decree named Hisham Sha’ar, as the new justice minister replacing Najm Hamad al-Ahmad. It also appointed Samer Khalil as the minister of commerce […]
Read MoreLONDON, March 29 (Xinhua) — The Britain on Wednesday officially started the historic process to leave the European Union (EU) as the letter signed by Prime Minister Theresa May is sent to leaders of the 28-member bloc. “There is no turning back,” May told the House of Commons. Giving official notice under Article 50 of […]
Read MoreSRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — At least three civilians and a militant were killed Tuesday in daylong clashes and gunfight respectively with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The gunfight and clashes broke out at village Durbugh in Chadoora of Budgam district, about 22 km south of Srinagar city, the summer […]
Read MoreSANAA, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — A top UN humanitarian official in Yemen warned Tuesday against military escalation in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, stressing it as the most important port to deliver aid to the needed Yemeni civilians. Jamie McGoldrick, UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, said in a press conference here in the capital […]
Read MoreMEXICO CITY, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Doctors in Mexico have set a date for the world’s heaviest man to undergo gastric bypass surgery, local media reported on Tuesday. Patient Juan Pedro Franco, who once weighed more than half a ton at 595 kilos, has been on a three-month diet to prepare for the operation scheduled […]
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