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LISBON, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Portugal’s Madeira Airport had its name changed on Wednesday to honor football star Cristiano Ronaldo. “Many thanks for being here. Seeing my name on this airport is something very special, every one knows I am proud of my roots and my land,” Ronaldo said at a ceremony held at the […]
Read MoreCHICAGO, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Maintaining a good and normal trade relationship between China and the United States will benefit both countries, Iowa officials have told Xinhua in separate, exclusive interviews. “It’s clearly a two-way trade. From an agriculture perspective, China is important to us,” said Kirk Leeds, chief executive officer of Iowa Soybean Association, […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, March 30 (Xinhua) — The New South Wales state government committed 8 million Australian dollars (6.132 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday to improve social housing and community facilities for disadvantaged Australians. The Social Housing Community Improvement Fund (SHCIF) works with local organizations to build and refurbish facilities in government-funded housing areas. New South Wales […]
Read MoreSAN JOSE, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in San Jose on Wednesday that he is working to build a positive relationship with the United States in face of the challenges with its vital trading partner. He make the pledge at a summit of the Tuxtla Political Dialogue and Consensus Mechanism […]
Read MoreSTOCKHOLM, 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 […]
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