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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China is looking for a foreign coach for its men’s volleyball team, said Li Quanqiang, director of the volleyball department of China’s General Administration of Sport, here on Monday. Li expressed his hopes for both the women’s and men’s volleyball teams (as well as China’s beach volleyball teams) to qualify […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Xinhua) — Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Tuesday immigration department has banned all embassy officials of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from leaving the country, after the DPRK announced similar ban on Malaysians in DPRK.
Read MoreBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China has punished a number of new-energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturers for fraudulently claiming subsidies, Finance Minister Xiao Jie said Tuesday. “The combined amount of retrieved subsidies and penalties imposed on companies involved is about 2.3 billion yuan (about 333.5 million U.S. dollars),” Xiao told a press conference on the sidelines […]
Read MoreCANBERRA, March 7 (Xinhua) — Australian farm produce is predicted to boom this year as overseas markets clamour for locally grown nuts such as almonds and macadamias as well as agricultural stalwarts such as beef, lamb, wool and cotton. The value of Australian agricultural production is forecast to surge by 8.3 percent this financial year […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, March 7 (NsNewsWire) — The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday announced that the bloc will on April 5 host an international conference on Syria’s future. The EU will cochair the conference with the United Nations and with the governments of Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar and Britain, Mogherini said at […]
Read MorePARIS, March 7 (NsNewsWire) — Senior members of French conservative party the Republicans unanimously supported Francois Fillon’s presidential bid, despite a deepening legal investigation into the allegation about his wife’s fake job, Senate President Gerard Larcher said on Monday. At an emergency meeting, “the political committee unanimously renewed its support and confidence to Francois Fillon,” […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, March 7 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order banning nationals of six Muslim-majority countries to enter the country, excluding Iraq from the list of a previous ban. The new document maintained a 90-day ban on nationals of Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Iran and Somalia, from entering the United […]
Read MoreBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — China’s finance minister on Tuesday reiterated confidence in controlling debt risks despite some irregularities in local governments’ financing activities. “China’s government debt risks are generally within control,” Finance Minister Xiao Jie said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary session. By the end of last year, […]
Read MoreSEOUL, March 7 (Xinhua) — The deployment of a U.S. missile shield in South Korea has begun with the arrival of a part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday. A South Korean defense ministry official told Xinhua that two mobile launchers and a part of other equipments […]
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