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TOKYO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been grilled in parliament recently over the government’s sale of a plot of state-owned land to an educational entity for far below the valuation price. According to local reports, Moritomo Gakuen, a private-school operator, bought the 8,770-square-meter piece of land last June in Toyonaka, […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — The latest U.S. ruling to remove heavy duties on truck and bus tires imported from China was “in line with the objective facts,” the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined Wednesday that the tires from China did not materially injure or threaten to […]
Read MoreMOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Iraqi security forces on Thursday started an assault to retake the Mosul international airport and a military base nearby from Islamic State (IS) militants, the military said. Federal police and elite Interior Ministry units, known as Rapid Response, started in the morning a new push into Mosul airport, the […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Residents living in South Korea’s southeast regions, where the U.S. missile shield is set to be deployed, came up to the capital city Seoul on Thursday to rally against the decision to install one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in their hometown. Setting works for bread and butter […]
Read MoreMEXICO CITY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — A good sleep can no longer help Victor Navares fully recover after a day’s work as there might be a wall between home and work. Navares drives two hours from the Mexican town of Ensenada across the border to work for a U.S. company. “If (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump […]
Read MoreDhaka, Feb. 23 (NsNewsWire) –International textile and garment machinery exhibition jointly organized by Bangladesh Textile Mills Owners’ Association (BTMA), Yorkers’ Trade and Marketing services of Hongkong and Taiwan’s Chan Chao International Company starts on Thursday. The four days exhibition (Feb. 23 to 26) was inaugurated by Mirza Azam, State Minister for Textiles and Jute at […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone commences the first ever ‘Clash Royale Grameenphone Championship’ in Bangladesh today. The month-long tournament will continue till 2nd April 2017. Top three winners of the tournament will receive in-game gems from Clash Royale. The champion will get 2500 gems, while the runner up and second runner up will get […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Norwegian Foreign Minister Mr. Borge Brende completed his day long visit and left Dhaka in the morning of 21 February 2017. During the visit he had bilateral talks with the Foreign Minister Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali MP on 20 February 2017 at the State Guest House Padma. In the […]
Read MorePARIS, Feb. 22(NsNewsWire) — As the campaigns for the French presidential elections go on, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has enjoyed gains in the polls. The last daily poll PresiTrack from OpinionWay for ORPI, “Les Echos” and Radio Classique published on Monday, reinforced the impression that the leader of the National Front (FN) party continues […]
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