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BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese insurers had initiated 651 investment projects with registered capital of 1.65 trillion yuan (about 239.8 billion U.S. dollars) in infrastructure and livelihood improvement by the end of 2016, official data showed. The investment was made through equity and bond purchases, as well as asset support plans, which mostly went […]
Read MoreMANILA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ gross international reserves (GIR) climbed to 81.04 billion U.S. dollars as of January, the central bank said Tuesday. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Officer-in-Charge Nestor A. Espenilla said the January preliminary level was higher by 0.35 billion dollars than the December 2016 GIR. He attributed the increase to […]
Read MoreASTANA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — A technical meeting on Syrian ceasefire monitoring opended here on Monday with representatives of Iran, Russia, Jordan, Turkey and the United Nations participating. The participants agreed that mechanism for effective monitoring the full compliance with the ceasefire was already functioning, Head of Russian delegation and Deputy Head of Main Operations […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the need for continued efforts to ensure fair burden-sharing among the ll NATO allies over phone, NATO said in a statement Monday. The two leaders discussed by telephone on Sunday evening, during which they “reconfirmed the importance of the […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Moscow regrets the imposition of new sanctions by the United States on Iran after the latter’s missile test, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Monday. Iran’s recent missile test did not violate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the UN Security Council resolution urging the Islamic Republic to […]
Read MoreEL CENTRO, the United States, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — “Trump’s border wall? … Well, I think it’s just kidding,” Brenda Gonzalez joked around with his customers. Originally from Mexico, Gonzalez is now a front desk manager at a Holiday Inn Express hotel in El Centro, California, 350 kilometers southeast to Los Angeles, reports Xinhua. “Tell […]
Read MoreKABUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — At least 12 people were killed and injured as a suicide bombing happened next to the Supreme Court building on Tuesday, local media reported.
Read MoreTEHRAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday shrugged off the U.S. “threats” against the Islamic republic, saying that the threats would not frighten Iran. The Iranians are not afraid of the threats of the new U.S. President Donald Trump, Khamenei said according to his official website. The United States […]
Read MorePARIS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over allegations of false accounting during his 2012 election campaign that allowed him to exceed spending limits, local media reported on Tuesday. Judge Serge Tournaire decided to put Sarkozy on trial over “illegal election campaign financing,” according to reports. Thirteen others, who […]
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