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LONDON, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — The Japanese Embassy to Britain remained silent one day after a detailed media report said that it had been paying a British think tank to propagate against China. An official with the Japanese Embassy in London acknowledged on Monday morning that the Embassy had received an enquiry letter from Xinhua seeking […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday backtracked on a statement seen as praising U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a wall along the Mexican border, following strong protest from Mexico City. In a tweet on his personal account on Saturday evening, Netanyahu wrote “President Trump is right. I built a […]
Read MoreTEHRAN, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Iran said Tuesday that it has stopped granting visas to U.S. citizens in response to Washington’s recent travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. “We will not issue visa for Americans, but there will be exceptions for some whose cases will be referred to a committee which has […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night he has nominated judge Neil Gorsuch as the new justice for the Supreme Court, a move expected to meet with resistance from Democrats. “Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support,” said Trump in his […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has approved $300 million financing to empower the local governments at grassroots level with discretionary funds that would enable communities decide and implement local development priorities. Built on the success of two predecessor projects, the Local Governance Support Project – 3 (LGSP-3) will cover all the 4550 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 114.9 billion for 2016, up 9.6% from last year. Subscription and traffic revenue (excluding interconnection) grew by 12.0% with growing contribution from data. Data revenue grew by 69.7% with 56.1% growth in user and 167.9% growth in volume. Voice revenue also grew by 5.1% […]
Read MoreKOTA KINABALU, Malaysia, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Search efforts continue on Tuesday for the missing in the boat accident off Malaysia’s Sabah state on North Borneo. Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar, director general of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, said the operations would cover 3000 square nautical miles with planes and ships of his agency as well […]
Read MoreMADRID, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Rafael Nadal on Monday pulled out of Spain‘s Davis Cup clash with Croatia this weekend, the Spanish tennis federation said. Nadal, who went down in five sets to Roger Federer in Sunday’s final of the Australian Open, will be replaced by Feliciano Lopez for the World Group first-round tie, reports […]
Read MoreMADRID, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Spanish football league is likely to use the newly- introduced video refereeing system in 2018, its president said on Monday. A mistake which cost Barcelona a goal at the weekend sparked widespread criticism of refereeing and forced the president to make the announcement, reports Xinhua. The league initially said […]
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