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World Bank expects Chinese economy to grow 6.5 pct in 2017

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank on Tuesday kept its forecast for China’s economic growth rate for 2017 unchanged at 6.5 percent, saying that the economy will continue sustainable growth as it is rebalancing from manufacturing to services, despite reemerging concerns for property markets. In its latest flagship Global Economic Prospects report, the […]

Japanese PM to visit Australia amid uncertainty of U.S. presence in Asia

SYDNEY, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — Japan‘s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a business delegation will visit Australia on Saturday amid unease over future U.S. presence in Asia. Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet Abe on Saturday for a “working meeting”. The pair are expected to discuss regional security issues, the now de-funked Trans Pacific […]

Angelique Kerber, Andy Murray to play Dubai Tennis Championships 2017

DUBAI, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Dubai Duty Free (DDF), the title sponsor of the annual DDF Tennis Championships, announced here Monday world number one Andy Murray will participate while seven-time Dubai champion Roger Federer will return after the Swiss ace abstained last year, reports Xinhua. The women’s line-up will be led by world number one […]

Cristiano Ronaldo crowns the Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016

ZURICH, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday was crowned as FIFA Best Men’s Player of 2016, beating Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann. After ending cooperation with France Football magazine Ballon d’Or, FIFA reintroduced the FIFA Best Footballer Awards for the first time since 2009, reports Xinhua. In 2016, the attacker helped Real Madrid […]

Turkey, Iraq normalizes ties after Ankara changes perspective

ANKARA, Jan. 10(NsNewsWire) — Normalization of Turkish-Iraqi ties comes after a change of perspective of Ankara in a bid to restore its bilateral relations in the region, local experts said, reports Xinhua. The dynamic of the normalization was interrupted when Turkey sent troops to Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq and deployed additional troops along […]

MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The Kremlin on Monday refuted accusations of Russia’s involvement in hacker attacks during the U.S. 2016 presidential election, saying that it was a “tiresome witch-hunt.” “We continue to categorically rule out any involvement of Moscow and …Russian officials and agencies in any hacker attacks,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, reports […]

S. Korean court warns against delayed trial on presidential impeachment

SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s constitutional court, which is deliberating a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye, on Tuesday warned against the possible delay of trial on the impeachment bill as it speeds up the deliberation process. Chief Justice Park Han-chul said in the third pleading session that future proceedings must not be […]

Obama to Trump: Trends toward clean energy “irreversible”

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday warned President-elect Donald Trump against walking away from a global climate deal, saying that trends toward clean energy are “irreversible” and will help drive economic growth, reports Xinhua. In an article published in the highly regarded research journal Science, Obama wrote that “a […]

Samsung Electronics announces the winners of “This is Bangladesh”- Photography Contest

Dhaka, Jan.10 (NsNewsWire)–Samsung Electronics, the global leader in consumer electronics has announced the winners of the photography contest- ‘This is Bangladesh”. The purpose of the competition was to portray Bangladesh positively with picturesque photographs in digital media and recognize amateur photographers who captured the photos. Each winner has received a 32” Samsung TV as reward […]