S. Korean prosecutors see scandal-hit president as criminal suspect

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that President Park Geun-hye is suspected of having conspired with her longtime confidante and former aides, indicating the scandal-hit president will be seen as a criminal suspect in a future investigation. President Park has a complicity “to a significant extent” with the three criminal suspects […]

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91 killed, over 150 injured in train accident in northern India

NEW DELHI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — In one of the worst railway tragedies in India in recent years, at least 91 people were killed and more than 150 others injured after an express train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh early Sunday morning. “The mishap took place around 3:30 a.m. (local time) near […]

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NOVOAIR to Launch Kolkata Flight in 14 December from Chittagong

CHITTAGONG, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — NOVOAIR, the leading private airline of the country will launch Kolkata flight operation from Chittagong on December 14, 2016. Mr. Mofizur Rahman, Managing Director of NOVOAIR, said on a press conference at a luxuries hotel in Chittagong. Mr. Sohail Majid, Head of Marketing & Sales and high officials of NOVOAIR […]

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Gold down on exceptionally strong U.S. Dollar

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar demonstrated unexpected strength. The most active gold contract for December delivery fell 0.6 U.S. dollars, or 0.05 percent, to settle at 1,223.90 dollars per ounce, reports Xinhua. Traders observed the U.S. […]

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Melbourne the best place to live in the world: int’l expats

MELBOURNE, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — An international survey of people living outside their home country has revealed that Melbourne as the best place in the world to live. The survey, published by global network and information website InterNations on Thursday, asked 14,000 expatriates in cities all over the world to rate 30 aspects of their […]

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Global GDP growth forecast at 2.8 pct in 2017 amid uncertainties, disruptions

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — The global GDP is forecast to grow at 2.8 percent in 2017, a very modest improvement from 2.5 percent in 2016, a research group said Wednesday. Although a projected stabilization in energy and commodity prices may lift resource-rich economies up a little next year, the medium-term trend continues to […]

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Russia quits Int’l Criminal Court, cites “incompetence”

MOSCOW, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Russia has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to the court’s “incompetence,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement that the court “did not justify hopes assigned to it,” and failed to act as a “truly independent authoritative body of international […]

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Trump’s victory indicates polls’ failure in reflecting public sentiment

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — In Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump won the presidency despite most of the analysts and opinion polls predicting his defeat to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. U.S. pundits, experts and pollsters are now scrambling to figure out why most of them failed to predict Trump’s victory, reports Xinhua. […]

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