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Xinhua launches social network accounts in Spanish

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — China’s Xinhua News Agency officially launched its Spanish accounts on social networks Twitter, Facebook and Youtube here Saturday. The launch ceremony took place in Xinhua’s Latin American regional headquarters in the Mexican capital and was attended by China’s Ambassador to Mexico, Qiu Xiaoqi, and the Director-General of International Media […]

　Beijing to make great Olympic Games in 2022, says Plushenk

　BEIJING, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenk, Russia’s four-time figure skating Olympic medalist, said here Friday that he believes Beijing will make a great Olympic Games in 2022. In the wake of Beijing’s win on Friday in the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, Plushenk, who is in Beijing to cheer for the city’s […]

Beijing wins 2022 Winter Olympics

By Sportswriters Cao Jianjie and Lin HaoKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to the city that hosted an “exceptional” Games in 2008 and promises to do even better this time. Beijing beat Almaty by 44 votes to 40, with one IOC member abstaining, to become […]

Tens of thousands celebrate freedom as Indo-Bangla deal to exchange enclaves comes into force

Adjust font size: After living in a stateless limbo for about seven decades, some 52,000 inhabitants of 162 enclaves inside Bangladesh and India celebrated freedom when the clock strikes 12:00 on Friday night. They became citizens of either of the countries based on their choice, as Dhaka and New Delhi exchanged the adversely possessed pieces […]

Nearly half million evacuated as cyclone lashes Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh evacuated nearly half a million people as cyclone Komen closed in on the country’s southeast coastlines on Thursday, with winds uprooting trees and tearing into hundreds of flimsy homes. One person is confirmed to have died in St Martin’s Island near Cox’s Bazar, some 292 km southeast […]

Expectations are high in China ahead of 2022 Olympic vote

BEIJING, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Expectations are high in China as the vote on the 2022 Winter Olympics Games nears. “Good luck for Beijing, and I will pray for you,” said Li Maocuo, two days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decides to give the host right to Beijing, or Almaty, Kazakhstan. The 22-year-old Li, […]

Beijing 2008 legacy and regional development program guarantee sustainability of the Beijing 2022 Games

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Xinhua) — The Beijing 2022 delegation has underlined the bid’s full alignment with the principles of the Olympic Agenda 2020 and stressed sustainability as one of the key pillars of the Games plans. Since the very inception of the bid, Beijing 2022 made its priority to design a Games that would […]

Bangladesh issues warning as cyclone Komen intensifies

DHAKA, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has issued an alert over Cyclone Komen that is heading towards its coastlines. A special bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the storm is likely to move in a northerly direction and may cross Bangladesh coast by Thursday noon or afternoon. Under its influence, squally weather is continuing over […]

Plane debris found on Indian Ocean island fuels MH370 speculation

Plane debris found on the shore of the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean has fueled speculation that it could be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which mysteriously vanished more than a year ago with 239 people on board. AFP reported that the debris, which appeared to be part of an airplane’s wing, […]