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North Korea, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire ) — A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, reports Reuters quoting the the North’s official media said. The man identified himself as Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, from […]
Read MoreSydney, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Three people were seen fleeing from a Sydney cafe after they had been taken hostage — with others still held inside as neighboring blocks remain locked down as police tried to make contact with the perpetrators, authorities said. The hostages were being held in the Lindt Chocolat Café, a chocolate […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday stood in solemn silence for some time to show respect to the memories of the best sons of the soil when bugle was played last post. Before that they paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at […]
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to attend a gathering in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Dec. 19-20 for the 15th anniversary of Macao’s return to China, authorities said on Sunday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left here Sunday morning for visits to three Asian and European countries and to attend a series of international meetings. At the invitation of Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Li will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan, reports Xinhua. During the visit, Li will hold the […]
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In 1999, Bangladesh, previously winless against a major Test playing nation, stunned Pakistan, who were undefeated in the tournament, by 62 runs at Northampton. The match was a huge occasion for Bangladesh, with the win helping attain Test status, says an ICC media release. Background: It its maiden World Cup appearance, Bangladesh had been quickly […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has met with an author from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who recently published a book introducing people from the northwestern region. Yu, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, met with author Kurbanjan Semat as well as characters from […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China’s mobile social networking platform Momo Inc. listed its shares Thursday on the NASDAQ global select market. The company announced that its initial public offering of 16 million American depositary shares (ADSs) was priced at 13.5 U.S. dollars per ADS for a total offering size of 216 million dollars, reports […]
Read MoreNANJING, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that denial of the Nanjing Massacre will not be allowed by the Chinese people or peace-loving people anywhere in the world. The Nanjing Massacre, committed by Japanese aggressors, was one of three major massacres during WWII. It was an atrocious anti-human crime and a […]
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