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First look at GC2018 athletics track

Gold Coast, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — World champion hurdler Sally Pearson and decathlete Cedric Dubler got their first look at the newly laid athletics track at Carrara Stadium with only three months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Pearson is gunning for a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the […]

Close all schools and madrasas for a day

DHAKA, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — clarion call has gone out toEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, MP to close all schools and madrasas on January 13 for the day, by resolute anti-corporal punishment crusader Sir Frank Peters. Sir Frank said he’s making this appeal to the minister to remind and emphasize to all headmasters, teachers, pupils and parents that corporal punishment in […]

Opening new air routes no threat to Taiwan

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/5 22:08:39 The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) announced on Thursday that it is opening four routes over the Taiwan Straits, including the south-to-north M503 route and three connecting regional routes. The mainland’s regular arrangement for civil aviation routes has prompted strong reactions from the Taiwan authorities. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council […]

Trump tweet draws China, Pakistan closer

[message_box title=”MESSAGE TITLE” color=”red”]ADD_CONTENT_HERE[/message_box] By Yang Sheng and Wang Cong Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/4 21:28:39 Yuan used in bilateral trade, military base talks reemerge A Twitter attack by US President Donald Trump against Pakistan on New Year’s Day appears to be helping boost the already close ties between Pakistan and China as days after the […]

Foreign talent to China visa procedures to further simplify the realization of the four “most”

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5 (Reporter Yan Zimin) In response to the personnel visa system recently promulgated by China, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said on the 5th that the Chinese embassy and consulate in China has further simplified the use of domestic personnel from January 1, 2018 Talents recognized by competent personnel to […]

Nuclear button no solution to North Korea nuke crisis

Nuclear button no solution to North Korea nuke crisis Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/3 23:08:39 Where is the situation on the Korean Peninsula headed? It is the biggest uncertainty of 2018. At the beginning of this year, South Korea welcomed North Korea to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The two sides established contact […]

Washington casts aside Pakistan as purpose served

Source:Global Times Published: 2018/1/2 23:23:40 In his first tweet of 2018, US President Donald Trump opened fire on Pakistan. He wrote, “the United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as […]

Muslim woman on forefront of instant divorce abolition in India joins BJP

NEW DELHI, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Ishrat Jahan, one of the Muslim woman petitioners seeking abolition of Triple Talaq (instant divorce), has joined India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party, party functionaries said Monday. Jahan joined the BJP in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. “Ishrat Jahan has joined BJP at our Howrah office during a function […]

Indian lower house passes bill banning instant divorce

The lower House of Indian parliament locally called Lok Sabha Thursday passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017 making instant divorce — Triple Talaq illegal, officials said, reports Xinhua. Indian government hailed the passing of the bill as “historic.” “The practice of Triple Talaq has been curbed and regulated even in […]