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Aerospace, nuclear deal likely between China, Russia

Aerospace, nuclear deal likely between China, Russia

Global Times 2019-09-12 17:53:44

China and Russia are expected to reach a number of deals when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Russia next week, Gao Feng, spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday. Gao...

China, Kazakhstan lift ties

China, Kazakhstan lift ties

Global Times 2019-09-12 17:25:08

China and Kazakhstan agreed on Wednesday to forge a permanent comprehensive strategic partnership. The announcement came after Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev...

Car free day set for Bangkok to reduce traffic congestion, pollution

Car free day set for Bangkok to reduce traffic congestion, pollution

-- 2019-09-12 17:09:35

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Wednesday announced it will organise Bangkok Car Free Day 2019 to reduce traffic congestion, pollution and save energy on Sept 22. Deputy Bangkok Gove...

US Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum crackdown

US Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum crackdown

Reuters 2019-09-12 11:31:19

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico...

Israeli PM's threat to annex West Bank not helpful for peace: UN

Israeli PM's threat to annex West Bank not helpful for peace: UN

-- 2019-09-12 00:11:56

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promise on Tuesday that if re-elected he would annex much of the occupied West Bank would not be helpful in the Middle East peace process, a UN spokesman sa...

China announces tariff exemptions for US goods to show goodwill

China announces tariff exemptions for US goods to show goodwill

Global Times 2019-09-11 18:03:44

China on Wednesday announced a plan for certain US imports and companies to file for exemptions from Chinese tariffs, in a goodwill gesture that will help ease the impact of the trade war on US compan...

California passes landmark gig economy workers’ rights bill

California passes landmark gig economy workers’ rights bill

-- 2019-09-11 17:28:39

Lawmakers in California have passed a landmark bill that would make it much more difficult for companies such as Uber and Lyft to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees, rep...

Khashoggi asked killers not to suffocate him

Khashoggi asked killers not to suffocate him

-- 2019-09-11 16:50:10

In his final words, slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi urged his killers not to cover his mouth because he suffered from asthma and could suffocate, reports AP citing Turkey's Sabah newspaper. Sa...

Hundreds of school close in Malaysia after air quality deteriorates

Hundreds of school close in Malaysia after air quality deteriorates

Xinhua 2019-09-11 16:40:12

Hundreds of schools were closed in Malaysia's Sarawak state after air quality dropped due to the ongoing haze, the state Education Department has said. The closures include 347 primary and 62 seconda...

Japan to re-investigate Fukushima nuclear disaster

Japan to re-investigate Fukushima nuclear disaster

-- 2019-09-11 16:30:03

Japan's nuclear regulator plans to reinvestigate the Fukushima disaster, in which three reactors at an atomic power plant run by Tokyo Electric Power melted down after an earthquake and tsunami eight...

Indian police kill militant in Kashmir

Indian police kill militant in Kashmir

-- 2019-09-11 16:26:32

Security forces in Indian Kashmir shot dead on Wednesday a suspected member of a Pakistan-based militant group who was accused of attacking the family of a fruit trader, the state police chief said, r...

Trudeau kicks off tough re-election campaign

Trudeau kicks off tough re-election campaign

-- 2019-09-11 12:15:46

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, admired abroad for his progressive policies but damaged by scandals at home, kicks off a six-week re-election campaign on Wednesday with opinion polls suggestin...

US to commemorate 9/11 victims

US to commemorate 9/11 victims

-- 2019-09-11 12:11:54

Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. A crowd of victims' relativ...

Three Australians detained in Iran

Three Australians detained in Iran

Reuters 2019-09-11 11:18:38

Three Australian citizens have been detained in Iran, the Australian government said on Wednesday, adding that it was helping the families of the three but gave no further details. The brief statemen...

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

-- 2019-09-11 10:45:07

US President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton amid disagreements with his hard-line aide over how to handle foreign policy challenges such as North Korea, Iran, Af...

West Bank annexation: Arab League says Israel plan 'aggression'

West Bank annexation: Arab League says Israel plan 'aggression'

Reuters 2019-09-11 10:38:36

Arab foreign ministers condemned a plan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank as “aggression” undermining any chances of a peace settlement...

We are going to get a deal and leave EU on Oct 31, says UK PM Johnson

We are going to get a deal and leave EU on Oct 31, says UK PM Johnson

-- 2019-09-10 20:41:11

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would get a Brexit deal and leave the European Union on October 31, reports Reuters. “We’re going to get a deal, and we’ll wo...

‘Supercool’ method can triple organ survival

‘Supercool’ method can triple organ survival

-- 2019-09-10 20:36:06

Supercooling human livers to -4C triples the time they can be kept before transplant compared with putting them on ice, US researchers say. It slows the metabolic rate to prevent damage, Nature Biote...

Death toll from Ashura rituals in Iraq’s Kerbala climbs to 31 with 100 more wounded

Death toll from Ashura rituals in Iraq’s Kerbala climbs to 31 with 100 more wounded

-- 2019-09-10 20:20:22

At least 31 people died and another 100 were wounded on Tuesday during the Shi’ite Muslim religious rituals of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, a Health Ministry spokesman said, offering no...

At least 16 die during Ashura rituals in Iraq’s Kerbala

At least 16 die during Ashura rituals in Iraq’s Kerbala

-- 2019-09-10 20:09:07

At least 16 people died and another 75 were wounded on Tuesday during the Shi’ite Muslim religious rituals of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, a Health Ministry spokesman said, offering no d...

Australia evacuates hundreds from coastal blazes   

Australia evacuates hundreds from coastal blazes  

-- 2019-09-10 20:02:45

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern Australia as firefighters battle more than 130 blazes across two states. Officials say the intense blazes mark the worst start to...

13 women in new EU Commission top team

13 women in new EU Commission top team

-- 2019-09-10 19:37:26

Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has named her choices for the EU’s new top team. Those on her list face some difficult challenges, including handling the UK’s...

Japan’s PM set to bring telegenic son of popular ex-PM into cabinet

Japan’s PM set to bring telegenic son of popular ex-PM into cabinet

-- 2019-09-10 19:18:58

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will draft the son of former premier Junichiro Koizumi into his cabinet and keep allies in key posts in a reshuffle on Wednesday, media reported, as Abe readies a ta...

Former MLA from Imran Khan’s party in India, requests PM Modi for asylum

Former MLA from Imran Khan’s party in India, requests PM Modi for asylum

-- 2019-09-10 18:52:27

A former MLA from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Baldev Kumar, on Tuesday sought political asylum from New Delhi, reports NDTV. He has been staying with hi...

N Korea 'willing to restart' N talks with US

N Korea 'willing to restart' N talks with US

-- 2019-09-10 18:46:59

North Korea is willing to restart denuclearisation talks with the United States later this month, the country's vice foreign minister has said. Choe Son-hui said they were willing to resume "comprehe...

HK leader renews call for talks with protesters

HK leader renews call for talks with protesters

-- 2019-09-10 18:01:09

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam renews an appeal to pro-democracy protesters to halt violence and engage in dialogue, as the city's richest man urged the government to provide a way out for the mostly you...

Urmila Matondkar quits Congress, blames “petty in-house politics”

Urmila Matondkar quits Congress, blames “petty in-house politics”

-- 2019-09-10 17:38:37

Actor Urmila Matondkar, who joined the Congress barely five months ago ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, quit today with a barbed statement that left the party red-faced ahead of the coming assembly e...

Pakistan FM calls for UN probe of India actions in Kashmir

Pakistan FM calls for UN probe of India actions in Kashmir

-- 2019-09-10 17:30:51

Pakistan on Tuesday asked the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to ensure that India ends the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir and restores fundamental rights and liberties in the region, report agen...

India rejects China-Pakistan joint statement on J&K

India rejects China-Pakistan joint statement on J&K

-- 2019-09-10 17:25:21

NEW DELHI, Sept 10: India today rejected the reference made to Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement issued after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to Islamabad. “We reje...

One dead, 19 injured in German hospital fire

One dead, 19 injured in German hospital fire

-- 2019-09-10 17:01:16

Officials say one person has died and 19 more have been injured in a fire at a hospital in the western German city of Duesseldorf, reports AP. City authorities said Tuesday that the fire broke out la...