Category: International News

BEIJING, Jan 14 (APP):Nepal has connected with Chinese Internet services ending years of India’s monopoly, according to a report of China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Sunday. Nepal’s Minister for Information and Communications, Mohan Bahadur Basnet during the inauguration of optical fiber link through Rauwagadhi-Kerung located at Geelong Port border point said the Internet link… Continue reading Nepal logs in with Chinese internet, disconnects India’s monopoly

BEIJING, Jan 14 (APP):Yuan Jianglei, 27, rode his bicycle 16,000 kilometers from West Africa’s Benin to China, crossing 16 countries in 360 days, China Daily reported on Sunday. After graduating from Chongqing Jiaotong University in 2014, he worked as a volunteer teacher at the Confucius Institute in Benin for two years. He planned to return… Continue reading Teacher rides from Benin to China on bicycle

BEIJING, Jan 14 (APP)::China’s influence has made significant progress, but there still remain several hurdles, trade and investment are two keys for China to achieve its economic objectives, while a sound plan is needed, according to an article published in China Today. China and Pakistan enjoy a strong relationship. Based heavily on cooperation, they both… Continue reading China’s influence in South and Southeast Asia

NEW YORK, Jan 14 (APP)::People in the U.S. state of Hawaii were sent scrambling Saturday ‘for more than 30 minutes’ after an emergency alert notification warned of a ballistic missile threat, which turned out to be an error. A flurry of tweets, often with screenshots of the message, appeared to pop up on cellphones, warning,… Continue reading False ballistic missile alert rattles US state of Hawaii

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 (APP):All African member states of the United Nations have jointly denounced US President Donald Trump’s reference to African nations as “shitholes” and called on him to retract his statement and apologize. After an emergency session on Friday to weigh Trump’s remarks, the African group of UN Ambassadors said it was “concerned… Continue reading African UN envoys demand Trump apology

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 (APP):Conflict prevention is among the priorities of the United Nations General Assembly for the remainder of the current session through September 2018, the President of the main UN deliberative and policymaking body has said. In a briefing session of the 193-member Assembly on Friday, President Miroslav Lajcak said that in relation… Continue reading UNGA President puts conflict prevention among priorities for 2018

NEW YORK, Jan 12 (APP):US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to deny he insulted Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries” but admitted in a tweet that he used “tough” language during a discussion about an immigration deal with lawmakers. “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was… Continue reading Trump denies ‘racist slur’ that provoked outrage

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (APP):“Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry in his several interviews to foreign media castigated US decision to suspend security aid, saying it runs counter to the conversations between the top leadership for finding common ground to work together in fighting global terrorism. The Trump administration early this month announced… Continue reading US decision on Pakistan belies two-way conversations on finding common ground: Ambassador

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 (APP):A spokesman for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights Friday condemned US President Donald Trump for calling Haiti and African nations “shithole countries,” saying there’s no other word one can use but racist to describe the remarks. Spokesman Rupert Colville said in Geneva that Trump’s comments… Continue reading UN human rights office slams Trump comments as ‘racist’

NEW YORK, Jan 12 (APP):US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to deny he insulted Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries” but admitted in a tweet that he used ‘tough’ language during a discussion about an immigration deal with lawmakers. “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was… Continue reading Trump denies ‘racist slur’ that provoked outrage

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (APP):Two United Nations agencies announced Thursday they are teaming up in a major new initiative too take on the herculean task of combatting environmental health risks, which claim an estimated 12.6 million lives a year. The partnership between the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), includes specific… Continue reading UN agencies announce plans to combat environmental health risks

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (APP):The United Nations human rights chief has condemned an upsurge in civilian casualties in Eastern Ghouta in Syria amid the recent escalation in airstrikes and ground-based attacks by Government forces and their allies, noting that at least 85 civilians have been killed since 31 December. “The suffering of the people of Syria… Continue reading UN rights chief slams spike in civilian casualties in Syria’s ‘de-escalation’ areas