Vietnam protests to China over South China Sea boat sinking

HANOI, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam said. Vietnam and China have for years long been embroiled in a dispute over the potentially energy-rich stretch of waters, called the…

US announces first new North Korea sanctions since failed summit

WASHINGTON, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States sanctioned two Chinese shipping companies it says helped North Korea evade US and international sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme, the first such steps since US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s summit collapsed last month. The US Treasury Department also…

New Zealand prays, falls silent, a week after mosque massacres

CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. As the call was…

Chinese president arrives in Italy, set to sign Belt and Road deal

ROME, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Rome on Thursday at the start of a three-day visit during which he will sign an accord drawing Italy into his giant “Belt and Road” infrastructure plan, despite US opposition. Italy, seeking new export deals to boost its stalled…

Six dead as car hits crowd in China, police kill driver

BEIJING, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A car rammed into a crowd in centralChina Friday, killing six people and injuring seven others, and the driverwas fatally shot by police, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The injured were taken to hospital following the early morning incident inZaoyang City in Hubei Province, CCTV said.…

Death toll from east China factory blast jumps to 44: state media

YANCHENG (China), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked a chemical plant in eastern China rose to 44, state media said Friday. According to state-run People’s Daily, 90 others have been seriouslyinjured in Thursday’s blast, which was so powerful it knocked down nearbyfactory buildings…

New Zealand: Kiwi women don headscarves in solidarity with Muslim victims

CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Women in Christchurch wore makeshift headscarves as a statement of peace and solidarity on Friday, a week after a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims at two mosques in the southern New Zealand city. Rafaela Stoakes, a 32-year-old mother of two, said wearing the…

Death toll in China landslide rises to 20

BEIJING, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Rescuers have retrieved the body of afinal missing person in a northern China landslide, bringing the death tollto 20, local officials said. The incident last Friday (Masrch 15) in Shanxi province flattened several residential buildings and a public bathhouse. Authorities initially reported 10 deaths and…

Bangladesh: ruling party AL, Chinese Communist Party ink MoU on boosting cooperation

DHAKA, March 22 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh ruling party Awami League and Communist Party of China (CPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on boosting cooperation between the two parties. The MoU was inked after a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visiting Minister of International Department of CPC Central…

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in Pakistan

Photo courtesy of Bernama ISLAMABAD, March 22 (NNN- Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad arrived here Thursday for a three-day official visit to Pakistan. The aircraft carrying Dr Mahathir touched down at the Pakistan Air Force Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi at about 7.50 pm (10.50 pm…
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