June2017
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Street artists bring color to Israeli and Jordanian streets
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: With large murals of black cats and colorful gurning faces, a group of traveling international artists are bringing a splash of colorful street art to towns in Israel and Jordan. The eye-catching works, including... -
China closes 60 celebrity gossip social media accounts
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: China’s cyberspace authorities have ordered internet companies to close 60 popular celebrity gossip social media accounts in the latest in a series of crackdowns on independent media. Website operators from some of China’s biggest... -
American band Aerosmith ready to rock Download Festival
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: American rockers Aerosmith said they would put aside security concerns following the Manchester bombing to headline the Download Festival in England on Sunday, insisting the show must go on. The Grammy award-winning Boston band... -
Men taking on 50 percent of the world’s childcare and domestic work requires global goal and immediate action
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: MenCare launches the 2017 State of the World’s Fathers: Time for Action report, revealing what has stalled progress toward global gender equality and laying out a bold agenda forward for men and boys doing... -
EU antitrust authorities opened an investigation into Qualcomm’s $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: EU antitrust authorities opened on Friday an investigation into U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm’s $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors. concerned that the merged company may squeeze out rivals and jack up prices. The combined entity... -
JD.com Inc plans to enter the Thai market later this year
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: JD.com Inc, China’s second-largest e-commerce company, plans to enter the Thai market later this year in a move to expand its overseas business beyond Indonesia, its founder and chief executive said on Friday. Richard... -
India, Pakistan join China and Russia-led security bloc
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Asian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir, reports BSS. Leaders of the largely symbolic... -
Three Bangladeshi daughters shine in UK polls again
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Three Bangladeshi-origin female politicians dubbed as “tin kanya” or “three daughters” have shined again the UK general elections with their re-election in Thursday’s polls. The three Bangabandhu’s granddaughter Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and... -
Autoliv expects to exceed a $12 billion sales target for 2019
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: The near-collapse of Japanese airbag maker Takata has cleared the road for bigger rival Swedish rival Autoliv but higher orders have yet to translate into share price gains. Autoliv argues it is on the... -
SoftBank Group to buy two robot building firms from Alphabet Inc
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: SoftBank Group Corp said it would buy two firms that build walking robots from Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc, adding to the Japanese company’s growing artificial intelligence portfolio. SoftBank said it would buy Boston...
