October2017
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U.S. official says not ruling out eventual direct talks with North Korea
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: The United States is not ruling out the eventual possibility of direct talks with North Korea, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan said on Tuesday, hours after Pyongyang warned nuclear war might break... -
Mexico tech industry benefits from U.S. anti-immigration stance
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: Amazon, Facebook and other U.S. tech companies are expanding operations south of the border as Mexico works to capitalize on the Trump administration’s anti-immigration stance. Since the beginning of the year, Amazon.com Inc has... -
Benapole land port in Bangladesh faces many challenges in its existing business operations, study suggests
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) organized a press conference at SANEM’s office in Gulshan, Dhaka on October 17th to share about their explorative study on Bangladesh-India bilateral trade. This study is conducted by South... -
Councils buying homeless one-way train tickets
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: A number of councils in England are regularly buying one-way train tickets for homeless people out of their area, the Victoria Derbyshire show has found. Some spent more than £1,000 a year on fares... -
Iraqi forces seize more territory in advance against Kurds
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: The Baghdad government recaptured territory across the breadth of northern Iraq from Kurds on Tuesday, widening a sudden and dramatic campaign that has shifted the balance of power in the country almost overnight. In... -
UK inflation at highest since April 2012
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: The UK’s key inflation rate hit its highest for more than five years in September, driven up by increases in transport and food prices. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) climbed to 3%, a level... -
Islamic State defeated in their Syrian capital Raqqa
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: U.S.-backed militias raised a flag inside Raqqa stadium on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, as a four-month battle to take Islamic State’s Syrian capital came to an end. The fighting was over but the alliance... -
Taliban attacks kill at least 61 across Afghanistan
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: Taliban suicide car bombers and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police headquarters on Tuesday, killing at least 33 people, including the police chief, and wounding 160, in the deadliest of a series of attacks... -
Volvo unveiled it’s first Polestar model
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: Volvo Cars and its Chinese parent unveiled their first Polestar model and plan to invest 5 billion yuan ($760 million) in the electric vehicle brand, gearing up for intense competition to sell green cars... -
China confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at broiler chicken farms
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: China on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at broiler chicken farms in a central province, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement. Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the...
