Int.NM Desk: Dhaka, Aug-08, Finnish authorities said that Finland had registered a record number of asylum seekers following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, beating a previous high set during the 2015 migrant crisis. “By August 4, those fleeing Ukraine due to the Russian military attack had submitted 35,074 applications for temporary protection,” the Finnish Immigration Service […]
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Int.NM Desk: Dhaka, Aug-08, China’s thunderous response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit brought cross-Strait tensions to their highest level in years and sparked an outpouring of nationalist zeal online, but the mood on the streets in mainland China is a little more circumspect. Enraged by Pelosi’s trip, Beijing last week launched some […]
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Int.NM Desk: Dhaka, Aug-08, Fuel trucks entered Gaza on Monday as an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants in the Palestinian enclave held, an AFP journalist at the crossing said. The trucks passed from Israel through the Kerem Shalom goods crossing to southern Gaza, the AFP journalist said, hours after a ceasefire deal […]
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Int.NM Desk: Dhaka, Aug-08, US President Joe Biden on Sunday welcomed a truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants aimed at ending days of deadly conflict in Gaza, urging all parties to implement it fully. The president said in a statement that Washington had worked with officials from the Jewish state, the Palestinian Authority and […]
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Int.NM Desk: Dhaka, Aug-08, North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament will hold its next session in September where it is set to discuss new laws and other organisational issues, state media said Monday. The hermit state’s legislative body meets only once or twice a year, mostly for day-long sessions to approve budgets or other decisions deemed necessary […]
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