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Viewers Corner News correspondent learnt that deals on agriculture and digital trade worth about $55 billion have been signed by the United States and Japanese government. Under the deal, Japan will reduce tariffs on American-grown farming products, including beef and pork which face higher tariffs than competitors from other countries like Australia. The contract opens
The United States has placed eight Chinese technology companies on a blacklist, accusing them of violating human rights against Muslim minorities in the China’s far-western region of Xinjiang. The companies blacklisted are Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., SenseTime Group Ltd, iFlytek, Megvii, Yitu Technologies, Xiamen Meiya Pico Information Co. Ltd and
is is a very strong allegation coming from a well respected ex-president of Benin Republic (Mr Nicephore Soglo) who said recently that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are sponsors of the deadly terrorist group called Boko haram. This terrorist group has killed lots of people in Nigeria. Even the type of weapons they are using based
It was reported that the Iranian president’s brother (Hossein Fereydoun) has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption related offences. The information was made known on Tuesday, 2 October by Gholam Hosein Esmaeili (the spokesman for the Iran’s judiciary) during a press conference. According to the report, Hossein Fereydoun’s charges includes bribery and
Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Baghdad reported that two people were killed and about 200 wounded on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 when the public protested against corruption and poor public services in Tahrir Square (central Baghdad, Iraq). According to the report, the protests which turned violent erupted in several cities as well as the
Viewers Corner News correspondent learned that the British-flagged oil tanker (Stena Impero) seized by Iran since 19 July 2019 has been released by Iran. The oil tanker Stena Impero was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The spokesman of Iranian government (Ali Rabiei) said on Monday that the legal
IRAN HAS RELEASED A BRITISH-FLAGGED OIL TANKER HELD SINCE JULY 2019 BY IRAN. Read More »
Viewers Corner News correspondent learned that the 65-year-old man identified as Mohammed Saleh, who was mistakenly believed to be a suspect in 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 has been released by Greek police. According to the information our correspondent in Athens gathered, during a passport check on the Greek island of Mykonos on Thursday,
The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the suspension of the UK Parliament was unlawful, void and has no effect. The Supreme court stated that Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in his action and this is a major blow to the Prime Minister (Boris Johnson) who had suspended parliament for five weeks. John Bercow, the Speaker
It was reported that a car bomb implanted by the Taliban outside a hospital in the southern city of Qalat (southern Afghanistan) was exploded and killed 20 people on Thursday, 19 September 2019. Also about 95 people were wounded and the building of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) was destroyed by the bomb. According
Viewers Corner News correspondent reported that the 46-year-old author, Kamila Shamsie’s literary award (Nelly Sachs Prize) has been withdrawn by the German city of Dortmund over her support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The British Pakistani writer, Kamila Shamsie was announced as this year’s winner of the Nelly Sachs Prize (the