BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/Xinhua): China’s economy posted a forecast beating growth rate in the first quarter of 2017, with the gross domestic product (GDP) up 6.9 percent from a year ago, official data showed Monday. The growth was well above the full-year target of 6.5 percent and the 6.8- percent increase registered in the fourth quarter […]
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China’s Q1 GDP grows 6.9 pct
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China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 to be launched
BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/Xinhua): China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 is to be launched into space between April 20 and 24, according to the office of China’s manned space program. The cargo spacecraft was transferred with a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket from the testing center to the launch zone in Wenchang, southern China’s Hainan Province, according […]
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Iranian Culture Week held in Netherlands
TEHRAN, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/MNA): Iranian Culture Week is currently underway at Iran-Netherlands Trade and Cultural Center (INTCC) in the western Dutch city of Leiderdorp. The Iranian Culture Week is being held at Iran Netherlands Trade and Cultural Center (INTCC) which was established by the private sector in September 2016 as the first of its kind in […]
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Baby crocodile found in suburban Australia returned to zoo
SYDNEY, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – A young freshwater crocodile found sunbathing on a riverbank in suburban Sydney by a family on their Sunday stroll has been returned to the zoo from where it was stolen. The weary-looking crocodile, measuring 80 centimetres (31.5 inches) in length, was a surprising discovering on the banks of a river southwest […]
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10 killed in bus accident in SW China
GUIYANG, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/Xinhua): Ten people died and five others were injured when a bus plunged into a river in southwest China’s Guizhou Province Monday, local authorities said. The accident happened at around 8:30 a.m. in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement. The 19-seat bus, en […]
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3.34 mln new jobs created in first quarter
BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/Xinhua): China created 3.34 million new jobs in the first quarter of the year, an official said Monday. “The figure was 160,000 higher than the number created in the same period last year,” said Mao Shengyong, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics, at a press conference. China’s employment situation was generally good […]