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BEIJING (Sputnik) – Liberalization of the Chinese banking legislation provides Russian banks with an opportunity to receive full-fledged licenses for their work in China, Russia’s Trade Representative in the Asian country, Sergey Iniushin, told Sputnik. “It has always been difficult…
VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME (Russia) (Sputnik) – A Russian state commission, which gathered at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country’s Far East, approved the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with two Russian Kanopus-V satellites and 26 smaller spacecraft from the spaceport,…
VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME (Russia) (Sputnik) – The Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying Russian Kanopus-V satellites number five and number six and foreign spacecraft successfully lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The rocket was launched at 05:07 a.m.…
CAIRO (Sputnik) – A meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and US President Donald Trump, which was planned to be held during the latter’s visit to the Middle Eastern country, was cancelled and subsequently replaced by a phone…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson expressed grave concerns over the involvement of Chinese hi-tech giant Huawei in the United Kingdom’s 5G network, suggesting Beijing sometimes acted “in a malign way.” “I have grave, very deep concerns about Huawei…
TOKYO (Sputnik) – Two people on a death row were executed in Japan on Thursday, local media reported, citing the country’s Justice Ministry. Those executed were former crime syndicate member Keizo Okamoto, 60, and ex-investment adviser Hiroya Suemori, 67, the…
