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UN Mideast envoy worried about increased violence in West Bank
United Nations: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland has expressed grave concern over increased violence in the West Bank. “I brief you today as the security situation…
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Finland, Sweden pledge to join NATO together
Helsinki: Ways to further enhance cooperation between Finland and Sweden, especially on their path to membership of the NATO, topped the agenda of talks held in Helsinki by Sweden’s newly-elected Prime Minister…
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US sanctions Iranian group that put bounty on Salman Rushdie’s life
Washington: The US is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that raised money to target British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Treasury’s Office…
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Portugal joins global probe into illegal Chinese police stations
Washington: Portugal became the latest nation to open a probe into allegations that China has been running “illegal police stations” in the country just as Ireland ordered Beijing to shut down its…
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13 dead in Philippines flash floods
Manila: At least 13 people died on Friday and several other were reported missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded a number of towns in the Philippines’ Maguindanao province, an official said.…
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Video: Big brother tries to teach sister maths; cries in frustration
Mathematics can get really stressful for any kid. Something similar happened to a sibling duo where both break down in frustration – one trying to teach and the other refusing to be…
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World faces most dangerous decade since WWII: Putin
Moscow: The world faces “probably the most dangerous” decade since the end of World War Two, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. He made the remarks on Thursday while addressing the annual…
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Why Chinese officials dialling newlyweds to know about baby’s arrival?
Beijing: China which is struggling with the low birth rate problem due to its earlier one-child policy is trying hard to encourage newlyweds to get pregnant within a year. Recently, a post…
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Pakistan, China decide to execute $10bn railway project
Islamabad: Pakistan and China have agreed to execute the Mainline-1 (ML-1) railway project at an estimated cost of $10 billion. The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) also decided to undertake business-to-business deals under…
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Ukrainian seaports ship 9 mn tons foodstuffs under grain deal
Kiev: Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have shipped 9 million tons of foodstuffs under a key grain deal signed in July, the country’s Infrastructure Ministry has said. A total of 397 vessels loaded…
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Elon Musk in charge of Twitter, begins purge of top executives
Washington: Despite doubting his intentions multiple times to follow through with the USD 44 billion Twitter acquisition deal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter, CNBC reported. As per…
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Rishi Sunak, his spouse wealthiest occupants of Downing Street in history
London: The extraordinary wealth of the wider family of Britain’s super-rich Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his billionaire heiress wife Akshata Murthy has been laid bare, the media reported. With an estimated…
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‘Excited’ about what UK, India can achieve, Sunak tells Modi
London: Britain’s newly-elected Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for congratulating him on his new role, saying he was “excited” about what the two great democracies…
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Jaishankar will travel to Moscow for talks on Nov 8
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Moscow to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on November 8, a Russian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. The…
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President Xi visits Mao’s revolutionary base as he vows to make China a modern socialist country
Beijing: Days after winning a record 3rd five-year term, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday visited the revolutionary base of the ruling Communist Party’s founder Mao Zedong at Yan’an as a symbolic gesture…