US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said India and US partnership will be critical for delivering stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and to show the world how democracy can deliver for its people. Addressing the joint conference with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, the US top […]
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Taliban delegation meets Chinese Foreign Minister, discusses current Afghan situation
A Taliban delegation led by its chief negotiator Abdul Ghani Baradar on Wednesday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discussed the current Afghan situation. The current situation in Afghanistan and the peace process were discussed during the meeting, said Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem. In a series of tweets, […]
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5 children of same family killed in Bangladesh landslide
At least five children of the same family were killed after a rain-triggered devastating landslide struck their house in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district early Wednesday. “Three boys and two girls of the same family died after a landslide occurred at a hilly area of Teknaf area under Cox’s Bazar district, some 292 km southeast of Dhaka,” a local […]
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Pakistan: Cloudburst in Islamabad causes flooding
A cloudburst in Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad has caused flooding in various areas, local media reported on Wednesday. The Office of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad confirmed the news and urged the public to avoid unnecessary movement for the next 2 hours. “Cloudburst in Islamabad has caused flooding in various areas. […]
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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang province. US Congressmen invited the representatives from domestic firms who sponsor the Olympics to a hearing to address how they could leverage their influence to insist on concrete […]
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Chinese poet commits suicide after ‘unbearable’ CCP surveillance
A Chinese poet and current affairs commentator has committed suicide in Guangdong province following “unbearable” surveillance under the tenure of President Xi Jinping. Li Huizhi, 62, was a vocal critic of Xi Jinping’s policies. He breathed his last in a hospital in Guangdong’s Huizhou city, Radio Free Asia reported. His friend Li Xuewen […]
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1,000 Pakistani terrorists entering violence-marred Afghanistan everyday: Ex-Afghan intelligence chief
At least 1,000 Pakistani terrorists enter into Afghanistan every day through Spin Boldak border district, which was captured by the Taliban last week, said Afghan former intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil. In a post on Facebook, Nabil on Saturday warned that the country’s defences are in shreds and that disaster will be inevitable if the government […]
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Rajnath Singh to leave for Tajikistan to participate in SCO Defence Ministers meet
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to leave for Dushanbe, Tajikistan to participate in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers meeting. Tajikistan is this year’s chair of the grouping and will be holding the SCO heads of state summit in the month of September. Rajnath Singh’s Chinese counterpart General Wei […]
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INS Talwar participates in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021 in Mombasa
Indian Naval ship Talwar is participating in exercise Cutlass Express 2021, being conducted from July 26 to August 6 along the East Coast of Africa, to improve combined maritime law enforcement capacity, promote national and regional security, the Ministry of Defence has said. An official release on Monday said the exercise is an […]
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3 Beijing districts issue red alert for rainstorms
The meteorological observatory of Miyun District in northeast Beijing issued the highest alert for rainstorms at 9 a.m. Tuesday, forecasting a new round of torrential downpours in the afternoon. By Tuesday morning, three districts of Beijing — Shunyi, Pinggu and Miyun — situated in the northern and eastern parts of the Chinese capital had issued […]
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North , South Korea agree to restore severed communication links
North and South Korea restored their cross-border communication lines that had been severed for over a year, the South Korean presidential office said on Tuesday. An official statement said that the two Koreas decided to resume their direct communication hotlines as of 10:00 am local time. This comes 13 months after North Korea cut off all communication lines with South […]
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China reports 76 new Covid-19 cases
China has reported 76 new COVID-19 cases, including 40 locally transmitted ones, in the last 24 hours, the country’s National Health Commission said in a daily report on Monday. Out of 76, 36 were new imported cases, of which 18 were reported in Yunnan, eight in Guangdong, five in Fujian, […]
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Sandstorm in Utah leads to collision of 20 cars, killing 7 people
Seven people were killed and several others injured in a massive car collision in the sandstorm-hit US state of Utah, local authorities said. According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, a series of road accidents occurred on Sunday afternoon local time. At least 20 vehicles were involved in an […]
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Chinese nationals harass foreign correspondents over coverage of Henan floods
After Chinese state-media hit out at foreign media for their coverage of floods in Chinese cities, citizens harrassed correspondents for several international media outlets on the streets of Zhengzhou city of Henan province over the weekend. According to a report in Hong Kong Free Press, the Chinese social media platform […]
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China blames US for ‘stalemate’ in ties, urges it to change ‘highly misguided mindset’
China on Monday blamed the US for a “stalemate” in ties between the two nations and urged America to change what it called its “highly misguided mindset and dangerous policy”. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng conveyed this to US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman during a meeting. Wendy […]