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10 Palestinians injured as Israeli soldiers demolish West Bank house |
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Ramallah (West Bank) | Saturday, 2018 8:15:04 PM IST |
| At least 10 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers after the latter demolished a West Bank house that belonged to a family of a Palestinian who allegedly killed a soldier earlier this year, the media reported on Saturday. ... read.. |
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Texas Judge strikes down Obamacare |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | December 15, 2018 8:11:37 PM IST |
| A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act, terming it "unconstitutional." ... read.. |
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Rajapaksha accuses UNP for delaying elections, destroying Lankan economy |
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Colombo [Sri Lanka] | December 15, 2018 8:11:37 PM IST |
| Shortly after the disputed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksha resigned from his post, he targeted Ranil Wickeremsinghe-led United National Party (UNP) for delaying the general elections to stay in power. He also accused Wickeremsinghe's governme ... read.. |
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Wang Yi visit to give boost to India-China relations |
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New Delhi [India] | December 15, 2018 8:11:30 PM IST |
| Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India from December 21 to 24 to hold the first-ever meeting of India-China High-Level Mechanism on Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges with External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj. ... read.. |
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PM Modi meets French Minister Le Drian |
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New Delhi [India] | December 15, 2018 5:41:33 PM IST |
| French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is on a two-day visit to India called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. ... read.. |
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India and France agree to fight terrorism jointly |
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New Delhi [India] | December 15, 2018 3:41:30 PM IST |
| India and France have agreed to fight terrorism together, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj said here in a joint statement. ... read.. |
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Trump names new acting Chief of Staff (Lead) |
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Washington | Saturday, 2018 11:45:04 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump has named his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, as the new acting Chief of Staff, replacing General John Kelly who is leaving by the end of the year. ... read.. |
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Mick Mulvaney named acting White House Chief of Staff |
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Washington [USA] | December 15, 2018 6:41:37 AM IST |
| United States President Donald Trump announced Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as the acting White House Chief of Staff. He will be succeeding John Kelly. ... read.. |
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Clashes erupt in Hodeidah; first after Yemen ceasefire |
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Sanaa [Yemen] | December 15, 2018 6:41:30 AM IST |
| Clashes erupted between the Iranian-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-UAE coalition forces on the outskirts of Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Friday, breaking the ceasefire truce reached by the two sides during the Sweden peace talks. ... read.. |
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Dassault Aviation welcomes SC decision on Rafale |
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Saint Cloud (France) | Friday, 2018 11:15:05 PM IST |
| The Dassault Aviation on Friday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court that dismissed petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale fighter jet deal. ... read.. |
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Nepal's ban on Indian currency may impact tourism |
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Birgunj (Nepal) | December 14, 2018 10:11:44 PM IST |
| The Nepal government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2000, Rs 500 and Rs 200. The government has asked the citizens to abstain from keeping or carrying Indian currencies higher than Rs 100 which cease to be legal tender. ... read.. |
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Trump knew paying hush money was wrong, says ex-lawyer Cohen |
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Washington | Friday, 2018 7:15:05 PM IST |
| Donald Trump knew he was doing wrong when he directed hush money to be paid to two women during the 2016 presidential election to keep them silent about their alleged affairs with him, the President's former lawyer Michael Cohen said in a television inter ... read.. |
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Chinese Foreign Minister to visit India next week |
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Beijing | Friday, 2018 4:15:05 PM IST |
| Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be on a four-day India visit from December 21 to attend the first people-to-people exchange agreed between Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their icebreaking meet in Wuhan earlier this year. ... read.. |
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Drugs valued at $260 mn seized in Australia |
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Sydney | Friday, 2018 2:15:05 PM IST |
| About half a tonne of drugs hidden in car bonnets were seized and two persons were arrested in a major drug bust in Australian capital Sydney, police said on Friday. ... read.. |
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Tech allowed me new ways of thinking: Top Malaysian artist |
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Hong Kong | Friday, 2018 1:45:04 PM IST |
| Leading Malaysian architect-turned-artist Red Hong Yi, who paints with unconventional everyday objects and not the regular paintbrush, believes that without technology, she wouldn't be able to produce and experiment fast enough as technology allowed her " ... read.. |
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'200 cameras keep watchful eye over Oxford University' |
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London | Friday, 2018 8:15:04 AM IST |
| UK's University of Oxford, internationally recognised as the oldest in the English-speaking world, has 200 closed-circuit cameras zooming in on its staff and students, the office of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner said in a report on Thursday. ... read.. |
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Brexit: EUCO calls backstop a 'temporary arrangement' |
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Brussels [Belgium] | December 14, 2018 7:11:34 AM IST |
| The European Council (EUCO) announced that the backstop in the endorsed Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was a "temporary insurance policy" to prevent a hard border in the Irish island while reiterating that the agreement was "not open for renegotiation" after ... read.. |
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Strasbourg shooter neutralised: French Interior Minister |
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Strasbourg [France] | December 14, 2018 6:41:34 AM IST |
| The Strasbourg shooter, who killed three people and injured 13 when he opened fire at a Christmas market here on December 11, has been neutralised, according to the French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. ... read.. |
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Russian 'spy' pleads guilty of conspiring against US |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | December 14, 2018 6:41:34 AM IST |
| Maria Butina, an alleged Russian spy, pleaded guilty of conspiring against the United States of America for working to infiltrate the political circles of the Republican party to further Russian interests at a federal court on Thursday (local time). ... read.. |
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Senate votes to end US military support for Saudis in Yemen |
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Washington | Friday, 2018 6:15:04 AM IST |
| The US Senate voted on Thursday in favour of a bill asking the Donald Trump administration to end the military support it is providing to Saudi Arabia in the latter's war in Yemen, a move taken amid the controversy sparked by the murder of Saudi journalis ... read.. |
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Fifth person detained in connection with Strasbourg shooting |
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Paris | Friday, 2018 3:15:04 AM IST |
| A fifth person was arrested and placed in police custody on Thursday in connection with the gunman who killed three people and wounded many others near the Christmas market in France's Strasbourg, the newspaper Le Figaro reported. ... read.. |
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Made a mistake by hiring Cohen: Trump |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | December 14, 2018 3:11:32 AM IST |
| United States President Donald Trump said he made a "mistake" by hiring Michael Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison by a New York federal judge over charges of tax evasion and campaign-finance violations. ... read.. |
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EU prolongs economic sanctions against Russia |
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Brussels [Belgium] | December 14, 2018 3:11:30 AM IST |
| The European Union (EU) has prolonged economic sanctions against Russia, owing to "zero progress" in the implementation of the Minsk agreements. ... read.. |
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Indians top list of foreign tourists visiting Nepal |
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Kathmandu [Nepal] | December 14, 2018 1:41:29 AM IST |
| As many as 2,60,124 Indian tourists have visited Nepal in the last ten months, taking the number of tourists visiting the neighbouring country to a whopping one million. ... read.. |
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No discussion over border wall with US: Mexico President |
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Moscow [Russia] | December 13, 2018 11:41:35 PM IST |
| Moscow [Russia], Dec 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that he had not discussed the US plans to build a wall on border with Mexico in phone talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump. ... read.. |
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2 Israelis killed in West Bank gun attack |
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Jerusalem | Thursday, 2018 10:15:20 PM IST |
| Two Israelis were killed and two others were wounded by a Palestinian in a gun attack in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Israeli Army reported. ... read.. |
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India will 'overachieve' Paris commitments: Experts |
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Katowice (Poland) | Thursday, 2018 10:15:15 PM IST |
| At a time when there is a call for all countries to do more to fight climate change, India is telling the world at the ongoing UN climate negotiations, COP24, that it is in a position to comfortably overachieve its Paris climate change commitments, and wi ... read.. |
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May not expecting a 'breakthrough' on Brexit at EU summit |
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London [United Kingdom] | December 13, 2018 9:11:29 PM IST |
| London [United Kingdom], Dec 13 (ANI/Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that she was not expecting a "breakthrough" on the Brexit agreement at this week's EU summit in Brussels, adding that she would focus on the assurances over the ... read.. |
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China wants to include bamboo in climate talks |
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Katowice (Poland) | Thursday, 2018 6:15:05 PM IST |
| China has demanded the inclusion of sustainable and low-carbon bamboo in the ongoing climate talks as it can provide valuable opportunities for the green development of developing countries along the Belt and Road. ... read.. |
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Khalistani extremism a threat, says Canada minister's report |
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Vancouver [Canada] | December 13, 2018 4:11:37 PM IST |
| A 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada has said that the country is facing threat from growing Khalistani extremism in the country. This is the first time in the tenure of the Justin Trudeau government that Canada has listed Khalistani ext ... read.. |
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Second Canadian may have been detained in China (Lead) |
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Ottawa/Beijing | Thursday, 2018 2:45:05 PM IST |
| A second Canadian may have been detained in China in a potential act of retribution that threatens to intensify the diplomatic row between Washington, Beijing and Ottawa following the arrest of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Vancouver. ... read.. |
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9 killed in Turkey train accident (Lead) |
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Ankara | Thursday, 2018 2:45:05 PM IST |
| At least nine people were killed and 47 injured on Thursday when a high-speed train collided with a locomotive in Turkey's capital city of Ankara, according to authorities. ... read.. |
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New EU initiative for net zero emission |
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Katowice (Poland) | Thursday, 2018 1:45:05 PM IST |
| A new initiative, comprising 45 European non-state actors and named Step Up Now, on Thursday set a joint vision for creating a new economy and society that will work quickly and substantially to build a net zero emission Europe by 2050 at the latest. ... read.. |
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7 killed in Turkey train accident |
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Ankara | Thursday, 2018 1:15:05 PM IST |
| At least seven people were killed and 43 others injured on Thursday when a high-speed train collided with a locomotive in Turkey's capital city of Ankara. ... read.. |
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Korean soldiers cross DMZ first time since division |
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Seoul | Thursday, 2018 12:45:05 PM IST |
| North and South Korean soldiers have made several friendly crossings along the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) into each other's territory for the first time since the countries were divided, Seoul's Defence Ministry said on Thursday. ... read.. |
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Second Canadian may have been detained in China: CNN |
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Ottawa | Thursday, 2018 12:15:04 PM IST |
| A second Canadian may have been detained in China in a potential act of retribution that threatens to escalate the diplomatic dispute between Washington, Beijing and Ottawa following the arrest of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Vancouver, a CNN ... read.. |
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13 killed in Vietnam flood |
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Hanoi | Thursday, 2018 11:15:04 AM IST |
| At least 13 people were killed due to a flood in Vietnam, authorities said on Thursday. ... read.. |
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Canada warns Trump against politicising Chinese executive's arrest |
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Ottawa | Thursday, 2018 11:15:04 AM IST |
| Canada has issued a stern warning to US President Donald Trump against using the arrest of Chinese tech company Huawei's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who has been accused of helping the firm dodge American sanctions on Iran, as a bargaining chip in trad ... read.. |
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