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Toll in China chemical plant blast rises to 78 |
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Asia | March 25, 2019 6:11:42 PM IST |
| The death toll in a massive explosion that took place at Chenjiagang Tianjiayi chemical plant in eastern China last week rose to 78, of whom 56 have been identified. ... read.. |
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UN allows sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to N. Korea |
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US | March 25, 2019 2:11:48 PM IST |
| In a temporary relief to North Korea, the United Nations has waived sanctions to agencies providing humanitarian assistance, including food security, access to clean water and improving children's health, to enter the communist country. ... read.. |
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Royal Commission to probe Christchurch attacks |
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Wellington | Monday, 2019 11:45:04 AM IST |
| New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry to analyse security agencies and look into the sole suspect of the March 15 Christchurch attacks that left 50 people dead in two mosques. ... read.. |
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Democrat Senator calls Trump coward (Lead) |
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New York | Monday, 2019 11:45:04 AM IST |
| Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, speaking outside a Trump-branded high-rise in Manhattan, launched an attack on President Donald Trump, calling him a "coward" and the building bearing his name "a shrine to greed, division and vanity". ... read.. |
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Innovative recycling humanising Panama prison |
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Panama City | Monday, 2019 10:45:04 AM IST |
| A group of prisoners at the infamous La Joyita prison in Panama has devised a manual recycling program to revolutionise not only the prison but also their own lives. ... read.. |
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Two US ships sail through Taiwan Strait |
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Washington | Monday, 2019 10:45:04 AM IST |
| The US sailed two ships through the Taiwan Strait, in an operation that comes as top officials from President Donald Trump's administration prepare to travel to Beijing for high-level trade talks. ... read.. |
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Thai elections: Prayut poised to continue as PM |
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Asia | March 25, 2019 7:11:38 AM IST |
| The pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), who fielded military junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha as its Prime Ministerial candidate, is poised to win the 2019 general elections here as of Sunday night, as per unofficial results from the Election Commiss ... read.. |
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Barr not a neutral observer, release full Mueller findings: Pelosi |
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| March 25, 2019 5:41:38 AM IST |
| US Attorney General William Barr is "not a neutral observer," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, after Barr revealed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not find either US President Donald Trump or his associates guilty of conspiring with the Russians t ... read.. |
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MQM leader seeks UN's help in attaining self-determination right |
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Asia | March 25, 2019 1:41:39 AM IST |
| Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder-leader Altaf Hussain has once again laid his demand for the right of self-determination and has urged the United Nations (UN) to immediately send its investigators and observers to Pakistan to look into the "genocide ... read.. |
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After RJP-N, FSF-N warns to quit Oli government in Nepal |
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Asia | March 25, 2019 1:11:56 AM IST |
| Weeks after the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal walked out of the Government of Nepal, another party, Federal Socialist Forum- Nepal (FSF-N) has warned to quit the government if previously made agreements were not implemented. ... read.. |
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Israeli army targets two Hamas posts in Gaza Strip |
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Gaza/Jerusalem | Sunday, 2019 8:15:04 PM IST |
| The Israeli army claimed to have hit two targets of the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after Palestinian militants launched explosive devices at Israel. ... read.. |
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Caliphate in ruins - and al-Baghdadi's rise and fall |
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Cairo | Sunday, 2019 7:45:04 PM IST |
| Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became on one of the world's most-wanted terrorist leaders when he proclaimed the Islamic State terror organization's so-called caliphate from a pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. ... read.. |
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Egyptian teen beaten by men in Punjabi dress |
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Kuwait City | Sunday, 2019 7:15:04 PM IST |
| An unidentified Egyptian woman has filed a complaint with Kuwaiti Police accusing some men wearing Punjabi dress of beating her son, a media report said. ... read.. |
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Remembrance service slated for Christchurch victims |
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Wellington | Sunday, 2019 2:15:04 PM IST |
| New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that the country will hold a national remembrance service on March 29 for the 50 victims of the attack in the Christchurch mosques. ... read.. |
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Sushma seeks report on Pakistani girls' abduction |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2019 12:45:06 PM IST |
| External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought details from the Indian Embassy in Pakistan following reports of two Hindu teenager girls being abducted on the eve of Holi in Sindh province. ... read.. |
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Kamala Harris calls for funds to hike teachers' pay |
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Washington | Sunday, 2019 10:45:04 AM IST |
| US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has called for allocating a large federal investment to improve teacher salaries nationwide. ... read.. |
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Democrats warn of subpoena over Mueller report (Lead) |
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Washington | Sunday, 2019 10:15:04 AM IST |
| House Democrats have warned of a subpoena if Special Counsel Robert Mueller's findings that delved into the murky depths of the 2016 election looking for links between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, were not turned over to Congress and publ ... read.. |
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India sends another ship to cyclone-hit Mozambique |
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Asia | March 23, 2019 11:41:43 PM IST |
| To speed up humanitarian operations, India will send another ship, INS Magar, loaded with relief materials to Mozambique, one of the three countries along with Zimbabwe and Malawi severely affected by Cyclone Idai, leaving hundreds dead and thousands disp ... read.. |
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Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora hails government decision to ban JKLF |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) on Saturday welcomed Union government's "positive and pathbreaking" decision to ban separatist organization Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and holding its founder, Yasin Malik, responsible for the "genocide" o ... read.. |
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Cyclone toll in Mozambique rises to 417, 89k displaced |
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Beira (Mozambique) | Saturday, 2019 7:15:05 PM IST |
| The toll in tropical cyclone Idai-induced floods that have hit Mozambique rose to 417 while over 1,500 have been injured and more than 89,000 displaced, the government said on Saturday. ... read.. |
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Selling Italy to Chinese |
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Europe | March 23, 2019 7:11:39 PM IST |
| Italy signed on Saturday a Memorandum of Understanding with China to join the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the first member of the G-7 grouping of industrialised countries to do so. ... read.. |
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Italy becomes first G7 nation to join China's BRI |
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Europe | March 23, 2019 6:41:43 PM IST |
| Despite a warning by United States, Italy on Saturday joined China's signature foreign policy Belt and Road initiative (BRI), making it the first G7 country to officially do so reports Xinhua. ... read.. |
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Kazakhstan renames capital as Nur-Sultan |
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Astana | Saturday, 2019 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Kazakhstan's new President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Saturday signed a decree to officially rename the country's capital Astana as Nur-Sultan. ... read.. |
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ISIS loses its last stronghold in Syria to SDF |
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Middle East | March 23, 2019 4:41:39 PM IST |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has lost its last stronghold, Baghouz, in eastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday. ... read.. |
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IS loses last Syrian stronghold: US-backed forces |
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Damascus | Saturday, 2019 4:15:04 PM IST |
| The Islamic State (IS) has lost its last stronghold in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday, bringing an end to the so-called caliphate declared by the terror group in 2014. ... read.. |
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Petitions call for Nobel Peace Prize to Ardern |
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Wellington | Saturday, 2019 3:45:04 PM IST |
| Two petitions were launched calling for New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for her handling of the March 15 Christchurch mosques carnage, the media reported on Saturday. ... read.. |
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China chemical blast toll increases to 64 |
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Beijing | Saturday, 2019 10:45:04 AM IST |
| The death toll from an explosion in a chemical plant in China's Jiangsu province increased to 64 on Saturday while 28 people still remain missing, authorities said. ... read.. |
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Mueller's Russia report will shape US politics' future (2nd Lead) |
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New York | Saturday, 2019 10:15:09 AM IST |
| Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who delved into the murky depths of the 2016 election looking for links between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, has completed his probe and a tense nation awaits his findings that will profoundly affect the fu ... read.. |
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Iceland tourist spot shut for environmental damage |
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Reykjavik | Saturday, 2019 10:15:04 AM IST |
| Authorities in Iceland has temporarily closed the canyon of Fjaorargljufur, a popular tourist attraction, due to environmental damage caused by an ever-increasing number of visitors, the media reported. ... read.. |
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New Zealand bans Christchurch gunman's manifesto |
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Wellington | Saturday, 2019 10:15:04 AM IST |
| New Zealand has banned the possession and distribution of a manifesto believed to be written by the lone gunman who carried out the March 15 Christchurch mosques carnage where 50 people were killed, officials said on Saturday. ... read.. |
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Robert Mueller completes Russia probe (Second Lead) |
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Washington | Saturday, 2019 8:15:04 AM IST |
| Special counsel Robert Mueller has submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William Barr, signalling an end to the nearly two-year Russia investigation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday. ... read.. |
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Mueller submits report on Russia investigation (Lead) |
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Washington | Saturday, 2019 6:15:05 AM IST |
| US special counsel Robert Mueller has submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William Barr, marking the end of his nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, media reported. ... read.. |
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'Golan Heights will always remain Arab Syrian territory' |
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United Nations | Saturday, 2019 5:15:04 AM IST |
| A Syrian envoy on Friday said that the Syrian Golan will always remain an Arab Syrian territory, reacting to US President Donald Trump's surprise tweet that the US would recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. ... read.. |
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Mueller submits report on Russia investigation |
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Washington | Saturday, 2019 4:15:04 AM IST |
| US special counsel Robert Mueller has submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William Barr, marking the end of his nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, media reported. ... read.. |
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No idea about Mueller report timing: Trump |
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Washington | Saturday, 2019 3:45:04 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump on Friday said he has "no idea" about when Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who's leading the Russia probe, will turn in his report. ... read.. |
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