ROME: Chinese President Xi Jinping sought on Friday to allay Western unease over his new Silk Road initiative by emphasising the vast infrastructure project’s two-way nature as he kicked off a whistlestop European tour in Rome. Italy has rolled out the red carpet for Xi, who will on Saturday sign a memorandum of understanding for […]
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DAMASCUS: Syria, its allies, and fellow states in the region on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s pledge to recognise Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights slamming the move as a violation of international law. Trump said it was time for Washington to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the strategic territory, which it seized from Syria […]
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Apple Inc is expected to unveil a new video streaming service and a news subscription platform at an event on Monday at its California headquarters. The iPhone maker is banking on growing its services business to offset a dip in smartphone sales. While the Wall Street Journal plans to join Apple’s new subscription news service, […]
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President Donald Trump on Friday said he was cancelling sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea. “It was announced today by the US Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those […]
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The Azaan for Friday prayers rang out across New Zealand followed by two minutes of nationwide silence as a show of support for the 50 victims of last week’s terror attack on Christchurch mosques. As the call was broadcast around the country, thousands — including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and wounded survivors — stood in […]
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The death toll from a huge explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China surged to 47 on Friday, making it one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in recent years. More than 600 people are receiving medical treatment following Thursday afternoon’s blast at the industrial park in Yancheng, said the city government on its […]
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Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft will be outfitted with a warning light for malfunctions in the anti-stall system suspected in October’s fatal crash in Indonesia, an industry source told AFP on Thursday, standardising a feature previously sold as an optional extra. The development comes as the manufacturer struggles to cope with the fallout from both the Indonesia crash […]
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Women all over New Zealand put on headscarves on Friday to show solidarity with Muslims a week after 50 people were killed at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. A doctor in Auckland, Thaya Ashman, came up with the idea to encourage people to wear a headscarf after hearing about a woman who was too scared […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hopes to meet Pakistani leaders soon as he acknowledges that relations between the two countries are “now very good”. President Trump made this surprise announcement at the end of a White House press talk on Wednesday afternoon when a journalist asked him to comment on the current situation between India […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its first list of 184 candidates for 20 States for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to fight from his seat of Varanasi, and party president Amit Shah also throwing his hat in the ring from Gandhinagar, represented six […]
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