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With an eye on Indian Ocean, China trying to stoke political instability i
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): China is trying to stoke political instability in the Maldives, an archipelago country that is already hugely indebted to China, with an aim to gain dominance in the Indian Ocean region.
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Indonesia reports 2,116 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 2,116 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since Aug. 7 last year, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago.
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French Presidential bidder Zemmour backs New Caledonia's choice to remain
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour welcomed on Sunday the decision of New Caledonians to remain a part of France, which was expressed by the majority of voters at an independence referendum that took place earlier in the day.
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5 Russian Navy ships enter Sea of Japan after circling archipelago with Ch
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 26 (ANI): Five Russian Navy ships entered the Sea of Japan through Tsushima Strait after sailing around most of the Japanese archipelago with Chinese ships, the Japenese Ministry informed on Monday.
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Philippines chooses US over China after Beijing's failure to keep its prom
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] August 7 (ANI): The Philippines government has restored the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US military, which shows that Beijing has failed to deliver enough to the Southeast Asian archipelago, VOA reported.
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UAE's USD 110 mn development, relief aid enabled Socotra to overcome chall
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE] July 31 (ANI/WAM): The development and relief aid provided by the UAE to Socotra Governorate since 2015 enabled the Archipelago to overcome its many challenges and dire humanitarian conditions and helped local authorities to improve the life and livelihood of the Soqotri peop
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China eyes World War II-era airstrip in archipelago of Kiribati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tarawa [Kiribati], May 10 (ANI): China is eyeing the World War II-era airstrip in the archipelago of Kiribati, deep in the Pacific, positioned just 1,800 miles from Hawaii.
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US 'maintains capacity' to resist threat jeopordising Taiwan: Price
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): The United States maintains the capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security or the social or economic system of the people on Taiwan, said State Department Spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday (local time
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Russian ship sinks in Barents Sea, fate of 17 people onboard unknown
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's Onega ship sank in the Barents Sea near the Novaya Zemlya archipelago with 19 people on board, of whom two were saved, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Monday.
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Tropical storm Eta hits Archipelago in US Florida
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Tropical storm Eta has reached Florida in the United States and hit Florida Keys, a string of tropical islands stretching between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said on Monday.
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake recorded over 600 miles southeast of Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 7 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.2 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday near the Japanese island of Chichijima in the Ogasawara archipelago over 600 miles southeast of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
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How two Indian entrepreneurs are helping Indonesian businesses manage cred
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, July 6 (ANI): Indonesia is a vast archipelago of over 17,500 islands covering 1.9 million square kilometres and it is the world's 15th largest country by land area. The country is also home to over 270 million people, many of whom live in the over 500 cities spread over 34 prov
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