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Chinese man enters Taiwan territorial waters in search of 'freedom, democr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan] September 13 (ANI): Taiwanese authorities on Sunday held a Chinese man who entered Taiwan's territorial waters in a small rubber dingy in search of 'freedom and democracy'.
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Australian state warns of continuing restrictions for those unvaccinated
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Authorities of the Australian state of New South Wales said on Monday that greater freedoms promised at 80 percent rates of vaccination would not necessarily be granted to the unvaccinated.
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Hong Kong: Organisers of Tiananmen Massacre vigil may be ousted from Comp
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 13 (ANI): Hong Kong government has continued their crackdown against organisers of the annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil. In the latest move, the authorities have indicated that the organisers may soon be ousted from the Companies Registry.
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China sells oil reserves to lower prices in unprecedented move
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bejing [China], September 12 (ANI): In an unprecedented move by the Chinese authorities that show the chinks in their armour, Beijing has released crude from its strategic reserve for the first time with the aim of lowering prices.
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Philippines promises to ignore China maritime law as tension spikes
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], September 12 (ANI): Amid China's growing military assertiveness, the Philippines has promised that it will ignore Beijing's amended maritime law, which now requires foreign vessels sailing in the South China Sea to report their information to Chinese authorities.
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Dehradun district authorities step up vigilance ahead of possible COVID th
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) [India], September 11 (ANI): Stepping up the vigilance to combat the possible third wave of COVID-19, Dehradun District Magistrate Dr R Rajesh Kumar and SSP Dehradun Janmejay Khanduri on Saturday inspected the market, including Mussoorie Mall Road as the authorities r
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Ganesh Chaturthi: Bengaluru temple decorated with eco-friendly items
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 10 (ANI): Authorities at a temple in Bengaluru has used eco-friendly items such as flowers, corn and raw bananas to decorate the idol of Ganesha as part of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations.
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Sri Lanka extends nationwide curfew to curb COVID-19 spread
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan authorities on Friday further extended a nationwide quarantine curfew till September 21 to prevent further spread of the COVID-19.
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Kazakhstan: Researcher on Xinjiang crimes banned
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 9 (ANI): Kazakh authorities have banned a Russian-American researcher from the country for five years in apparent efforts to stymie his work documenting abuses of ethnic minorities in neighboring China, according to a rights group.
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Hong Kong authorities raid Tiananmen Massacre Museum
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 9 (ANI): Hong Kong national security police on Thursday raided the Tiananmen Massacre Museum, as a part of a major crackdown against dissent and pro-democracy civil society groups.
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Karnataka CM directs authorities to take precautions to prevent Nipah viru
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday advised the officials to be cautious against the Nipah virus and to take more precautions to prevent the outbreak of the virus in the state.
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UN registers 300 unaccompanied Afghan children, some flown to Germany, Qat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) dispatched teams to Germany and Qatar to aid efforts by authorities to locate families from some of the 300 unaccompanied children from Afghanistan who were placed on evacuation flights without their parents, Executive Directo
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