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China passes controversial Hong Kong security law
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): The Chinese Parliament on Tuesday passed controversial national security legislation for Hong Kong, ignoring the worldwide outcry and protest in the semi-autonomous city against the law.
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Airbus concludes ATTOL with fully autonomous flight tests
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Toulouse [France], June 29 (ANI): Following a two-year flight test programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its autonomous taxi, take-off and landing (ATTOL) project.
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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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US report says China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to detain, carry ou
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): A US report issued by the Department of State has said that China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xi
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Twitter issues public interest notice on Trump's tweet warning against pro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 24 (ANI): Twitter has issued a public interest notice after US President said that the protesters attempting to set up an "autonomous zone" in Washington DC would be "met with serious force!"
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Kartik Aaryan shares picture with pets, raises voice against dog meat fest
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI): Actor Kartik Aaryan on Tuesday shared an adorable picture with his pets and took a stand against the controversial dog meat festival in Yulin city of Guangxi Zhuang, an autonomous region in mainland China.
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Nepali village encroached on, controlled by China for six decades; no prot
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 23 (ANI): Due to the gross negligence of the Nepal government, a village in Gorkha in the mid-western part of the country has been under Chinese control for six decades. Rui Gaun is administered by China which claims it to be part of so-called TAR (Tibet Autonomous
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MEPs call on EU to consider lawsuit against China over Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 23 (ANI): In a resolution adopted on Friday (June 19) by 565 votes to 34, with 62 abstentions, the European Parliament voted in favour of bringing China before the International Court of Justice over its decision to adopt a new national security law for semi-autonomo
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Controversial dog meat festival kicks off in China
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): In spite of the government's drive to discourage consumption of wildlife and pets for meat due to health reasons, the controversial dog meat festival has kicked off in Yulin city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in mainland China.
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National security law will spark fresh protests in Hong Kong: Activist Jos
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 20 (ANI): As China is all set to enact the controversial Hong Kong security law, activist Joshua Wong has said that the new legislation will spark a new round of protests in the semi-autonomous city, saying that Hongkongers are prepared to fight to protect the "vanishing free
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Security law a new weapon to rip out all democratic aspirations in Hong Ko
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 20 (ANI): Turning a deaf ear to concerns raised by foreign governments, China is moving swiftly to enact the 'draconian' national security law to bring Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous city, under its direct control.
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China's top legislative body drafts national security law for Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI): China's top legislative body has begun drafting a national security law for Hong Kong that critics say will undermine the semi-autonomous territory's legal and political institutions.
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