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Science has delivered, will the WTO deliver?
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to exempt member countries from enforcing some patents, and other Intellectual Property (IP) rights under the organization's Agreement on Trade-Relate
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Protests held in Washington DC over death of activist Karima Baloch
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI): Dozens of demonstrators made calls for justice outside the Canadian embassy in Washington DC on Tuesday afternoon and demanded a formal investigation into the death of human rights activist Karima Mehrab.
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Trump presses Senate Republicans to support USD 2,000 stimulus payments
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up calls on Republicans to approve USD 2,000 coronavirus stimulus handouts, repeal a law that protects big tech companies and stop alleged election fraud after the Senate leader promised the chamber w
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US calls for release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI): Condemning China for "sham prosecution and conviction", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and later sentenc
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Canada calls for transparency in trial of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy prote
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottowa [Canada], December 29 (ANI): Ottawa has voiced its concern over the judicial procedures performed by Beijing on 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists - also known as the Shenzen 12 -- who were detained in Shenzhen in August while attempting to flee to Taiwan as the Chinese Communist Pa
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Japan to join 'Five Eyes' to check China's clampdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 29 (ANI): Amid calls within the Japanese government to join the 'Five Eyes' intelligence-sharing alliance, it provided key inputs to the US and the UK regarding Chinese clampdown on Uyghurs, reported Kyodo News.
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ICC rejection to investigate Uyghur genocide is vast moral failure: Expert
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The International Criminal Court's (ICC) rejection of calls by exiled Uyghurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity represents a "vast moral" and "institutional failure", according to experts.
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UN Rights office calls for early release of Saudi women's activist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called in a statement for the early release of prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after she was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison.
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PDM chief Fazlur Rehman calls meeting on January 1 to decide future strate
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday said that the next meeting of the leadership of the alliance will be held on January 1 in Lahore to formulate its future strategy.
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Nepal President calls new session of Upper House from January 1
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 26 (ANI): Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Saturday has called a new session of the National Assembly from January 1, nearly a week after the acting Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli dissolved the Parliament.
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Ind vs Aus: Warne praises MCG wicket and Rahane's leadership
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], December 26 (ANI): Former Australia spinner and spin wizard Shane Warne on Saturday praised the groundstaff at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for producing what he calls, "best wicket at the MCG" for a long time.
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Balochs resent fencing of Gwadar seaport, calls it 'federalization of Balo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 26 (ANI): Balochis are vehemently protesting against the Pakistan authorities plan to fence off the entire 24-square-kilometer area surrounding the Gwadar seaport to secure what they call the 'crown jewel' of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), reported
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