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MEPs call on EU to consider lawsuit against China over Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 9 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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Terror groups using digital platforms to promote `jihad', says EFSAS resea
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] June 22 (ANI): Terrorist groups like the Islamic State (ISIS), Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Taliban to name a few have been using social media and their digital publications to influence the youth and lure them towards so-called `jihad', says Yoana Barakova, a research an
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EU likely to discuss Hong Kong during virtual summit with China
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 22 (ANI): The European Union leaders are expected to put direct pressure on China during the upcoming 22nd China-EU Summit as Hong Kongers call out for help from the international community to save their special status from controversial national security law moved forward by
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Ruling SNS set to win Serbia's parliamentary election
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], June 22 (ANI): Serbia's ruling Progressive Party (SNS) is set to win the Parliamentary election bagging the maximum number of seats in a landslide victory in Europe's first national election since the coronavirus crisis began, according to projections on Sunday evening.
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World Athletics mourns European Athletics president Svein Hansen's demise
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], June 21 (ANI): World Athletics mourned the demise of European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen, who died on Saturday at the age of 74 after failing to recover from the stroke that he suffered in March.
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China testing limits of international laws, conventions and norms, says Eu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], June 20 (ANI): The June 15 attack by Chinese troops on Indian soldiers in the remote and desolate Galwan valley, which lies on the western fringes of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) represented an extreme example of the increased Chinese belligerence in its neighbou
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Sino-Indian flare-up at Galwan dilutes bilateral ties: Report
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], June 20 (ANI): The recent clash between Chinese and Indian Army personnel at the Galwan area along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on June 15, that led to the tragic loss of lives on both sides, have impacted the future trajectory of the broader India-China relation
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China displays 'rogue' attitude in neighbourhood, creates wedge between US
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday (local time) criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for not only displaying its "rogue" attitude in its neighbourhood, particularly the recent escalation of border tension with India, but also for "pushin
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Champions League to resume on August 7 as an 8-team knockout tournament
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Nyon [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on Wednesday announced that Champions League's suspended season will resume from August 7 as an 8-team knockout tournament.
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Europa League to resume on August 5, final on August 21: UEFA
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Nyon [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on Wednesday announced that Europa League's 2019-20 suspended season will resume on August 5 with quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight knockout tournament across four cities in
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India, China should exercise restraint, engage in de-escalation: EU
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 17 (ANI): The European Union (EU) on Wednesday urged India and China to show restraint and engage in military de-escalation and continue holding dialogue after a violent face-off in Ladakh's Galwan Valley between troops of the two sides.
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Not only in Xinjiang, China threatens overseas Uighurs
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 17 (ANI): China's atrocities on Uighur Muslims living in Xinjiang are known to the world. Now, leaked documents from the province show that across Europe, exiled Uighurs report surveillance by Beijing and threats of harm to their relatives in the region if they m
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