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Asia's oil giants will be key to global climate fight: S&P
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Asia's carbon cutting will be critical to the effort to reduce global warming as the region releases more carbon dioxide than rest of the world combined, S&P Global Ratings said on Monday.
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Leaders across Europe, N America push for 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Amid the growing calls for shunning 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a group of politicians from countries across Europe and North America launched coordinated legislative actions on Monday, calling for a diplomatic boycott of games citing “gross violations of
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Thousands gather at Chinese Embassy in London to mark June 4th massacre at
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): Thousands of protestors gathered at the Chinese Embassy in London to mark June 4th massacre at Tiananmen Square.
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Tiananmen Square Massacre: Hong Kongers hold protests as authorities ban a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI): Hong Kongers have staged small protests across the city on Friday evening to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown after authorities banned the annual vigil at Victoria Park.
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Two arrested in Hong Kong for 'promoting' banned Tiananmen Square vigil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Honk Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister and member of the group behind the special administrative region's annual vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989, along with a delivery person, on suspicion of p
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Ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, Hong Kong police arrests vigil o
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI): Ahead of the annual candlelight vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, police have arrested the vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on suspicion of promoting the banned assembly, according to a law enfo
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US condemns closure of Tiananmen Square museum in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 3 (ANI): The United States has condemned the move by Hong Kong authorities that prompted organizers to close the June 4th Museum that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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'Uyghur Martyrs' Road', 'Free Hong Kong Road': Budapest streets renamed in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], June 3 (ANI): The Budapest authorities have decided to rename the streets in the Hungarian capital near a planned campus of a Chinese university to commemorate human rights abuses by China.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen Massacre museum shuts over licensing probe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): Ahead of its 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, Hong Kong's June 4th Museum that commemorates China's deadly crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing has been temporarily closed.
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Canada: Regional Tibetan Youth Congress VP holds 10-day march for free Tib
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 2 (ANI): Sunny Sonam, the vice president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Canada, recently embarked on a 10-day march to protest against China's occupation of Tibet, reported TAG TV.
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China not scrapping birth caps entirely due to strictly enforced family pl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): Bucking the trend, China has announced this week that it will allow couples to have three children in a bid to boost its population, but some experts are questioning over why Beijing did not scrap birth caps entirely? The reason might be Xinjiang.
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AIA supports India in COVID crisis with USD2.5 million contribution
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong / Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): AIA Group Limited ("AIA"; or the "Company"; stock code: 1299) has contributed USD 2.5 million to support relief efforts in India, where waves of coronavirus infections have now claimed the lives of over 300,000 peopl
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