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Taiwan to receive more Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses on June 30
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 28 (ANI): Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung on Monday informed that more 410,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered to Taiwan on June 30 amid growing tensions between the island and China.
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Do Beijing's artificial islands in South China Sea represent an asset to i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 28 (ANI): China has conducted a land reclamation project under which it is building artificial islands in the South China Sea, but do they really represent an asset to China's military?
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5.3 magnitude quake hits Bonin Islands, Japan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Bonin Islands, Japan, at 9.12 GMT on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) saidHong Kong, June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Bonin Islands, Japan, at 9.12 GMT on Monday, the US
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President Kovind extends greetings to Madagascar on 61st Independence Day
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday extended greetings to Madagascar on the occasion of 61st Independence Day and said New Delhi values its "long-standing friendship" with the island nation.
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4 Chinese coast guard ships sail into Japanese waters near Senkaku Islands
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 26 (ANI): Four Chinese coast guard ships sailed into Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday morning, according to Japan Coast Guard, local media reported.
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China says Taiwan independence means war, asks Washington to 'sever' milit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): China has issued a warning to the United States over its increasing military contacts with Taiwan, saying the self-ruled island is an "inalienable part" of China and seeking its independence means war.
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5.5 magnitude quake hits south of Kermadec Islands
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted south of the Kermadec Islands at 22.22 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Taiwan 'needs to prepare' for possible military conflict with China, says
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 25 (ANI): Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said that China's escalating military intimidation of Taipei shows that the self-governed island 'needs to prepare' for a possible military conflict.
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China not likely to attempt to take over Taiwan in next 'one to two years'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): China is not likely to attempt to take over Taiwan militarily within the next "one to two years," a US military top officer said, adding that it would be "extraordinarily complicated and costly" to seize an island as big as Taiwan and with its level of defense
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Japan lodges protest with Russia over naval drills on disputed Kuril Islan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Tokyo has lodged a protest with Moscow via diplomatic channels over Russia's military drills in the waters of the Sea of Japan off the Sakhalin Island and the Southern Kuril Islands that Tokyo considers part of its Northern Territories, Japanese Chief Ca
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China Coast Guard vessels enter Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in E
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], June 21 (ANI): Two China Coast Guard ships entered Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday morning according to Japan Coast Guard, locall media reported.
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Taiwan receives 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from US
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 20 (ANI): The US donation of 2.5 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan at 4:30 pm (local time) on Sunday amid growing tensions between the island and China.
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