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US donates 2.5 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): The United States on Saturday (local time) informed that an additional 2.5 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses will reach Taiwan amid growing tensions between the island and China.
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We cannot be naive about China's ambitions, Quad can send powerful message
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Noting that the world cannot be naive about Beijing's current ambitions, Thomas Hart Armbruster, a former US Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, said on Saturday that Quad is a powerful bloc that can send a powerful message by harmonising its common position
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Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan air defence zone for sixth time this month
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 18 (ANI): Taiwan on Thursday reported another incursion by China, as seven Chinese air forces warplanes flew into the island's air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
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Chinese sand dredgers 'stealing' Taiwan's Matsu islands in bid to bring Ta
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 17 (ANI): Chinese sand dredgers are edging closer to Taiwan's Matsu Islands and entering Taiwan-controlled waters, spending hours pumping up tons of sand from the ocean floor. They have sparked panic over the disturbance of residents, spoiling of coasts, diminishing bea
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ISL: Amey Ranawade signs four-year contract extension with Mumbai City FC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): Mumbai City FC on Thursday announced that Amey Ranawade has signed a four-year contract extension with the club, committing his future with the Islanders until May 2025.
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New Zealand bans entry to over 50 Belarusian officials over alleged human
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 17 (ANI/Sputnik): New Zealand's government on Thursday announced sanctions against Minsk, banning more than 50 Belarusian nationals associated with President Alexander Lukashenko from entering the island country over alleged election fraud and human rights abus
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China's increasing military activities near Taiwan raise 'risk of miscalcu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): Terming the recent incursion by Chinese warplane into Taiwan air defence identification zone (ADIZ) as 'destabilizing', Pentagon said Beijing's increasing military activities in the vicinity of the island increase the "risk of miscalculation".
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India, S Lanka formalise agreement on Line of Credit worth USD 100 million
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday said that the agreement on the Line of Credit worth USD 100 million between Sri Lanka and the Export & Import Bank of India has been formalised, thus getting closer to the island country's goal of 7
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3 office bearers of BJP's Minicoy Island unit in Lakshadweep resign
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lakshadweep [India], June 14 (ANI): Three office bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Minicoy Island unit on Monday resigned from the party citing "unfortunate public circumstances" in the union territory of Lakshadweep.
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Despite COVID-19 vaccines shortage, Taiwan continues to refuse China's hel
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 14 (ANI): Despite Taiwan grappling with a worsening COVID-19 situation and shortage of vaccines, the self-governing island has refused to accept help from China, which claims the island as one of its territories.
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Japan calls off meeting between Suga, S. Korea's Moon over territorial ten
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has unilaterally called off a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean President Moon Jae-in over Seoul's military maneuvers in the East Sea territory to defend the disputed Dokdo Islands, South Korean news agency Yonhap
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US, Japan deepen ties with Taiwan, China in tight spot
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 13 (ANI): Taiwan's allies - the US, Japan continue deepening their engagement with the democratic island-nation to help guard it against a growing threat from China, thereby putting Beijing in tight spot.
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