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Cancelling Tokyo Olympics 'an option' says Japan's ruling party official
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 15 (ANI): Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai said on Thursday that cancelling this summer's Tokyo Olympics may be an option if the spread of coronavirus infections forces organisers to think it would be difficult to hold the even
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Biden spoke to Bush, Obama about Afghanistan troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke to former President George W. Bush on Tuesday ahead of his announcement that he intended to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan.
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Number of people injured by train derailment in Egypt rises to 15
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cario [Egypt], April 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have been injured as a result of a passenger train's derailment in the northern Egyptian province of Sharqia, has risen to 15, the national Ministry of Health said.
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FBI opens investigation into China every 10 hours, says director
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray told US Senate Intelligence Committee members on Wednesday (local time) that the agency is opening an investigation into various Chinese government actions every 10 hours.
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Ex-US police officer charged with 2nd-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], April 15 (ANI): An ex-police officer who shot and killed an African American man Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after a traffic stop has been arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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US Intel assessment warns of increasing threats from China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): China's effort to expand its influence represents one of the largest threats to the United States, according to a major annual intelligence reportwhich also warned of the broad national security challenges posed by Moscow and Beijing.
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Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine's benefits outweigh risk of side effec
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 14 (ANI): The European Medicines Agency on Wednesday said that the benefits of the vaccine made by Johnson & Johsnson in preventing COVID-19 outweigh the risks of side effects, said the Amsterdam-based European Union medicines regulator said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan to ban radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said that the government has decided to ban the radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), whose supporters and workers have been carrying out violent protests across the country for thr
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Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies at 82
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], April 14 (ANI): Bernie Madoff, the financer who pleaded guilty to running the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died at the age of 82.
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Boris Johnson to shorten India visit due to COVID-19 situation
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 14 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reduced the length of his trip to India later this month because of the COVID-19 situation in the country, the British Prime Minister's spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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India, EU share same multilateralist DNA, says European Council President
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): President of the European Council Charles Michel reffered to the friendship and partnership between India and the European Union as the "cornerstone" of the bloc's policy adding New Delhi and Brussels share the "same multilateralist DNA".
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