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EU lawmakers pledge to dump China investment deal over Beijing's sanctions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 29 (ANI): Dozens of Brussels lawmakers have slammed China's efforts to "gag" European critics through sanctions and pledged to block the EU-China investment deal while the measures remain in place.
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US lawmakers express concern whether women would be safe after troops leav
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 28 (ANI): With the United States set to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, US lawmakers expressed concern whether women would be safe if the Taliban become strong in the country.
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European Parliament strips Greek Neo-Nazi lawmaker of immunity
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The convicted Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker Ioannis Lagos was stripped of his immunity as a member of the European Parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for his extradition to Greece months after he was sentenced in a landmark trial.
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Lawmaker from Imran Khan's PTI seen assaulting shopkeepers in viral video
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): In a video that has gone viral on social media, a National Assembly member of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was seen beating up shopkeepers inside a smartphone shop in Saddar, Karachi.
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Republicans pressure Kerry to resign over leaked Iran tapes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, is facing calls for his resignation from Republican lawmakers and pundits for reportedly discussing Israeli military operations with Iran's foreign minister when he served as then-President Barack Obama's
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Imran Khan's renegade lawmakers in touch with Maryam Nawaz
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said that breakaway group of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers are in contact with her party.
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COVID-19: US lawmakers heap pressure on Biden to provide assistance to Ind
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 24 (ANI): As India announced a grim record -- the highest daily coronavirus infection tallies in a single country, several US lawmakers have voiced their concerns and have heaped pressure on the Biden administration to extend assistance, release vaccines and other r
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Japanese lawmakers form parliamentary alliance in support of Mongolians in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Japanese lawmakers have launched a parliamentary alliance aimed at "protecting Mongolian culture from assimilation policies of the Chinese government".
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UK declares China's crackdown on Uyghurs as 'genocide'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a "genocide", joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing's actions against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region.
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PTI lawmakers warn Imran Khan govt, propose quitting assemblies over 'inju
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers, who are backing dissident party leader Jahangir Tareen on Saturday warned Imran Khan's government to quit the assemblies over 'injustices' meted out to him.
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Philippines President Duterte urged to end 'policy of subservience' toward
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 17 (ANI): As Chinese coast guard ships continue to amass near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, Philippines lawmakers and foreign policy experts called on the country's President Rodrigo Duterte to end the "policy of subservience" towards Beijing.
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S.Korea's Moon nominates ex-interior minister as new Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 16 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday nominated ex-Interior Minister and former four-term lawmaker Kim Boo-kyum as the country's new prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle, the Yonhap news agency reported.
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