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Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York State
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 12 (ANI): Renowned author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage in New York state, US media reports said on Friday.
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Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to go to Thailand: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 10 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power in July, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday after he fled the island nation last month following a large-scale uprising, media reports said.
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Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever, and Covid-19, media reports said citing a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report.
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Bangladesh Finance Minister warns developing nations of Chinese loans stra
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI): Warning developing countries of taking Chinese loans through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Bangladesh's finance minister Mustafa Kamal said that the nations must think twice about these loans as Beijing's poor lending decisions risk pushing these na
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Concerned over Uyghur rights violations Britain replaces China-made sur
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): Concerned over Uyghur rights violations and the presence of Chinese-owned surveillance systems at the Department of Defence and police forces that has undermined national security, the British government has replaced security equipment provided by Chinese-ow
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Afghanistan: Kabul residents worry over increasing number of beggars on st
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): With the increase in poverty and unemployment, Kabul residents are concerned about the increase in the number of beggars in the city, media reports said.
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China curbs social media presence of Lankan embassy after its vessel was d
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 9 (ANI): In response to the Sri Lankan government's move to suspend the visit of a Chinese ship to Hambantota port, Chinese social media platform TikTok has barred a promotional campaign by the Sri Lankan embassy on Douyin - the TikTok application for China - medi
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UK Parliament TikTok account banned over doubts of data breach by China
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 9 (ANI): Citing that Tiktok is providing user data to the Chinese government, the British Parliament has shut down its TikTok account, media reports said.
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Pakistan's trade deficit with neighbouring countries swells
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Pakistan is currently witnessing a deep trade deficit with neighbouring countries as the country's imports to nine regional countries have risen almost twice in comparison to the exports of the South Asia nation, media reports said citing latest data rel
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Chinese to not invade Taiwan, drills a tactic to pacify hypernationalists:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 9 (ANI): China's naval exercises and airspace violations in the East and South China sea are to meet domestic challenges by appeasing the hyper nationalists as the 20th party Congress is fast approaching and Chinese President Xi Jinping is eyeing to secure a third
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Pakistani citizens share financial woes on social media, slam govt for sky
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Pakistani citizens are taking their financial woes online and criticizing the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) top leader Maryam Nawaz for doing nothing for the relief of the masses, media reports said.
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Shanghai Deja Vu: China puts 80,000 tourists under lockdown in beach resor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 9 (ANI): In a Shanghai-style lockdown, China's Sanya, a beach resort destination in Hainan Province, has put tens of thousands of tourists under strict lockdown and shifted all passenger flights to and from the city following a Covid-19 outbreak, media reports said.
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