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UTS ranks 15th in the world, 2nd in Australia for positive impact
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Sydney [Australia], April 29 (ANI/PR Newswire): University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has been named the 15th best performing university in the world - and the 2nd best in Australia - in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. UTS placed second globally for meeting sustainability ch
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US to call for joint response against Russia at upcoming Quad meeting
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Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will raise the issue of a unified response against Russia in the upcoming Quad summit in Toyko next month and will provide an update on the steps Washington is taking to help Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict, the White House said on
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Japanese PM expresses gratitude as India, Japan complete 70 years of diplo
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Tokyo [Japan], April 28 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday thanked PM Narendra Modi on the completion of 70 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and India and starting a new era of friendship between the two nations.
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UN urges emergency development measures in Lebanon amid crisis
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New York [US], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Najat Rochdi, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, urged Lebanese authorities on Thursday to adopt emergency development measures amid the current humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, a statement by Lebanon's Council of Ministers reported
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JGU features in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022, first and
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Stockholm [Sweden]/Sonipat [Haryana], April 28 (ANI/OP Jindal University): For the first time in its institutional history, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has been ranked among the world's best universities in the 2022 edition of the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranki
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Islamist terror violence on rise in African nations: Report
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Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): What African nations dismissed as an irrational fear has become a reality for them with the horrific realization of the continent becoming the new hub for Islamist terror violence in the last few months, said a think tank, Policy Research Group (POREG).
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QUAD leaders' summit to take place on May 24
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Tokyo [Japan], April 28 (ANI): The summit of leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) nations - the United States, Australia, Japan and India - will be held in Tokyo on May 24.
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RSF urges UN to address press freedom issue during upcoming visit to China
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Paris [France], April 28 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to address the country's dire state of press freedom during her upcoming mission to China in May.
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
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Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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India at UNSC reiterates call for cessation of violence in Ukraine
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New York [US], April 28 (ANI): India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, R Ravindra on Wednesday (local time) reiterated its call for an immediate cessation of violence and hostilities in Ukraine.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
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Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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UN says holding talks with Moscow, Kyiv on framework for evacuation of Ukr
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New York [US], April 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is currently holding talks with Moscow and Kyiv to develop a framework for the evacuation of civilians in Ukraine, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday.
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