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3 more Journalists detained amid political crisis in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela] Jan 31 (ANI): Venezuelan authorities have detained three journalists and a driver of the Spanish news agency EFE, covering the ongoing country's political crisis and US-backed efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests come after two Chilean reporters were d
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China to become world's biggest retail market in 2019: Report
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New York (United States), Jan 24 (ANI): China is set to overtake the United States as the world's biggest retail market in 2019, news agency Xinhua said citing a report.
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China slashes ground troops by half, boosts strategic force
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing (China), Jan 22 (ANI): China has slashed the size of its Army by about 50 per cent and boosted other units like strategic support force responsible for cyber warfare, according to the country's official news agency Xinhua.
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Massive explosion heard in Damascus
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 20 (ANI): A massive explosion was heard in the Syrian capital on Sunday morning, local news agency SANA reported, adding that the same was a result of an improvised explosive device blast.
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ANI, Sputnik sign partnership agreement for news sharing
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 28 (ANI/Sputnik) - India's Asian News International (ANI) and Sputnik international news agency and radio concluded on Friday a cooperation agreement. The agreement provides for the exchange of media content in English. The two parties have also expressed their determin
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We are entrepreneurs, not military agents, say Skripals poisoning accused
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 13 (Sputnik/ANI): In an exclusive interview with Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the RT broadcaster and Sputnik news agency, the two accused in the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter's poisoning in Salisbury, Russian citizens Alexander Pe
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N Korea accuses US of toughening sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Aug 10 (ANI): North Korea on Thursday accused select senior United States officials of attempting to further strengthen international sanctions imposed on the reclusive nation.
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Death toll jumps to 347 in Indonesia earthquake
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 9 (ANI): The death toll in the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday swelled to 347, according to the state-run Antara news agency.
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Reuters removes Haley's picture with swastika seen behind her
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): International news agency Reuters has removed an earlier photo of US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley with a swastika seen behind her at a Hindu temple in New Delhi.
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Indian criminal shot dead in crossfire in Nepal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 29 (ANI): An Indian national criminal was killed in an exchange of fire between Nepal's Rautahat district police patrol and Indian criminal group, the state news agency Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) reported.
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DPRK urges S Korea to scrap military intelligence pact with Japan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 30 (ANI): Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday urged South Korea to scrap a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan.
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German Chancellor Merkel to visit China next week
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel will embark on a two-day official visit to China on May 24-25 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced on Friday, according to Xinhua news agency.
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