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China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The import of Chinese goods manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang province will now be blocked after the US-sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect on June 21.
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UN agencies rush to aid Afghanistan following deadly quake
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 23 (ANI): The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on Wednesday morning.
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China misuses COVID-19 health app to stifle dissent
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): Several activists and netizens criticized Chinese authorities for using the COVID-19 health app to stifle dissent.
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Tension grips Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's district over targeted killings
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Tension gripped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district after unidentified people killed a man and left another injured, making it the second incident of the targeted killing in a month in the district.
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Pakistan's regional political party asks poll body to postpone Sindh's ele
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): A regional party in Pakistan has urged the country's election body to postpone the local government elections in Sindh amid fear of rigging by the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party in the province, a local media reported.
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Growing frustration in China over Pakistan's inability to finish CPEC proj
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, which was 'officially' launched in 2015 and over this, Islamabad's lackadaisical attitude had sowed the frustration in Beijing, a m
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255 killed, 500 injured in 6.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday leaving at least 255 people dead and over 500 injured in the provinces of Paktika and Khost.
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Pakistan's Punjab imposes 'emergency' due to rise in rape cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to declare an "emergency" amid a rapid increase of reported cases of sexual abuse against women and children.
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UN Biodiversity Conference to be relocated from China to Canada
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): The second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in Montreal, Canada from December 5 to 17 this year.
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US import ban over China's forced labour in Xinjiang takes effect
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A US law banning imports from China's Xinjiang province took effect on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing Beijing's use of forced labour among the Uyghur minority.
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1 policeman killed, 3 injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province te
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Pakistani policemen deployed in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were fired upon by unidentified persons on Tuesday, resulting in the death of one cop and three injured.
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Rains in China: Close to 5 lakh affected in Jiangxi province; houses, crop
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Jiangxi [China], June 21 (ANI): With close to 5 lakh people in East China's Jiangxi affected by rain, the province on Monday upgraded its flood control emergency response to level II.
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