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Covid-19: Vaccination with Sputnik V launched in India, first dose adminis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 14 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announced the launch of vaccination with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus in India today.
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US Senator calls on Biden to back Armenian sovereignty regarding Karabakh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI/Sputnik): US Senator Bob Menendez has called on the Biden administration to engage on the issue of Armenian sovereignty in light of the country's war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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ADB's net allocable income reaches $1.13 billion
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 10 (ANI): The board of governors at Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adopted a resolution to allocate 1.13 billion dollars in net allocable income from 2020 ordinary capital resources, the highest in ADB's history.
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South Korea earmarks USD 700 million for climate and ICT projects with ADB
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 6 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding earmarking 700 million dollars in co-financing from South Korea for ADB sovereign development projects over the next three years.
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'If Taliban refuses to negotiate, they will choose peace of grave', warns
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): Stressing that every international stakeholder and Afghan people demands a "sovereign, Islamic, democratic, united, neutral" and unified Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani warned that "if the Taliban refuse to negotiate, they will be choosing the peace of t
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China's continues to boost leverage over vulnerable countries as part of i
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): China is boosting its leverage over financially vulnerable countries and ensnaring some in sovereignty-eroding debt traps by extending loans with strings attached.
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A-Pac growth outlooks diverge amid recovery from pandemic shock
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 3 (ANI): Asia Pacific economies are recovering from the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic but intra-regional disparities in the magnitude of shock and durability of growth outlooks are increasingly evident, Fitch Ratings has said.
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Int'l community raises concern over China's coast guard law, calling it ve
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], May 1 (ANI): International public opinion has raised concern over the oppressive Coast Guard Law of China, saying that Beijing uses the law to legalise its coast guard force's use of violence to serve the country's unilateral sovereignty claim in the East Sea (also known as
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Philippine President refuses to withdraw navy from South China Sea amid te
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 1 (ANI): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said that he will not withdraw navy and coastguard boats patrolling the disputed South China Sea and insisted that the country's sovereignty over the waters is "not negotiable".
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China's 'bullying and aggression' are becoming more 'ruthless': Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 26 (ANI): Taiwan is a "sovereign state" and it is not subordinate to China, said Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, amid escalating aggression from Beijing in the region.
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Currency frictions pose limited macro risk for Asian sovereigns: Fitch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 16 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has said it expects the Biden administration to downplay tensions over exchange-rate policies with trade partners in Asia due in part to geopolitical considerations even though some are on or at risk of being placed on the US Treasury's currency ma
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US issues warning to China; says action against Taiwan would be 'serious m
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) issued a warning to China stating it would be a "serious mistake" for anyone to attempt to change Taiwan's "status quo" amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the island country
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