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Explosion near chemical plant in China leaves 22 dead, injures many
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 28(ANI/Sputnik): An explosion near a chemical plant in North China's Zhangjiakou has left 22 people dead and 22 more injured, local authorities reported.
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Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Faced with an acute budgetary deficit due to mounting foreign debts, the new government in the Maldives, led by President Abdulla Solih, is looking to India for financial support to help the island nation achieve its development goals. It has announce
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Trump suggests creating Worldwide Network to counter CNN's 'unfair' report
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Nov 28 (ANI/Sputnik): President Donald Trump slammed American broadcast network, CNN for portraying the US in an 'unfair and false way' to the rest of the world and suggested launching a 'Worldwide Network' to counter CNN's reporting by showing another view on the situat
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EU needs 'profound' reforms post-Brexit: Macron
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Nov 26(ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom's (UK) intention of withdrawing from the European Union (EU) has brought into focus the need for a 'profound' reform of the bloc, French President Emmanuel Macron said here on Sunday.
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Skripals' disappearance proves UK has something to hide: Lavrov
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], Nov 25 (ANI/Sputnik): It is unclear where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia currently are, and this proves that the UK government and intelligence have "something to hide," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday.
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Trump asks SC to consider Trans military ban
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA] Nov 24 (ANI/Sputnik): United States President Donald Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to immediately consider the ban on transgenders serving in the US military, breaking the current judicial protocol that binds the top court to wait until regional appeal cou
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30 terrorists killed in Mali under Operation Barkhane
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali] Nov 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The French Armed Forces Ministry on Saturday informed that the French troops active under Operation Barkhane in Africa's Sahel region have managed to kill around 30 terrorists in Mali.
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US court dismisses lawsuit over MH370 flight disappearance
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA] Nov 24 (Sputnik/ANI): A US court has rejected the lawsuit filed against Malaysia Airlines and the insurer, Allianz SE and Boeing in connection with disappearance of flight MH370.
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Poland refuses to sign UN Global Migration pact
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland] Nov 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Polish government's press service department has informed that Poland will not support the UN Global pact on migration.
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MSF slams Italian prosecutors for ordering to seize Aquarius over toxic wa
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) has condemned the decision of Italian prosecutors to seize the Aquarius migrant rescue vessel over accusations of alleged illicit disposal of hazardous on-board waste.
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1 dead, 5 injured in Catalonia train accident
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Catalonia [Spain], Nov 20 (ANI/Sputnik): At least one person died and five people have been injured in a train accident here in Catalonia on Tuesday morning.
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Despite massive protests French Government to hike fuel tax
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France] Nov 20 (ANI/Sputnik): French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Tuesday informed that the French government, regardless of protests across the country last weekend, will stay strong on its decision to raise the tax on diesel and carbon fuels.
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