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HK strongly opposes 'groundless' US report on human trafficking
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 26 (ANI): The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday expressed strong opposition to a U.S. report on human trafficking having "groundless and biased findings".
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Religious, ethnic minorities particularly vulnerable to trafficking in Pak
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate human trafficking, the United States has downgraded Islamabad to the 'Tier 2 Watch List' on the country trafficking scale.
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US report says India continues to apply sustained pressure to detect, disr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): The Indian Government continues to apply sustained pressure to detect, disrupt, and degrade terrorist activities within its borders and attempts to bring to justice the perpetrators of terrorism in cooperation with the United States and other like-minded
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US doubles bounty on IS leader who succeeded Baghdadi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program has increased the bounty - now up to USD10 million -- for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS's new leader Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahma al-Mawla. This represents a doub
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US expects China to review Hong Kong policy in next 2 weeks: State Departm
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): The United States expects China to make some changes in its policy pertaining to Hong Kong, "in the next week or two", Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell said on Friday.
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Pompeo meets Chinese top diplomat, stresses need of information sharing to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday met Yang Jiechi, a Communist Party Politburo member and stressed the need for full transparency and information sharing to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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US greets India's UNSC win, looks forward to strengthen strategic ties
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): The State Department congratulated New Delhi for securing a successful victory at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and said it looked forward to work on issues of international peace and security -- a natural extension of the US-India comprehensive gl
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US sanctions over Hong Kong security law may worsen China's US dollar shor
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 14 (ANI): The United States decision to punish China for new security legislation that tightens its grip on Hong Kong may result in worsening of Beijing's US dollar shortage, say analysts.
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US report on religious freedom accuses China of intensifying repression of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falu
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Skeletal remains of animal found at Manalur excavation site in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 5 (ANI): Skeletal remains of an animal have been unearthed at Manalur near Madurai under the sixth phase of excavations at Keeladi site, undertaken by the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA).
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US State Department condemns desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Washi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 04 (ANI): US State Department spokesperson on Thursday condemned the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi's statue situated outside Embassy of India's office in Washington, calling it a "disrespectful act".
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US to revise State Dept's travel advisory for Hong Kong: Trump after China
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 30 (ANI): The United States will revise the State Department's travel advisory for Hong Kong to reflect "increased danger of punishment by the Chinese state security apparatus", President Donald Trump said on Friday (local time).
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