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China eyes more military bases in Africa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): China's growing military and security partnerships with African countries pose new challenges to the United States, a long-time security partner in the continent. The Chinese naval base in Djibouti is not the only sign of Chinese military engagement in Africa b
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Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake registered east of South Sandwich Islands
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
South Sandwich Islands [UK], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday east of the South Sandwich Islands in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the US Geological Survey said.
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Tropical storm Eta hits Archipelago in US Florida
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Tropical storm Eta has reached Florida in the United States and hit Florida Keys, a string of tropical islands stretching between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said on Monday.
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China is carrying out 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): China is carrying out 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang and its repressive measures against the ethnic minority are to homogenise Uyghurs into the country's Han Chinese majority and erasing their cultural and religious identity, reported The Atlantic.
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Scarlett Johansson spotted on Hamptons beach
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson was snapped on the sunny shores of the Atlantic this week in the Hamptons, as she celebrates the beach season.
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COVID-19 was not genetically altered virus, says geopolitical expert Jamie
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): As several questions on the actual origin of the coronavirus remain unanswered, Jamie Metzl, a geopolitical expert and a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, has opined that the virus was not "a genetically altered virus."
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Trump's ex-NSA says China promoting authoritarianism as alternative to dem
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 20 (ANI): China has become a threat to the world due to its Communist leaders who are promoting a closed, authoritarian model as an alternative to other democratic governments and free-market economies, H. R. McMaster, former United States National Security Advis
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Greta Thunberg to cross Atlantic by catamaran to attend COP25 in Madrid
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday said she would travel across the Atlantic Ocean by catamaran to attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25), which will open on December 2 in Madrid.
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Greta Thunberg urges US Congress to treat climate crisis as an existential
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 19 (ANI): Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg who is on a trip across the Atlantic on a zero-emissions boat on Wednesday requested US lawmakers to start treating the climate crisis as an existential emergency.
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Bahamas braces for another tropical storm weeks after Hurricane Dorian
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): Tropical storm Humberto with strong winds and heavy rain is barreling its way through the Atlantic and threatening to ravage the Bahamas islands just weeks after the Caribbean country was battered by Hurricane Dorian that killed more than 40 people.
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Hurricane Dorian: Florida issues warnings, orders evacuation
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 2 (ANI): Hurricane warnings were issued on Sunday night (local time) particularly across a stretch of eastern Florida located along the Atlantic coastline as powerful storm Dorian neared the United States.
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Trump cancels Poland trip as Hurricane Dorian heads to Florida
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 30 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) cancelled his trip to Poland to monitor the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, which is forecast to strengthen into a highly dangerous Category 4 storm during the weekend before hitting the Atlantic coast.
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