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UK declares China's crackdown on Uyghurs as 'genocide'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a "genocide", joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing's actions against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region.
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China has far greater nuclear capacity than thought: Top US Commander
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States has only learned in the past week that China has developed a fast breeder capacity allowing it to make far more plutonium nuclear warheads than US assessments had previously thought possible, according to a top US Commander.
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US calls on Pakistan authorities to nab culprits behind attack on journali
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States on Thursday expressed grave concerns over the attack of Pakistan's leading journalist Absar Alam in Islamabad and called on local authorities to apprehend the culprits.
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UK PM extends support to Biden's emissions target commitment, calls it 'ga
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that President Joe Biden's announcement to commit the United States to a roughly 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is a "game-changer" for the world.
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US announces to cut greenhouse emissions in half by 2030
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Laying out his vision for a greener economy, US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the United States would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 as part of the country's efforts to combat climate change.
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Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen: US rights com
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen as the government systematically enforced blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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US senate confirms Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney Gene
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) confirmed Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States, making her the first Indian-American to serve in this role.
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US will continue to support people of Myanmar against military coup, says
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States will continue to support the people of Myanmar against the military coup, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
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China continues to detain Uyghurs, other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang: US ri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The Chinese government has continued to detain Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang despite claiming to have released all detainees, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religiou
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US sanctions 2 State-owned Myanmar businesses
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions on two state-owned Burmese companies in an attempt to deprive Myanmar's military leaders of a major source of income, the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Wednesday.
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China conducts large scale aerial bombing drill after US-Japan statement o
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): China conducted a large scale aerial bombardment exercise over the weekend as tensions escalated over Taiwan, following a joint statement by the United States and Japan.
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Exports in FY22 to be on upswing, says Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said on Tuesday that exports out of India are on an upswing and the government is hopeful of positive growth in the current financial year 2021-22.
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