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Disney Plus stops offering free trial to its streaming service
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 20 (ANI): Disney has officially ended the seven-day-trial feature for its online video streaming service, Disney Plus, stating it no longer needs to dangle freebies for luring customers.
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Protesters topple, burn statue of Confederate General Pike in DC, media re
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 20 (Sputnik/ANI): A group of protesters toppled and set on fire a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike near the police headquarters in Washington DC, amid anti-racism demonstrations, media reported on Saturday.
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'Beijing used Covid-19 pandemic to launch misinformation campaign, continu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): While the is world grappling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and its tragic repercussions, China has used the outbreak to launch a global campaign of misinformation, further its economic coercion through the Belt and Road Initiative and continue military
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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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China creating multiple fronts, like one on India border, to take advantag
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): The recent stand-off between Indian and Chinese armies at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh is among the multiple fronts opened by China because of Beijing's assessment that the world is distracted due to COVID-19 pandemic and it could take advantage of it,
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USCIRF urges Trump administration to swiftly enforce Uyghur Human Rights P
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday urged the country's government to swiftly enforce the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
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US condoles death of Indian soldiers killed in face-off with China
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday extended condolences to people of India for the lives lost as a result of the confrontation with China at the Galwan Valley area in eastern Ladakh.
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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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Indian military maintains edge over Chinese PLA in high-altitude mountaino
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): Conventional wisdom suggests that China hold a significant military advantage over India, but recent studies from the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Boston and the Center for a New American Security in Washington suggests that
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Broader front takes shape against China
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): The tussle that started between China and the U.S. two years back has taken the shape of a broader showdown with the advanced democracies including Australia and United Kingdom weighing in on the contest against Beijing's pursuit of technological domina
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USCIRF welcomes signing of Uyghur Human Rights bill by Trump
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump's signing of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, thereby enacting it into law.
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Galwan incident caused embarrassment for China says US Media Report
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): The recent Galawn valley face-off between India and China has turned out to be a rare 'moment of embarrassment' for Beijing as it fears the incident may embolden other adversaries along its border.
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