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Turkey sentences 32 to life in jail for failed coup in 2016
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 32 people, including former soldiers, to life in jail for their involvement in the 2016 defeated coup, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.
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China terrorising Uyghur population, eroding their cultural identity, says
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], April 7 (ANI): Amid worldwide condemnation and sanctions by western countries over human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, a UK-based poet and academic said the Chinese government has been terrorising the entire Uyghur population and is erasing their ethnic and c
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Calls grow for alternative to China's BRI as Beijing suffers severe reputa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 7 (ANI): Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) touted as a 'win-win' step over 140 targeted countries across the globe, recipient countries have realised that Beijing's aid was not as much of a kind gesture as they had hoped, hitting Bei
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Turkish Foreign Ministry summons Chinese Ambassador over social media post
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 7 (ANI): The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned Chinese Ambassador Liu Shaobin over the diplomatic mission's social media posts about the Xinjiang autonomous region featuring mentions of Turkey's opposition politicians, according to reports cited by Sputnik.
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US hints about boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): The United States has suggested it will not rule out the possibility of consulting with partner countries over a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games amid the growing concerns over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
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Pak continues cotton trade with China, Xinjiang despite growing int'l cond
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Despite fierce condemnation from the international community over cotton produced from forced labour in Xinjiang, Pakistan has announced to continue its cotton trade with China, especially from the region where over a million Uyghurs are detained in inter
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Philippines logs 6,414 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 820,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,414 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 819,164.
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Congo's Constitutional Court confirms re-election of President Denis Sasso
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brazzaville [Congo], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Republic of the Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso after provisional results gave him victory in the central African country two weeks ago.
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59 killed in violent incidents in 24 hours in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 59 people were killed in insurgent activities and clashes in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, according to a local independent war monitoring group early Wednesday.
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New Zealand boosts space technology cooperation with Germany
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand's aerospace industry is getting a boost through cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which is expected to improve its capability and potentially lead to joint space missions, New Zealand's Minister of Research, Scienc
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Argentina records 20,870 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina on Tuesday registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases, after 20,870 people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 2,428,029, according to the Ministry of Health.
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China: 5 killed in bomb attack in Mingjing
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 7 (ANI): A man detonated a homemade bomb blowing up four other people besides himself in Mingjing, a small village in Guangzhou on March 22.
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