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Uyghurs not seen as 'normal' by Chinese govt, says activist
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): An Uyghur activist, who is based in the United States, has termed the persecution of the community in China's Xinjiang as a "genocide" and said the ethnic community is not seen as "normal" by Beijing.
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COVID-19 cases cross 6,000 in Maldives
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Aug 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Maldives has crossed 6,000 while the death toll has reached 24, local media reported here on Wednesday.
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Cricket Team St Lucia Zouks unveils official new jersey and website ahead
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Cricket team St Lucia Zouks - owned by KPH Dream Cricket Pvt Ltd, the consortium that owns Kings XI Punjab - today virtually unveiled its new official jersey and website - www.zouksonfire.com.
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Expelled Chinese Communist Party member lashes out at Xi Jinping, says oth
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 19 (ANI): A former professor at China's elite Central Party School, who has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for criticising President Xi Jinping, has lashed out at the leader accusing him of "killing a country" and claiming that many others want to q
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Dhoni's retirement was shocking, wanted to give him big send-off: KL Rahul
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul has said that the retirement of MS Dhoni was shocking as all the team-mates would have wanted to give the former skipper a big send-off.
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In China, Xi's intellectual warriors are outgunning "realists" of the Deng
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): China's leader Xi Jinping's legion of intellectual warriors are on a high, trying to fish out from the mainstream, "realists" -- a pedigree of thinkers who have followed former leader Deng Xiaoping's low-key pragmatism to spur Beijing's rise.
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Amid severe food crisis, Chinese govt asks citizens to control food habits
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping called its citizens to control food habits and "maintain a sense of crisis about food security" as the country is heading for a severe food crisis.
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Mercury in Death Valley hits 54.4 degrees Celsius, hottest in US since 191
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The temperature in Death Valley, located between the US states of California and Nevada, reached 54.4 degrees Celsius (130 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday afternoon, the highest temperature recorded in the country since 1913, according to the National
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Japanese PM admitted to hospital for health checkup
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked into a hospital in Tokyo on Monday after one of his aides described as a "health checkup", although rumours have been swirling about the leader's ill health.
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Public washroom constructed on razed mosque site in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], Aug 17 (ANI): A public washroom has been constructed on the site of a demolished mosque in Atush of Xinjiang province in northwestern China, a local official said.
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Hong Kong's COVID count reaches 4,480 with 74 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 74 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4,480.
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China renews yellow alert for rainstorms
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): China's national observatory on Saturday renewed a yellow alert for rainstorms in several provinces and regions from today evening to Sunday evening.
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