BEIJING: China on Thursday vowed “powerful” measures against the US over a recent sale of defence systems to Taiwan. The US State Department has approved a possible $500 million sale to the island of Taiwan of IRST systems for F-16 fighter jets, as well as other equipment, Reuters quoted the Pentagon as saying on Wednesday. […]
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The promotion has been criticised for using young people’s bodies to advertise political policies. Austria is offering free public transport for a year to people willing to get a tattoo reading ‘Klimaticket’ – the name of the country-wide public transport scheme. Leonore Gewesseler, Green MP and Austria’s climate minister, was seen promoting the deal at […]
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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday inaugurated the International Buyer-Seller meet at the University of Kashmir. In a rapidly globalizing world, initiatives like the International Buyer-Seller meet not only create opportunities for the artisans to showcase their skills on a global stage but also open doors for economic growth. As many as 24 International and […]
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MUZAFFARABAD: A large gathering of people from different walks of life torched thousands of electricity bills in Rawalakot, the divisional headquarters of Poonch, on Tuesday at the climax of a sit-in that had started more than 105 days ago in the town to record protest against the “cruel electricity taxes, unavailability and increase in the […]
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Iran sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men who were earlier executed for killing a paramilitary volunteer during the nationwide protests last year that followed Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, state media reported Wednesday. The sentences come just ahead of the one-year […]
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Hungary has released more than 1,400 foreigners convicted of people smuggling, a move challenged by the European Commission. “We have released 1,468 detainees of foreign nationality who have been convicted of smuggling of human beings,” the National Command of Penitentiary Services told the Agence France-Presse news agency in an email. In April, Budapest announced that […]
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“India is on the moon!” Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is currently attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg said It was a giant leap for India on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing […]
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In a resolute commitment to justice and unity, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Atta Bandial has assured that proper investigations will be conducted before any action is taken in cases, particularly those involving blasphemy charges against minority communities. He emphasized that seeking refuge in other countries is not a viable solution. A delegation comprising […]
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Wildfires continued to wreak havoc across Greece, threatening some northern suburbs in the capital Athens, local media reported Tuesday. A fire that broke out around noon in the town of Fyli, located 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Athens city center, continued to burn uncontrollably and expanded in many directions, leading to the evacuation of numerous […]
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A three-member delegation of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) on Sunday met members of the civil society in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar and alleged that China was carrying out a cultural genocide inside Tibet. They sought civil society’s support in resisting it. Addressing the civil society members at the Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) here on […]
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