CHINESE AUTOMAKER GEELY LAUNCHES 11 LOW-ORBIT SATELLITES FOR AUTONOMOUS CARS

Sun 04 February 2024: Geely Holding Group (0175.HK), a Chinese automaker, announced on Saturday that it has launched 11 low-Earth orbit satellites, marking its second dispatch, as part of its efforts to increase the precision of its navigation for autonomous vehicles. According to Reuters, the satellites were launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in […]

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TALIBAN WELCOMES WORLD BANK REPORT ON AFGHANISTAN’S ECONOMY

Sat 03 February 2024: The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a statement has welcomed the recent report of the World Bank on Afghanistan’s economic situation.  In response to the recent World Bank report on Afghanistan’s economic situation, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Office of […]

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HINDU PRAYERS BEGIN INSIDE INDIA’S MUGHAL-ERA MOSQUE AFTER COURT ORDER

Fri 02 February 2024: Hindu worshippers have begun praying inside a 17th-century mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi, hours after a court order gave them the go-ahead at the disputed site. The Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi is one of several Muslim places of worship that right-wing Hindu groups, backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata […]

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MAJOR AUTOMAKERS COMPLICIT IN FORCED LABOR OF UYGHUR PEOPLE IN CHINA, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Fri 02 February 2024: Human Rights Watch evaluated records indicating that carmakers violate the human rights of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang when procuring aluminum, a vital element for vehicle manufacturing. Notably, the Chinese government is accused of persecuting, violating human rights, and discriminating against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang area. This comes as the rights […]

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RUSSIA AND CHINA AGREE TO BOOST MILITARY TIES TO ‘HIGHER LEVEL’

Wed 31 January 2024: China and Russia on Wednesday agreed to promote their military ties to a “higher level.” Almost a month after he was appointed China’s new defense minister, Dong Jun Wednesday held his first public video call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu and the two sides agreed to “continuously expand practical cooperation […]

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PAKISTAN EX-PM IMRAN KHAN, WIFE SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN STATE GIFTS CASE

Wed 31 January 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal sale of state gifts. An accountability court in Rawalpindi, which deals with corruption cases, on Wednesday also ruled that the couple would be […]

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ISRAELI RECRUITERS KEEP MUM ON JOB CONDITIONS AS INDIAN WORKERS RUSH TO APPLY

Wed 31 January 2024: Lucknow: A large crowd of labourers having been queuing up every morning at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Lucknow, trying their hand at the recruitment drive for Indian workers willing to go to Israel. These drives have been organised ever since Israel suspended the work permits of thousands of Palestinians after October […]

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600-YEAR-OLD MOSQUE RAZED BY AUTHORITIES IN INDIAN CAPITAL DELHI

Wed 31 January 2024: In Mehrauli, Delhi, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) carried out an arbitrary demolition of a 600-year-old mosque at 6 am on Tuesday. In the early hours on January 31st, a centuries old mosque in Delhi’s Mehrauli, the Masjid Akhonji was abruptly demolished by officials from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under […]

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CHINA’S XI RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM INTERIM TALIBAN ADMINISTRATION’S 1ST ENVOY TO BEIJING

Tue 30 January 2024: China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday received ambassadorial credentials from the new Afghan envoy to Beijing appointed by the interim Taliban administration.  Mawlawi Asadullah Bilal Karimi was among at least 42 new ambassadors posted in Beijing who presented their letters of credentials to Xi, video footage by state-run CCTV showed. Xi […]

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FORMER PAKISTANI PM KHAN AND TOP AIDE QURESHI SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN JAIL FOR STATE SECRETS

Tue 30 January 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistan court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 10 years jail in a case related to the leaking of state secrets. The special court set up in a prison in Rawalpindi on Tuesday announced the sentence in the so-called […]

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