Fri 28 June 2024: The alcohol deaths rates of India are more than double that of China, a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. The WHO report predicts a sharp rise in India’s per capita alcohol consumption over the next six years, reported Deccan Herald. The number of alcohol-related deaths in India per […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: Russia will become China’s largest gas supplier once the Power of Siberia and Far Eastern lines are fully operational in less than three years, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Friday. “In 2027, the Far Eastern route will be launched with a capacity of 10 billion cubic meters of gas per […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the country would not hesitate to launch attacks on the territory of Afghanistan, its neighbour, amid rising tensions between the two over security concerns. When asked whether Pakistan would consider cross-border attacks to control perpetrators, the Asif replied to an interviewer, […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled former Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who disappeared and was dismissed last year, along with his predecessor, Wei Fenghe, as part of an ongoing anti-corruption campaign, state media reported. Li and Wei were removed for “serious violation of party discipline and the law,” according to […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to suspend a February ruling that their 2018 marriage violated Islamic law. The decision by the court in Islamabad on Thursday means that Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, will remain […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: North Korea has announced the successful test of a multiwarhead missile, a weapon capable of overwhelming U.S. missile defenses, despite South Korea and Japan reporting the launch as a failure. The state news agency KCNA reported that on Wednesday, North Korea “successfully conducted the separation and guidance control test of individual […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: UK-based human rights group Stop Uyghur Genocide has launched a legal campaign to block Shein’s potential London listing over concerns about its labour practices, a law firm representing the campaign group said on Wednesday. Human rights law firm Leigh Day has written to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to urge […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: Japanese authorities are “seriously concerned and on high alert” about the yen’s rapid decline, stated the top currency diplomat, Masato Kanda, as the currency reached its weakest level in almost 40 years. “It is generally accepted that the current weakness in the yen is not necessarily justified and is believed to […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: A year after Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder, court cases in Canada and US focusing on alleged Indian overseas murder plots is testing New Delhi’s ties with Ottawa and Washington. A year after Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed outside a community shrine near Vancouver, a series of diplomatic and […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: The third meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan will take place in Doha from June 30 – July 1, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday. “The meeting will discuss how to advance international engagement on Afghanistan in a more coherent, coordinated and structured manner,” Dujarric told the reporters. UN Under-Secretary-General for […]
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