Thu 09 July 2020: Hundreds of Rohingya refugees on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal will not be allowed to leave unless they agree to return home, Bangladesh authorities said Thursday. The 306 Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar were put on Bhashan Char island in April after being taken off two boats trying to […]
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Thu 09 July 2020: Chen Quanguo, Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and 3 others listed by Washington ANKARA (AA) -The US on Thursday sanctioned a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party and three other officials over human rights abuses in Xinjiang, northwest China. The Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Chen Quanguo was one of the designated names, announced […]
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Thu 09 July 2020: The mayor of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, was missing Thursday after leaving a message that his daughter described as sounding like a will, police said. A massive search was underway. Police officers said they were looking for Park at a small hill at Sungbuk-dong, a district in northern Seoul where his […]
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Thu 09 July 2020: Top diplomat warns China-US relations facing ‘most severe challenge,’ says aggression not in Chinese genes ANKARA (AA) – China does not want a full confrontation with the US and seeks a bilateral relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation, the country’s top diplomat said on Thursday. Addressing the China-US Think Tanks […]
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Thu 09 July 2020: Addressing International Labor Organization’s virtual summit on pandemic, Khan says laborers most affected by restrictions ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday said coronavirus restrictions have badly impacted the labor class, urging for an urgent global strategy to protect them. Addressing the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) virtual summit on COVID-19 and […]
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Wed 07 July 2020: Southeast Asian nation confirms total of 68,079 coronavirus cases, with 3,359 fatalities as of Wednesday JAKARTA (AA) – Indonesia remains the country with highest COVID-19 infections in Southeast Asia. As of Wednesday, 68,079 cases were reported in the country, while death toll reached 3,359, according to health authorities. Based on data […]
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Tue 07 July 2020: Swarms of locusts have invaded agriculture fields across Pakistan risking food security KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Tuesday said it has developed drones to fight swarms of locusts that have invaded agriculture fields across the country, risking food security. In a statement, the National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC), a state-run […]
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Tue 07 July 2020: TikTok will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman told the Reuters news agency, as other technology companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter suspend processing government requests for user data in the region. The short-form video app owned by China-based ByteDance has made the decision to exit the region following China’s […]
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Tue 07 July 2020: Pyongyang warns Seoul of further deterioration in bilateral relations ANKARA (AA) – North Korea on Tuesday reiterated that it will not hold a dialogue with the US, slamming South Korea for “meddling” in its affairs. In a statement carried by state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kwon Jong Gun, director general of US […]
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Tue 07 July 2020: NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s death count due to COVID-19 crossed 20,000 on Tuesday with 467 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, total cases in the country have reached 719,665. Over the past day, 22,252 new cases were reported. Indian Council for Medical Research has tested more […]
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