Wed 17 July 2024: Angry over US arms sales to Taiwan, China on Wednesday said it has decided to suspend consultations with Washington over arms control and non-proliferation, state media reported. “The US has ignored China’s firm opposition and repeated representations, continuing to sell arms to Taiwan, and engaging in a series of negative actions that seriously harm China’s […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: The death toll from heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan increased to 47 on Tuesday, with 350 people injured, according to local officials. Severe storms struck Nangarhar province on Monday evening, causing extensive damage by uprooting trees and collapsing buildings. Saifullah Khalid, head of Nangarhar’s disaster management authority, confirmed the updated figures […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: New Delhi: A student of the Begum Rokeya University at Rangpur in Bangladesh was killed today, a day after almost 300 students were reported to have been injured in clashes between supporters of the ruling Awami League party and those agitating over the demand to end the quota system for government jobs. […]
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Japan Tuesday completed the release of the seventh batch of treated radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. discharged around 7,800 tons of water, which had begun on June 28, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported. The operator reported no abnormal tritium levels in nearby […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: China and Russia’s naval forces have commenced a joint exercise at a military port in southern China, just days after NATO allies labeled Beijing a “decisive enabler” of the war in Ukraine, according to official news agency Xinhua. Starting in Guangdong province on Sunday, the exercise will continue until mid-July, showcasing […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: Pakistan’s government is seeking to ban the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Monday, a decision poised to escalate the country’s political turmoil. Khan, 72, ousted through a no-trust vote in April 2021, is currently in a jail in Rawalpindi with his […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: Some 7.2% of deaths reported in 10 major Indian cities are caused by air pollution, a new study said on Thursday. The study by The Lancet Planetary Health claimed significant associations between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and daily mortality rates across multiple cities in India, which last year surpassed China as the world’s […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: China has expressed strong opposition to a new U.S. law signed by President Joe Biden, which urges Beijing to address Tibet’s demands for greater autonomy, Reuters reported. The law, enacted on Friday, seeks to push China to engage in talks with Tibetan leaders, stalled since 2010, to reach a negotiated agreement […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful marriage, according to his party and lawyer. Khan, 71, and his wife, Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years, days before Pakistan’s election in February. At the time, […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – The Supreme Court has handed a major legal victory to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, declaring it eligible for a share of reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies. The judgement, announced on Friday by a 13-member bench in an 8-5 ruling, dealt […]
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