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Japanese Emperor Naruhito proclaims enthronement in highly ritualised ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito proclaims enthronement in highly ritualised ceremony

Xinhua 2019-10-22 18:15:28

Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Tuesday proclaimed his enthronement in a highly ritualised, ancient-style ceremony held in the Seiden State Hall at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in front of 2,000 guests f...

Afghan airstrikes kill 14 militants

Afghan airstrikes kill 14 militants

Xinhua 2019-10-22 17:36:40

A total of 14 militants were confirmed dead as fighting planes struck a Taliban hideout in the beleaguered Darqad district of Afghanistan's northern Takahr province, according to an army statement rel...

Third-generation hybrid rice achieves high yields in China

Third-generation hybrid rice achieves high yields in China

Xinhua 2019-10-22 17:32:10

The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team underwent its first public yield monitoring from Monday to Tuesday and achieved a major breakthro...

Foreign firms need political wisdom in Chinese market

Foreign firms need political wisdom in Chinese market

Global Times 2019-10-22 17:28:16

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" has never been an outdated philosophy. It is particularly true when companies operate on foreign soil in this globally connected world. A New York Times editorial...

US forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay: Iraq

US forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay: Iraq

-- 2019-10-22 15:03:25

US forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only be there in transit, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday. The Iraqi statement contradicts...

Brexit in the balance as Johnson faces crunch votes

Brexit in the balance as Johnson faces crunch votes

-- 2019-10-22 14:32:41

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two pivotal votes in parliament on Tuesday that will decide if he can deliver on his pledge to lead the United Kingdom out of the European Union in nine days time....

India, Pakistan set to sign pilgrim corridor pact amid Kashmir tension

India, Pakistan set to sign pilgrim corridor pact amid Kashmir tension

Reuters 2019-10-22 14:29:18

India and Pakistan are set to sign an agreement on Indian pilgrims visiting a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the nuclear-armed neighbours at a time of tension that has brought exc...

6.0-magnitude quake jolts off Samoa

6.0-magnitude quake jolts off Samoa

-- 2019-10-22 12:32:14

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted off Samoa on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, which occurred at 0418 GMT, was centred 136 km southwest of Gataivai with a depth of 89.1 km,...

Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government

Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government

-- 2019-10-22 12:12:43

Benjamin Netanyahu gave up his effort to form a new government on Monday after failing to secure a majority coalition, creating an opportunity for centrist rival Benny Gantz to replace Israel’s...

Plane crashes in Brazilian street, killing three

Plane crashes in Brazilian street, killing three

-- 2019-10-22 11:27:17

A small plane crashed on a street shortly after takeoff in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte on Monday, killing at least three people, a firefighter on the scene told Reuters news agency. The sing...

Canada's Trudeau set to form government again

Canada's Trudeau set to form government again

Reuters 2019-10-22 10:36:01

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held on to his job in Monday’s election, securing his spot as one of the world’s few high-profile progressive leaders, but tarnished by scandal and w...

India, China can together unlock potential

India, China can together unlock potential

Global Times 2019-10-21 18:34:34

It is widely acknowledged that China and India are playing pivotal roles in regional and global affairs in the 21st century. Indeed, both countries have taken comparable stances or approaches to many...

HK-style violence to impact Western system

HK-style violence to impact Western system

Global Times 2019-10-21 17:38:10

Radical demonstrators in Hong Kong held unapproved protests on Sunday in which mobs continued their damage to public facilities. But this weekend, at least three important cities in the world witnesse...

China to rectify bullying and violence in schools

China to rectify bullying and violence in schools

Xinhua 2019-10-21 17:32:28

China will launch a campaign to combat bullying and violence in middle and primary schools across the country, according to a circular recently issued by the State Council. Local education and public...

Australian newspapers go black to protest media curbs

Australian newspapers go black to protest media curbs

Reuters 2019-10-21 15:10:45

Australia’s biggest newspapers ran front pages on Monday made up to appear heavily redacted, in a protest against legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the usually p...

Road crash kills 24 in DR Congo

Road crash kills 24 in DR Congo

-- 2019-10-21 12:10:28

At least 24 people were killed in a traffic accident on Sunday near Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said local officials. A bus was travelling from Lufu to Kinshasa o...

Quake of magnitude 6.4 strikes off Vanuatu

Quake of magnitude 6.4 strikes off Vanuatu

-- 2019-10-21 11:30:03

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the qu...

Five dead after looters torch garment factory amid Chile protests

Five dead after looters torch garment factory amid Chile protests

-- 2019-10-21 11:19:28

Five people have died after a garment factory was set ablaze by looters near Chile's capital Santiago amid a wave of violent protests. The military and police used tear gas and water cannon against p...

India, Pakistan blame each other for Kashmir shelling

India, Pakistan blame each other for Kashmir shelling

-- 2019-10-21 11:03:37

India and Pakistan have blamed each other for shelling across the line of control, the de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir. Both sides say they retaliated only after the other...

UK PM to push for Brexit deal vote again

UK PM to push for Brexit deal vote again

BBC 2019-10-21 10:51:45

Britain's Parliament must be given "a straight up-and-down vote" on the PM's Brexit deal, No 10 says, after MPs delivered a major blow to his strategy on Saturday. Boris Johnson was forced by law to...

Canada goes to the polls today: A day of reckoning for Trudeau

Canada goes to the polls today: A day of reckoning for Trudeau

Maswood Alam Khan   2019-10-20 20:39:08

On both sides of the Atlantic, populist and nationalist sentiments appear to be growing. Rising anti-establishment fervour emerging around the world has left voters in most of the countries puzzled as...

Archaeologists discover 30 ancient coffins in Egypt

Archaeologists discover 30 ancient coffins in Egypt

-- 2019-10-20 20:24:16

Egypt on Saturday unveiled the details of 30 ancient wooden coffins with mummies inside discovered in the southern city of Luxor in the biggest find of its kind in more than a century. A team of Egyp...

Modi cancels Turkey visit over Erdogan's remarks on Kashmir

Modi cancels Turkey visit over Erdogan's remarks on Kashmir

Khaleej Times 2019-10-20 17:45:25

The Indian government has decided to call off a proposed visit by the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Turkey's capital Ankara. The decision was taken as part of a number of measures showing...

Longest non-stop passenger flight tested

Longest non-stop passenger flight tested

-- 2019-10-20 16:32:48

Australian carrier Qantas has completed a test of the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight as part of research on how the journey could affect pilots, crew and passengers, reports BBC. The Bo...

HK protesters set up roadblocks, clash with police

HK protesters set up roadblocks, clash with police

-- 2019-10-20 16:23:23

Hong Kong protesters flooded the city’s streets on Sunday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs amid the firing of tear gas by polic...

Militant attacks on Burkina army outposts kill five

Militant attacks on Burkina army outposts kill five

-- 2019-10-20 14:39:08

Four soldiers and one police officer have been killed in two attacks on military outposts in northern Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe army said on Saturday. Raids by Islamist militants as well as clashes...

Indian soldiers, Pakistani civilian among dead in fresh Kashmir clash

Indian soldiers, Pakistani civilian among dead in fresh Kashmir clash

Reuters 2019-10-20 12:52:36

India said on Sunday two soldiers and a civilian were killed in cross-border shelling with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, while Islamabad said six died on its side, making it one of the dead...

Chile suspends rise in metro fares as unrest continues

Chile suspends rise in metro fares as unrest continues

-- 2019-10-20 11:57:10

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera has suspended a rise in metro fares that sparked protests across the country. Soldiers and tanks were deployed in the capital, Santiago, after the gov...

Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU for Brexit delay

Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU for Brexit delay

Reuters 2019-10-20 11:02:08

Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc and also said he did not want the extension after his latest Brexit...

Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over Brexit deal delay

Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over Brexit deal delay

-- 2019-10-19 21:32:30

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite MPs backing the principle of a further delay to the process, reports BBC. The PM vowed to introduce legislation ne...