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...
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...
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...
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"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" has never been an outdated philosophy.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...
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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...
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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....
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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
-- 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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
-- 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...
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...
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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...
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...
-- 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...
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