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England set a 338-run target for India

England set a 338-run target for India

-- 2019-06-30 19:45:14

Riding on Jonny Bairstow’s brilliant century, hosts England set India a 338-run target in the match number 38 of the ICC World Cup 2019 on Sunday at Edgbaston in Birmingham. During the innings,...

Upholding multilateral trade system serves the interests of ASEAN members

Upholding multilateral trade system serves the interests of ASEAN members

-- 2019-06-30 18:09:19

The 34th ASEAN summit, held in Bangkok, Thailand from June 20 to 23, focused on building a people-centric ASEAN community. Leaders of the ASEAN members shared a vision to advance partnership for susta...

Xi-Trump G20 meeting in line with global expectations

Xi-Trump G20 meeting in line with global expectations

Global Times 2019-06-30 18:02:35

The agreement reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the 14th G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, is in line with the best expectations of international public o...

Japan to tighten export rules for high-tech materials to South Korea

Japan to tighten export rules for high-tech materials to South Korea

-- 2019-06-30 16:40:45

Japan plans to tighten restrictions on the export of high-tech material used in smartphones and chips to South Korea from July 4 in connection with a dispute over a South Korean ruling on war-time for...

PNG volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

PNG volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

-- 2019-06-30 14:05:04

Volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forced 15,000 villagers in the country’s northeast to flee their homes, aid agencies said on Sunday. Mount Ulawun on PNG’s northeastern i...

Trump becomes first US leader to step into NKorea, meets Kim

Trump becomes first US leader to step into NKorea, meets Kim

-- 2019-06-30 13:20:26

With grins and handshakes, President Donald Trump welcomed North Korea's Kim Jong Un at the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone Sunday, seeking to revive talks on the pariah nation's nuclear programm...

End mobile data blackout: US to Myanmar

End mobile data blackout: US to Myanmar

-- 2019-06-30 12:23:37

The United States on Saturday urged an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says...

Starc five-for trumps Boult hat-trick as Australia beat NZ

Starc five-for trumps Boult hat-trick as Australia beat NZ

-- 2019-06-30 11:58:33

Trent Boult became the first New Zealand bowler to claim a hat-trick in the World Cup but it could not stop champions Australia still cruising to an 86-run victory in Saturday's rematch of the 2015 fi...

Pakistan beat nervy Afghanistan to keep their WC hopes alive

Pakistan beat nervy Afghanistan to keep their WC hopes alive

-- 2019-06-30 11:42:24

All-rounder Imad Wasim's unbeaten 49 guided Pakistan to a thrilling three-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Leeds on Saturday, maintaining their hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. Chasing...

Cameroon opposition leader freed after abduction

Cameroon opposition leader freed after abduction

-- 2019-06-30 11:30:21

The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released by his captors on Saturday after being abducted by unidentified gunmen in the country’s restive Anglophone region a day...

Trump says both he and Kim want to meet at DMZ

Trump says both he and Kim want to meet at DMZ

-- 2019-06-30 10:53:46

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un both want to meet at the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas later in the day, raising hopes for an encount...

Separate stabbings in London leave man, pregnant woman dead

Separate stabbings in London leave man, pregnant woman dead

-- 2019-06-30 10:34:02

Two people were stabbed to death in separate incidents in London on Saturday, including a woman who was about eight months pregnant, police said. Police were called to an address in south London at 3...

Pakistan restrict Afghanistan to 227

Pakistan restrict Afghanistan to 227

-- 2019-06-29 19:35:26

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi claimed four wickets to restrict minnows Afghanistan to a modest 227 for nine wickets from 50 overs in their World Cup match in Leeds on Saturday. Having won the...

Afghanistan wins toss against Pakistan

Afghanistan wins toss against Pakistan

-- 2019-06-29 16:51:24

Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their Cricket World Cup group game at Headingley on Saturday. Pakistan is still in contention for a semifinal spo...

Taliban kill 26 pro-govt militia members in Afghanistan

Taliban kill 26 pro-govt militia members in Afghanistan

-- 2019-06-29 15:25:28

Taliban militants killed at least 26 members of a pro-government militia in north Afghanistan on Saturday, government officials said, the same day the militants and US government officials are due to...

South Africa dent Sri Lanka hopes at World Cup

South Africa dent Sri Lanka hopes at World Cup

-- 2019-06-29 15:02:06

Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla struck unbeaten half-centuries as South Africa cruised to a nine-wicket victory at the Riverside Ground on Friday to put a major dent in Sri Lanka's hopes of reaching th...

‘Trump wants Turkey missile plans resolved without damaging ties’

‘Trump wants Turkey missile plans resolved without damaging ties’

-- 2019-06-29 14:04:04

US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that he wanted the issue over Ankara’s procurement of air defence systems to be resolved without damaging bilateral ties, th...

France roasts in record heatwave, two die in Spain

France roasts in record heatwave, two die in Spain

-- 2019-06-29 12:40:12

France registered its highest temperature since records began on Friday as the death toll rose from a heatwave suffocating much of Europe. The mercury hit 45.9 degrees Celsius (114.6 Fahrenheit) in G...

Modi govt freezes ads placed in three Indian newspaper groups

Modi govt freezes ads placed in three Indian newspaper groups

Reuters 2019-06-29 10:42:29

India’s government has cut off advertisements to at least three major newspaper groups in a move that executives and an opposition leader said was likely retaliation for unfavourable reports. C...

At least 16 die as wall collapses on huts in India’s Pune

At least 16 die as wall collapses on huts in India’s Pune

-- 2019-06-29 10:24:36

A 23-metre (60-foot) high wall collapsed on a cluster of tin-roofed huts in western India early Saturday following heavy rains, killing at least 16 workers and their families living there. The wall d...

Please don't meddle in US elections, Trump asks Putin

Please don't meddle in US elections, Trump asks Putin

-- 2019-06-28 17:05:24

US President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in US elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to an investigation of his campaign&r...

Clinical India eliminate West Indies to inch towards semis

Clinical India eliminate West Indies to inch towards semis

-- 2019-06-28 14:18:23

Two-time champions India stood on the cusp of securing a spot in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals after they stretched their unbeaten run in the tournament with a clinical 125-run victory against Wes...

Media platform under BRI launched

Media platform under BRI launched

Jubair Hasan From Beijing, China 2019-06-28 12:45:04

A platform was formed on Thursday in Beijing with a view to sharing economic information and enhancing cooperation among the participating Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries for their mutual ben...

Harris goes after Biden on race in US presidential debate

Harris goes after Biden on race in US presidential debate

-- 2019-06-28 11:54:58

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris confronted front-runner Joe Biden on race during a debate on Thursday, calling his remarks about working with segregationist senators “hurtful&rdq...

Iran on course to exceed nuclear pact limit within days: Diplomats

Iran on course to exceed nuclear pact limit within days: Diplomats

-- 2019-06-28 11:53:18

Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement within days by accumulating more enriched uranium than permitted, although it had not done so yet by a deadline it set for Thursday, di...

India await another win

India await another win

-- 2019-06-27 22:30:22

West Indies are struggling to chase 269 runs against India in a group match of the Cricket World Cup at Old Trafford on Thursday. They scored 124 in 31.1 overs after losing nine wickets. Earlier, ha...

'Canada's attempt to pressure China at the G20 will be futile'

'Canada's attempt to pressure China at the G20 will be futile'

Global Times 2019-06-27 18:16:24

Chinese experts warned on Wednesday that if Canadian officials attempt to seek help from the US in exerting pressure on China at the upcoming G20 summit, it will be futile. And bilateral ties could fu...

Azam century leads Pakistan to victory over New Zealand

Azam century leads Pakistan to victory over New Zealand

-- 2019-06-27 11:47:17

Babar Azam's patient unbeaten century guided Pakistan to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand on Wednesday and revived their hopes of reaching the Cricket World Cup semi-finals. New Zealand, unbeate...

Two die as Russian plane makes emergency landing

Two die as Russian plane makes emergency landing

-- 2019-06-27 11:33:18

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing at a regional airport in Russia’s Buryatia republic, in Siberia, on Thursday, the area&rs...

Pakistan batting to chase 238 against New Zealand

Pakistan batting to chase 238 against New Zealand

Fe 2019-06-26 22:29:19

Pakistan are batting to chase 238 runs against New Zealand. They  scored 90 in 21 overs after losing two wickets. Earlier, New Zealand scored 237 runs in 6 wickets.