Xinhua 2019-11-06 19:10:39
China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:43 am Tuesday. Launched on a Long March-3B carr...
Xinhua 2019-11-06 17:20:00
A Hong Kong lawmaker was injured in a knife attack and sent to hospital Wednesday morning. Junius Ho, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was reportedl...
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The Tourism Council of Bhutan has said that the entrance fee for monuments across Bhutan would be raised starting January 2020. The council on Tuesday also called the relevant stakeholders and agenci...
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Seventeen people were killed in an overnight shootout at an outpost on the Tajik-Uzbek border that was attacked by armed men wearing masks, Tajik authorities said on Wednesday. The 20 attackers kille...
-- 2019-11-06 10:39:44
Suspected separatist insurgents killed at least 15 and wounded four village defence volunteers in a late-night shooting at a security checkpoint in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, security off...
Global Times 2019-11-05 17:08:06
The Second China International Import Expo (CIIE) will open in Shanghai on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron will join the opening ceremony with top Chinese leaders. Macron is the first leader...
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The air quality in New Delhi improved slightly on Tuesday as the wind picked up to blow away some of the pollution shrouding the Indian capital city for days. But the air remained at the “hazar...
-- 2019-11-04 17:52:08
As north India battles severe levels of pollution, authorities have deployed an air purifier at the Taj Mahal to save the iconic 17th-century marble mausoleum. The air purifier van deployed by the Ut...
Global Times 2019-11-04 17:02:07
The mid-November cancellation of the APEC summit in Chile, where China and the US were widely expected to sign an interim trade agreement, has ignited speculations about a new location and venue to in...
Xinhua 2019-11-04 16:35:33
A leading Chinese association for science has reaffirmed support for the science fiction sector, China Daily reported Monday. It quoted Huai Jinpeng, a top official of the China Association for Scien...
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One person died and at least 14 were injured on Monday in a grenade attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, two Indian officials told Reuters. Nine people were admitted t...
-- 2019-11-04 14:16:35
Police in Vietnam have arrested eight people in relation to the discovery of 39 dead Vietnamese in a truck near London last month, state media said on Monday. British police last week charged two men...
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Thousands of Iranians chanted “Death to America” near the old US embassy on Monday, the 40th anniversary on the seizure of the mission and a day after Iran’s supreme leader vowed it...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday emphasised that the “speedy, safe and sustainable” return of Rohingyas to their homes in Rakhine was in the interest of the region, the displa...
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Authorities in the Indian capital on Monday banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the city. The US Embassy air qual...
-- 2019-11-04 11:02:30
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres expressed concern Sunday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar's government to take responsibil...
Global Times 2019-11-03 18:14:10
India officially divided its state of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday into two new union territories to be ruled directly by the central government in New Delhi. The so-called Union Territories of Jammu an...
-- 2019-11-03 17:49:38
China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency denounced the attack on its office in Hong Kong by pro-democracy protesters as "barbaric" during a melee that marked nearly five months of unrest in the Chinese...
Reuters 2019-11-03 16:18:58
Iran will maintain its ban on talks with the United States, the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, describing the two countries as implacable foes a day before the 40th an...
-- 2019-11-02 16:08:30
Pakistan’s powerful military said it supported the country’s elected government and the constitution, as tens of thousands of opposition protesters gathered in the capital demanding that P...
-- 2019-11-02 15:03:02
More than 100 migrant workers from India’s Kashmir will be moved after a spate of killings by suspected separatist militants underlined the threat to outsiders in the restive region. Senior off...
Reuters 2019-11-01 19:45:34
Thailand launched an 'anti-fake news' centre on Friday, the Southeast Asian country’s latest effort to exert government control over a sweeping range of online content. The move came as Thailan...
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Schools in the Indian capital will be shut until Nov 5, the city government said on Friday, as residents breathed the season's worst air for a third straight day, reports Reuters. As farm fires...
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Police in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar have apprehended 800 Chinese citizens and confiscated hundreds of computers and mobile phone SIM cards as part of an investigation into a cybercrime ring...
-- 2019-10-31 12:38:28
India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally-administered territories. In the new arrangement, Jammu and Kashmir is one territory, and Ladakh, which borders China,...
Reuters 2019-10-31 12:00:59
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked southern Philippines still reeling from two strong tremors this month, killing at least five people and causing previously damaged buildings and homes to collapse. T...
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At least 73 people were killed on Thursday from a fire in three bogies of a Tezgam train near Liaqatpur city in Pakistan, Rahim Yar Khan district government confirmed. Women and children a...
Global Times 2019-10-30 18:26:32
The US is showing positive signs on the ongoing trade talks with China, which is beneficial to yielding a good outcome during next month's APEC summit in Chile. But experts warn it is unwise to assume...
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India will formally split up disputed Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security c...
-- 2019-10-30 12:57:24
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s two main backers have agreed to work on removing him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shi’i...
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