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Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to New Delhi to attend Russia, India and China (RIC) Foreign Ministers' meeting, the first high level visit of a Chinese official to the country after the Doklam standoff. The 15th RIC…
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Washington: President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and start the process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city, a move against the long-held American principles which many Arab leaders warned…
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Washington: An Indian-American doctor has declared his candidacy to run for the US House of Representatives next year from a suburb of Chicago as a Republican. Sapan Shah, 37, the founder of Flagship Healthcare in Chicago, would run from…
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Lausanne: Russia's state-sponsored doping scheme constitutes an "unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport", the IOC chief Thomas Bach said today. Bach was speaking after Russia were banned from the 2018 Olympics…
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Agency NEW DELHI: Bringing perpetrators of terror to justice is the "basic ingredient" in fighting terrorism, Israeli envoy Daniel Carmon said today in the wake of the release of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed by Pakistan. He said joint…
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Beijing: Canada has high hopes for a trade agreement with China but won't rush into negotiations that could affect their economies for generations to come, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. On the second day of a visit to…
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Beijing: A senior United Nations envoy arrived at Beijing's airport today on his way to North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing soaring tensions over Pyongyang's intercontinental ballistic missile launch. The unusual trip by Jeffrey…
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Washington: India's growing influence and economic power have enabled it impose a "gag order" on Kashmir with western countries being unwilling to raise the issue at the international level, including in the UN, 'president' of the…
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Washington: Indian-American California senator Kamala Harris has topped the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine's 2017 list of '50 Leading Global Thinkers' which also features US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. Besides Harris and Haley,…
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London: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, out on a 650,000-pound bail bond following his arrest by Scotland Yard over fraud and money laundering charges, will return to Westminster Magistrates' Court here today as his extradition trial begins.…
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