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Beijing: China's top anti-graft agency has sent 13 inspection teams across the country in its fresh crackdown on official misconduct. Inspectors will oversee the performance of officials in the provincial-level regions of Guangxi,…
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Washington: The US space agency is set to announce Thursday the instruments that will be carried aboard the agency's Mars 2020 mission rover. The announcement will take place at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC. The new "roving…
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Fresh Israeli bombardments rocked Gaza in the early hours of Wednesday, killing two children, as Palestinian factions were to head to Cairo to discuss a temporary humanitarian ceasefire. As the…
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Washington/New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry will on Wednesday arrive in India on a visit expected to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-awaited September visit to Washington. With Kerry's visit, the US…
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Kathmandu: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's three-day trip to Nepal set the "political tone" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-anticipated official visit here, a leading Nepal daily said Monday. "Looking ahead to…
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Islamabad:  The communal violence in Indian town of Saharanpur should be halted at once before it spreads and becomes uncontrollable, a Pakistani daily said in an editorial. The violence was a result of a land dispute between the Muslim…
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