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EAM Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart, says LAC must be respected
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EAM Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart, says LAC must be respected

New Delhi, July 4: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in the Kazakhstan capital Astana, and said that the "Line of Actual Control (LAC) must be respected and peace and tranquillity in the border areas be always enforced". The two met on the...
15 arrested for smuggling timber in Myanmar
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15 arrested for smuggling timber in Myanmar

Yangon, July 4: Myanmar authorities have arrested 15 suspects involved in an alleged smuggling of timber across the country in the past week, official daily The Mirror reported on Thursday. According to a report, from June 24 to 30, the authorities arrested the suspects and seized 58.16 tonnes of...
Colombian president taps Juan Fernando Cristo as interior minister
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Colombian president taps Juan Fernando Cristo as interior minister

Bogota, July 4: Colombian President Gustavo Petro welcomed Juan Fernando Cristo as head of the interior ministry, replacing Luis Fernando Velasco. "We welcome Juan Fernando Cristo as minister of the interior, who will have the functions of promoting social reforms in Congress, coordinating...
Over 2,500 households evacuated due to floods in Myanmar
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Over 2,500 households evacuated due to floods in Myanmar

Yangon, July 3: Floods displaced more than 2,500 households in several towns of northern Myanmar following heavy rains and rising river levels, official daily Myanma Alinn reported on Wednesday. In Myitkyina of Kachin State, the water level of the Ayeyarwady River exceeded its warning mark on...
Pentagon decries North Korea
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Pentagon decries North Korea's recent missile launches as 'irresponsible'

Washington, July 3: A Pentagon spokesperson criticised North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches as "irresponsible," and reiterated the US' calls for the recalcitrant regime to return to diplomacy. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder made the remarks after Pyongyang claimed to have...
Japan launches new banknotes
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Japan launches new banknotes

Tokyo, July 3: Japan on Wednesday started issuing new 10,000 yen (61.9 U.S. dollars), 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes, which marked the first redesign since 2004. The current banknotes will remain legal tender following the circulation of new bills, according to the Finance Ministry and the Bank...
World Bank classifies Mongolia as upper middle income country
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World Bank classifies Mongolia as upper middle income country

Ulan Bator, July 3: Mongolia has been reclassified by the World Bank from a lower-middle income country to an upper-middle income country for the 2024 fiscal year, announced the country's Finance Ministry on Wednesday. This marks Mongolia's first inclusion in the upper-middle-income category since...
Hathras tragedy: Putin sends condolence message to President Murmu, PM Modi
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Hathras tragedy: Putin sends condolence message to President Murmu, PM Modi

Moscow, July 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent a condolence message to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district. "Esteemed Mrs President, Esteemed Mr Prime Minister, kindly accept the most sincere condolences...
Nikhil Gupta, accused in
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Nikhil Gupta, accused in 'murder-for-hire' plot, appears before US trial judge...

New York, June 29; Nikhil Gupta, the Indian national accused in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, has appeared for the first time before the trial judge as lawyers laid out the preliminary steps. Federal Senior Judge Victor Marrero set the next court date for September 13 during the brief hearing on...
UN-sponsored prisoner exchange negotiations between Yemeni factions scheduled in Muscat
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UN-sponsored prisoner exchange negotiations between Yemeni factions scheduled in...

Aden (Yemen), June 29: The UN is set to facilitate a new round of negotiations between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group representatives concerning prisoner and detainee exchanges, a government official told the media. The local government official, who asked to remain anonymous, said on...
Australian PM reveals threat from alleged teen terrorist
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Australian PM reveals threat from alleged teen terrorist

Canberra, June 29: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed he and his family were threatened by an accused teenage terrorist. Albanese said on Friday that he and his family were among those threatened in an extremist manifesto in which 19-year-old Jordan Patten allegedly outlined...
Japan: Another US soldier charged with sexual assault in Okinawa
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Japan: Another US soldier charged with sexual assault in Okinawa

Tokyo, June 29: Public prosecutors in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa have indicted a 21-year-old US Marine on charges of yet another non-consensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury. On Friday, the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office said that they filed charges against Lance...
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