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Submarine rescue ship mobilised to find victims of crashed chopper near Dokdo
DONGHAE (South Korea): A submarine rescue ship of South Korea’s Navy was on a mission Saturday to find victims of a rescue chopper that crashed near the Dokdo islets in the East Sea Thursday night, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency
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Beijing won’t tolerate threats to HK’s ‘1 country, 2 system’ status
BEIJING: China will not tolerate anything that challenges the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” formula that governs Hong Kong, a senior China parliamentary official said today. Hong Kong was an important part of discussions at a plenum
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Viral video: Man saves child from drowning after car falls into river
A man saved a child from drowning after his car fell into the river post collision with an auto. CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral. A car carrying five people fell into a river in Orchha town of
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Delhi to divide Jammu and Kashmir state despite violence
SRINAGAR: India will formally split up the Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories today, aimed at tightening New Delhi’s grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three
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Tragic death of Sujith Wilson, a technology failure
The TN borewell tragedy is a pointer to the skewed priorities of science research – how its advances have bypassed the poor and vulnerable The mind-numbingly tragic death of two-year-old Sujith Wilson after he fell into an abandoned borewell and
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Dr Mahathir’s visit to Turkmenistan to further boost ties
ASHGABAT: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to Turkmenistan beginning Sunday (Oct 27) is expected to further strengthen existing friendly ties between Malaysia and this Central Asian nation. Malaysian ambassador to Turkmenistan Roseli Abdul said the Prime Minister’s visit was upon
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Malaysia adds two gold in Asian Bowling Tourney
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian keglers continued their smashing performance by grabbing two more gold medals in the men’s and women’s trio event at the 25th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships in Kuwait on Saturday. The additional medals saw Malaysia accumulate four
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Hong Kong protesters to rally for Catalan separatists as China speaks out
HONG KONG: Hong Kong protesters plan to rally today in support of demonstrators pushing for a separate Catalonia in northeastern Spain as a Chinese official denounced months of “mad violence” in Hong Kong and forces pushing for independence. The protests
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Hong Kong protesters crash NBA opening night party
Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters crashed the NBA’s opening night party yesterday handing out thousands of black t-shirts as the Toronto Raptors prepared to begin the defence of their championship title against the New Orleans Pelicans. While the Raptors gifted the
Read MoreChina may replace HK leader, appoint ‘interim’ chief executive
China is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an “interim” chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which would bring to a close Lam’s rule after months of often-violent
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