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Indian film, theatre legend Girish Karnad dies
BENGALURU: Girish Karnad, a celebrated actor, playwright and filmmaker, died today after a long illness at a hospital in Bengaluru. He was 81. Born on May 19, 1938, in Mumbai (then Bombay Presidency), his critically-acclaimed work includes plays like “Yayati”,
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Six convicted over rape-murder of Indian child
Six men were convicted today over the horrific 2018 gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a Muslim nomadic tribe that provoked horror and stoked inter-religious tensions in India. Sexual violence, including against children, is rife in India
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Lam: No scrapping of extradition bill
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader said she has no plans to scrap a proposed controversial law which will allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a day after hundreds of thousands took the streets to oppose the proposal. “This is a very
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Minority Kalash community threatened by tourists
In a remote valley in Pakistan, dozens of Kalash minority women dance to celebrate spring’s arrival — but as a gaggle of men scramble to catch them on camera, the community warns an influx of domestic tourists is threatening their
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Hundreds of thousands protest against China extradition bill
HONG KONG: Hong Kong was plunged into a fresh political crisis on Sunday night after more than half a million people took to the streets to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland
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India offers cash reward for missing plane
Indian authorities on Saturday offered a cash reward to boost a desperate hunt for a military transport plane missing for nearly a week and feared to have crashed in a remote northeastern state. The Indian Air Force and Arunachal Pradesh
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Sirisena sacks Sri Lankan intelligence chief
Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said. Sirisena summoned an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday night to oppose
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New US sanctions show talks offer ‘hollow’
Iran said that new US sanctions on its petrochemical industry show the hollowness of President Donald Trump’s claims to be open to fresh negotiations with Tehran. “Only one week was needed for the US president’s claim that he was ready
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Russia, China to show united against US at forum
Chinese President Xi Jinping appears on Friday as guest of honour at Russia’s showcase economic forum, as the two neighbours present a united front in the face of shared troubles with the US. Xi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for
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US to decide on US$300 billion China tariffs after G20 meeting
FRANCE/BEIJING: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would decide whether to carry out his threat to hit Beijing with tariffs on at least US$300 billion in Chinese goods after a meeting of leaders of the world’s largest
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