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5G commercial licenses approved in China
BEIJING: China granted 5G commercial licences to four domestic companies, taking a big step in its bid to be a global leader in next generation wireless networks amid fierce rivalry from the United States. 5G is the next-generation cellular network
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US to sell arms to Taiwan, infuriates China
WASHINGTON: The US is planning to sell more than US$2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world’s two
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Prayuth remains as Thailand PM
BANGKOK: Junta leader, General Prayuth Chan-o-cha remains as Thailand’s prime minister, five years after he seized power in a military coup in 2014. The vote for the prime minister’s post yesterday saw Prayuth elected as the kingdom’s first civilian prime
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G20 to tackle US-China trade war, digital tax
Top financial policymakers from the world’s 20 most powerful nations gathered this weekend in Japan as a protracted US-China trade war clouds the global economy with no end in sight. G20 finance ministers and central bankers gathering in the southwestern
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Mixed reaction on free travel for women in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s pledge to make public transport free for women received mixed reaction in India, with supporters hoping it entices more women into workforce and detractors calling it a sexist gimmick. In a nation of rapid economic change, more
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Tensed Ramadan in Xinjiang
The corner where Heyitkah Mosque in China’s restive Xinjiang region once hummed with life is now a concrete parking lot where all traces of the tall, domed building have been erased. While Muslims around the world celebrated the end of
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Saudi renovates Shiite Awamiya after crushing revolt
Strip malls and palm-dotted boulevards stand in the once bullet-scarred old quarter of Awamiya, a Shiite-majority town on Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich eastern coast where the long-planned facelift fuelled deadly clashes. Until a year ago, Musawara neighbourhood resembled a war zone
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Three elephants found dead in Kluang
KLUANG: Three female cow elephants were found dead at a plantation area of a village in Kluang after they are believed to have ingested poison. “The villagers of Kampung Sri Timur 3 noticed that the elephants were lying motionless on
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Xi: China will play positive role on Venezuela
BEIJING: China will work with the international community to play a constructive role in Venezuela and help the country to get back on a normal development path as soon as possible, Chinese President Xi Jinping said. Oil-rich Venezuela is
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Four of eight feared dead in Indian Himalayas survived
PITHORAGARH: Indian authorities said on Tuesday it could take days to recover the bodies of a group of mountain climbers believed to be killed in an avalanche high in the Himalayas, as four of their colleagues who survived the expedition
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