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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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Blame President Sirisena for security failure, IGP accuses
Sri Lanka’s suspended police chief has petitioned the Supreme Court, accusing President Maithripala Sirisena of failing to prevent the Easter bombings that killed 258 people. In a 20-page complaint, Inspector-General Pujith Jayasundara disclosed serious communication gaps between intelligence agencies and
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Rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal
NEW DELHI: India’s tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi is on course to rise higher than the Taj Mahal in the next year, becoming a fetid symbol for what the UN considers the world’s most polluted capital. Hawks and other
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Oil prices pressured by bearish economy
SINGAPORE: Oil prices were pressured by an economic slowdown that has affected fuel consumption, although some support came from a Saudi Arabian statement that consensus was emerging with other producers over extending supply cuts. Front-month Brent crude futures were at
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US to sell 34 drones to Malaysia, allies in SEA
WASHINGTON: The US government has moved ahead with a surveillance drone sale to four of its allies in the South China Sea region, as acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Washington will no longer ‘tiptoe’ around Chinese behaviour in Asia.
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Five bodies spotted in Indian Himalayas
NEW DELHI: Five bodies were spotted high on a mountain in the Indian Himalayas on Monday during an aerial search for eight climbers feared swept away in an avalanche last week, a government official said. The climbers – four from
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You are what you Eid: Ramadan for vegans
Muslims are coming to the end of a month of fasting, which in Britain often means evening meals featuring heaps of meat. But there is a plant-based option Article by: Remona Aly The final days of Islam’s month of fasting
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Mosques that host some of the world’s largest Eid congregations
DUBAI: Muslims will soon observe Eid Al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of Ramadan. Eid Al-Fitr, which means Festival of the Breaking of the Fast, will see Muslims gather for the congregational prayer in mosques or special prayer grounds
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Houthis launch drone attack on military parade in Aden
CAIRO: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a drone attack on a military parade for Saudi-led coalition forces in the port city of Aden, the group’s Al Masirah TV said. The Saudi-owned Al-Hadath channel later quoted sources that the air defences
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