Category: International

Over 24 nations agree to reduce 12.6 m annual pollution deaths

By Vishal Gulati Marrakech, Nov 16 (IANS) Health and environment officials from over 24 countries have committed to reducing the…

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4 killed in Kabul bombing

Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS) At least four people were killed in a suspected bomb explosion in Kabul on Wednesday with…

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India’s diplomatic blitz to disturb peace, says Pakistan

London, Nov 16 (IANS) India's "aggressive diplomatic stance" would disturb peace in the region, Pakistan's Interior Minister has told British…

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NASA renews hunt for Antarctic meteorites

Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) To help learn more about the primitive building blocks of the solar system and answer questions…

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Twitter hands more power to users to stop cyberbullying

San Francisco, Nov 16 (IANS) In a fresh bid to empower its over 300 million users, the micro-blogging website Twitter…

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Turkish staff of PakTurk schools told to leave Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) The future of more than 100 Turkish citizens working for private schools set up by the…

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Sartaj Aziz to visit India, hints at easing of hostility

Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan?s foreign policy chief, Sartaj Aziz, has said that he plans to attend the Heart of…

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Assad looks for ‘anti-terror ally’ in Trump

Damascus, Nov 16 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that the US President-elect Donald Trump would be a "natural…

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Android smartphones in US sending personal data to China: Report

Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) Security firm Kryptowire has identified Android smartphones with a "backdoor" software in the US that collected…

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Microsoft teams up with Musk’s $1 bn OpenAI project

San Francisco, Nov 16 (IANS) In a move to "democratise" artificial intelligence (AI) and making it accessible to everyone, Microsoft…

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Identity theft costs Australians more than $1.5 bn

Canberra, Nov 16 (IANS) Identity crime is costing Australia more than $1.5 billion every year, a report has revealed. The…

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35 suspects involved in violent attacks arrested in Myanmar

Yangon, Nov 16 (IANS) Thirty five suspects involved in violent attacks on three border posts in Myanmar's western Rakhine state,…

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Spain renews commitment to fight climate change

Marrakech, Nov 16 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy renewed Spain's commitment to fight against climate change and reiterated his…

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Chinese shares open higher

Beijing, Nov 16 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.05 per cent…

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Chinese yuan weakens

Beijing, Nov 16 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 97 basis points…

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‘Brexit could be delayed by two years’

London, Nov 16 (IANS) Brexit could be delayed by months, even as long as two years, after a Supreme Court…

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Tokyo shares open higher

Tokyo, Nov 16 (IANS) Tokyo shares opened higher on Wednesday with the Nikkei index reaching a roughly nine-and-a-half-month intraday high,…

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French president wants to extend state of emergency

Paris, Nov 16 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande said he wants to extend the state of emergency until the presidential…

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‘Over 56,000 displaced from Mosul’

Mosul, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) More than 56,000 people have fled Mosul and surrounding areas, where military operations began to retake…

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Oil prices bounce back

New York, Nov 16 (IANS) Oil prices bounced back from three sessions of losses as the market saw an increasing…

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