Category: International

Chinese shares open lower

Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.23 percent, at…

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Want to play several years more: Del Potro

Buenos Aires, Feb 25 (IANS) Argentine tennis star Juan Martin del Potro said he intends to play several years more.…

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Chinese yuan weakens

Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 16 basis points…

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Spanish stock market index plummets

Madrid, Feb 25 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 3.07 percent to close at 8,013.70 points, down from…

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Germany’s benchmark DAX index closes lower

Frankfurt, Feb 25 (IANS) The benchmark DAX index at Frankfurt Stock Exchange went down by nearly 250 points and closed…

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Italian PM opens Milan fashion week

Milan, Feb 25 (IANS) Milan's womenswear fashion week started here with Matteo Renzi becoming the first Italian prime minister to…

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WTO rules against India on US solar exports

By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) In a setback to India, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel…

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Damascus blames Washington for Syrian conflict

Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) Syria on Wednesday condemned the remarks of US Secretary of State John Kerry, who warned that…

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Bengal prisoners’ art work goes online

Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Condemned within the four walls of a prison, they have been seeking redemption through painting and…

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Sharif expresses satisfaction over Pakistan’s n-safety

Islamabad Feb 24 (IANS) Pakistan's National Command Authority (NCA) here on Wednesday stated that nuclear deterrence is a factor in…

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‘EU will respect decision of Britons on Brexit’

Brussels, Feb 24 (IANS) European Council President Donald Tusk said here on Wednesday the European Union (EU) would respect the…

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23 killed in Nepal plane crash

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) All 23 people on board a Nepali airliner were on Wednesday killed when it crashed in…

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Assad reassures Putin over cease-fire

Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reassured his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via a phone call on Wednesday…

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Pakistan Army vows to eliminate terrorists from country

Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the gains and effects of…

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Indonesia to close down all red-light districts by 2019

Bangkok, Feb 24 (IANS) Indonesia plans to close down all red-light districts in the country by 2019, media reports said…

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23 killed in Nepal plane crash

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) Two infants were among the 23 people killed when their Nepal airlines plane -- missing for…

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Tianjin blast-damaged train station to be rebuilt

Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) Reconstruction of a train station severely damaged in the fatal warehouse blasts in China's Tianjin city…

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Maldives airport arbitration tribunal favours GMR Group

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Infrastructure conglomerate GMR Group on Wednesday said the Maldives airport arbitration tribunal has ruled in…

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‘Freedom of navigation in South China Sea not a problem’

Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Freedom of navigation in the South China Sea has not been a problem and demilitarisation in…

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Thousands of refugees abandoned in Bay of Bengal in 2015: UN

United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) Thousands of refugees and migrants were left abandoned at sea by their smugglers in 2015…

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