Category: World
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Cut nose and finger to look unique
In Brazil, a self-proclaimed “human devil” recently cut off his little finger and nose to be prominent among his colleagues. Michael Farrow do Prado, 44, has already undergone several surgeries at the cost of millions of rupees for the sake of prominence and show devilish getup.
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China, UAE vow to enhance parliamentary cooperation
BEIJING, Jul 7 (XINHUA/APP):China”s top legislator Li Zhanshu held talks with Saqr Ghubash, speaker of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), via video link on Wednesday, and both sides pledged to enhance exchanges between legislative bodies. Li, chairman of the National People”s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said China and the UAE,…
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Taliban may present written peace plan next month
KABUL: Taliban plan to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government as soon as next month, a spokesman for the group has said even as its fighters make major territorial gains in the breach left by departing foreign forces. Hundreds of Afghan security force members have fled into neighbouring Tajikistan in the face…
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US left Bagram Airbase at night with no notice, Afghan commander says
KABUL: The US military left Bagram Airfield – its key base in Afghanistan – in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base’s new commander said. General Asadullah Kohistani told media that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later. Bagram also…
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China hails Imran remarks on Communist Party’s centenary
BEIJING: Prime Minister Imran Khan remarks that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has found a unique model of governance and brought enormous developments for the Chinese society in its own way are appreciable, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Monday. “I have noted the relevant report. Also noted that Prime Minister, Imran…
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Xi set to attend CPC and World Political Parties summit
BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese president, will attend the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties summit to be held on Tuesday via video link. Xi Jinping will deliver a speech at the summit, Hu Zhaoming, spokesperson for the International Department of the CPC Central Committee,…
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World community should jointly condemn Indian sponsored terrorism: Chinese scholar
BEIJING: Indian people should wake up and stop Indian intelligence agency’s actions in support of terrorism which are not only harmful to India itself but for others. The region and the international community should jointly condemn it. These views were expressed by Cheng Xizhong, Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law…
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45 die in Manila military plane crash
COTABATO, Philippines: At least 45 people were killed and dozens others were injured on Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said. Nearly a hundred people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane…
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Hindus view partition as good for ties with Muslims: US survey
WASHINGTON: Hindus are more likely than Muslims in India to say the 1947 Partition was good for Hindu-Muslim relations, reveals a US survey released this week. The surveyors — Pew Research Center survey, Washington — also found that the majority of Hindus “think it is very important to be Hindu and to speak Hindi to…
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US in talks with three CA states for Afghan refugees
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is exploring having three Central Asian countries temporarily take in thousands of Afghans who worked with the US forces and face threats from the Taliban now that the US troops are withdrawing after 20 years, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. They said Washington was in talks with…