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US, UK ramp up pressure on India, China
NEW DELHI: Western powers have ramped up pressure on Russia’s oil sales amid its war with Ukraine as US President Donald Trump said India would stop buying and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian oil firms. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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Government has shown ‘huge amounts of transparency’ on China spying controversy says minister
THE Government has shown “huge amounts of transparency” in its response to the controversy over the collapse of the alleged China spying case, according to a government minister. Stephen Kinnock told GB News: “There are government processes and...
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India is the poster child for Starmer's ID card plan
Indian politicians like to claim that their governance innovations — particularly digital public infrastructure that’s shared between the state and the private sector — are widely admired. They can even point to the occasional testimonial from the...
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India bonds likely to see opening dip as focus on debt supply
Indian government bonds are expected to start Friday with an easing bias, as traders who booked profits a day earlier await a fresh supply of debt through the weekly auction. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note may sway between 6.49% and...
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India’s woman voter and the empty glass
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The Kathmandu Post
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Yet another election in India, and women have become the buzzword again. Both the ruling Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led regime and the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar have declared their commitment to the cause of women voters by...
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Japan’s crude steel output to decline 2.4% in October–December, says METI
Japan's crude steel output is projected to decline 2.4% in the fourth quarterJapan's crude steel output is forecast to fall 2.4 per cent in the October-December quarter from a year earlier, marking the eighth consecutive quarterly drop, amid weak...
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Political parties to launch campaigns by end of October; China pledges support for Myanmar regime elections
Political parties to launch campaigns by end of October The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on Wednesday that all political parties’ campaign activities can officially begin on Oct. 28 and take place over the following 60 days, to be...
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China slams 'baseless' US claims on trade rep's bilateral visit
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China Daily
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China's Ministry of Commerce has rejected US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's claims regarding China International Trade Representative Li Chenggang's engagements in the United States as "baseless", stating that they seriously distorted the...
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China Can Only Fire The Big Gun Of Refined Metals Restrictions Once
China is once again rolling out the big cannon of curbs on metals and minerals vital to the global energy transition, as well as key components in weapons and electronics. There is little doubt that every time China places restrictions on exports,...
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China’s Arrests of House Church Pastors Draw Sharp US Response
Chinese authorities have detained dozens of pastors and members of Zion Church, one of the country’s largest unregistered Christian networks, in what rights groups and observers called the communist regime’s most sweeping crackdown on underground...
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China demands UK 'immediately' lift sanctions on Chinese companies
China has issued a formal diplomatic protest demanding the United Kingdom immediately rescind sanctions targeting eleven Chinese companies accused of supporting Russia's energy infrastructure and military supply chains. The Chinese Embassy in...
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Chinese top diplomat urges Sweden to promote healthy China-EU ties
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called upon Sweden to assume a constructive role in advancing positive relations between China and the European Union during high-level discussions with Swedish counterpart Maria Malmer Stenergard in Beijing....
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Chinese Ambassador accepts returned cultural relic from US: Chinese Embassy
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Global Times
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Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng (right) accepts the artifact at the handover ceremony. Photo: Official WeChat account of the Chinese Embassy in the US Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng, on behalf the Chinese government, on Thursday...
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China firmly opposes and strongly condemns MI5's chief's claims about 'China's threat': embassy
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Global Times
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Screenshot of a statement from the Chinese Embassy in the UK In response to MI5 chief Ken McCallum who claimed in the agency's annual threat update that the UK faces daily security threats from state actors, and continued to hype up so-called...
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China defends Russian oil imports, warns US against unilateral sanctions
China has defended its oil imports from Russia as legitimate and lawful, warning the US of “firm countermeasures” if unilateral sanctions target Beijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry criticised US economic coercion and emphasised China’s open,...
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India News | RJD, Congress Pushed Bihar into Darkness, NDA Restoring Progress, Says CM Yogi on His First Day of Poll Campaign
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, entered Bihar's election battlefield, addressing rallies in support of BJP's Ramkripal Yadav...
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China’s export surge fails to lift economy from slowest quarter
China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in the final quarter, despite a surge in exports. The gap is expected to prompt the Communist Party to push for higher domestic spending at its key conference next week. The slowdown stems from...
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China has a new 500 billion yuan ‘financial instrument’. How will it be used?
China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), confirmed last month that Beijing was setting up a new “policy-based financial instrument” worth 500 billion yuan (US$70 billion). The special financing tool was...
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Asia Fuel Markets little changed; high inventories cap recovery
Asia fuel oil markets were broadly steady on Thursday, with high supply inventories capping recovery in benchmarks. Singapore’s very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) cash differential narrowed slightly, hovering near a discount of $3 a metric ton....
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India vs Malaysia, Sultan of Johor Cup 2025 Live Streaming Online: Watch IND vs MAS Junior Men’s Hockey Match Online on TV Channels?
India vs Malaysia, Sultan of Johor Cup 2025 Live Streaming Online and TV Telecast Details: Looking to return to winning ways, India junior men’s hockey team will lock horns against hosts Malaysia junior men’s hockey team in the ongoing Sultan of...
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