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Chinese news agency slams ‘barbaric’ Hong Kong office attack

3:03 pm November 3, 2019

Hong Kong: China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency has denounced the attack on its office in Hong Kong by pro-democracy protesters as “barbaric.” The city’s journalists also criticized the attack on the media organization during Saturday’s melee that marked nearly five months of unrest in the Chinese territory. Xinhua in a brief statement strongly condemned the […]

India calls upon SCO member-states to work together to defeat terrorism, combat climate change

11:31 pm November 2, 2019

New Delhi: India on Saturday called upon the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to strengthen and implement all existing international laws “without exception and double standards” to combat terrorism and its enablers. Addressing the 18th meeting of Council of Heads and Governments (CHGs) of the SCO countries as the special envoy of Prime […]

Hong Kong chaos sees tear gas, attack on Chinese news agency

11:02 pm November 2, 2019

Hong Kong: Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China’s official Xinhua News Agency for the first time Saturday after chaos broke out downtown, with police firing tear gas and demonstrators hurling gasoline bombs as the protest movement approached the five-month mark. Streets in the upscale Causeway Bay shopping area and nearby Victoria Park were clouded […]

Sharif undergoes PET, CT scan in London: reports

Nawaz Sharif remains critical, platelets again: personal physician

7:51 pm November 2, 2019

Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s health condition remains critical as his platelet count has dropped again, a day after it rose to 51,000, his personal physician said on Saturday. Sharif, 69, was admitted to the Services Hospital on Monday night from Pakistan’s anti-graft body’s custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low […]

Sudarsan Pattnaik selected for Italian Golden sand art award

7:04 pm November 2, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been selected for the prestigious Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019. He will be honoured during the International Scorrana Sand Nativity in Italy scheduled to be held from November 13 to 18. Pattnaik said he will also represent India in International scorrana sand Nativity. As many as […]