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Typhoon Haishen unleashes rain, strong winds in south Japan

3:29 pm September 6, 2020

Tokyo: The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward into an area vulnerable to flooding and mudslides. Weather officials warned that rainfall from what could be a record storm would be […]

Typhoon Haishen approaches Japan packing powerful winds

8:41 pm September 5, 2020

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon, the second in a week, was barreling toward the Okinawa islands in southern Japan on Saturday, prompting warnings about torrential rainfall and fierce wind gusts. Weather officials have cautioned about Typhoon Haishen for the last several days, urging people to brace for what could be a record storm and be ready […]

Rajnath Singh holds talks with Chinese Defence minister in Moscow amid border tension in Ladakh

11:17 pm September 4, 2020

Moscow: Amid heightened border tension in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held talks in Moscow with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe. Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Indian Ambassador to Russia D B Venkatesh Varma are part of the Indian delegation at the talks that began at around 9:30 PM (IST) at a prominent hotel in the Russian capital. It is the first highest level face-to-face meeting between […]

Japan bracing for dangerously powerful typhoon

4:59 pm September 4, 2020

Tokyo: Japan is bracing for a dangerously powerful typhoon approaching its southern regions this weekend on the heels of an earlier storm that injured dozens of people in the country and on the Korean Peninsula. Typhoon Haishen, or Sea God in Chinese, could bring nearly unprecedentedly severe rain, rough waves and high tides to Okinawa and Kyushu by early […]

Chinese Foriegn Minister Wang Yi to attend online BRICS FMs meeting

9:02 pm September 3, 2020

Beijing: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will participate in the virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the five-nation BRICS grouping on Friday, a senior official announced here on Thursday. Announcing Wang’s participation in the meeting of the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing that the Chinese foreign minister would attend the online meeting […]