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Xi Jinping says China will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday said his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbours, amid ongoing friction over the South China Sea.
Xi made the remarks during a virtual conference with the…
Watch: Dhananjaya de Silva’s bizarre hit-wicket dismissal against West Indies
In one of the most bizarre dismissals you’ll ever see on a cricket pitch, Sri Lankan allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva knocked the bails off the stump with his bat while trying to save the ball from bouncing back on the wickets in the first…
German sport facing disruption as 4th coronavirus wave hits
Canceled games, players in quarantine and arguments over vaccine mandates.
Sports in Germany are facing a winter of disruption as the country endures a fourth wave of rising coronavirus infections.
Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich…
Chennai: 1.22 kg gold worth Rs. 54.87 lakhs and other goods worth Rs. 3.86 lakhs seized at airport
Chennai, Nov 22 (UNI) Officials of the Air Customs Intelligence (AIU) Unit today seized
1.22 kg gold worth Rs 54.87 lakh and other goods to the tune of Rs 3.86 lakh in two
separate incidents at the Anna international airport.
A release…
Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024: White House
Washington, Nov 23 (UNI/Sputnik) Joe Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki confirmed on Monday during a press briefing aboard Air Force One.
“He is, that’s his intention,” Psaki said in response to…
Americans detained in Ethiopia, US contacts local government
Washington, Nov 23 (UNI/Sputnik) The United States is aware that US citizens have been detained in Ethiopia and is in close contact with the government to discuss gaining access to those individuals, a State Department official said.
"On…
Half of my heart belongs in India: Ban Ki-moon in book
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s first diplomatic posting was in India and he developed such a special connection that even 50 years later, he tells the Indian people that half of his “heart belongs in their country”.
Ban also…
Sudan military leaders reinstate deposed prime minister
Sudan’s deposed prime minister signed a deal with the military on Sunday that will see him reinstated, almost a month after a military coup put him under house arrest. According to the deal, the military will also release government…
Austria begins national lockdown to fight surging infections
Austria powered down public life on Monday as its fourth national COVID-19 lockdown began, making it the first western European country to reimpose the drastic and unpopular measure this autumn in the face of surging coronavirus infections.…
Clashes break out in Brussels in protests over coronavirus restrictions
Police and protesters clashed in the streets of Brussels on Sunday in demonstrations over government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions, with police firing water cannon and tear gas at demonstrators throwing rocks and smoke bombs, witnesses…
Russian Security Council discusses new border security steps amid increasing risks
Moscow, Nov 22 (UNI/Sputnik) The increasing military activeness of NATO countries and progressive emergence of hotbeds of tension near Russia's borders necessitate new measures for ensuring border security, Russian Security Council deputy…
Malaysian PM’s party wins landslide victory in state polls
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s Malay party won a landslide victory in a state election on Saturday, defeating its allies in the ruling coalition as well as the opposition ahead of national polls.
The victory in southern…
Armenia agrees for top-level summit with Azerbaijan in Brussels
Yerevan, Nov 20 (UNI/Sputnik) Armenia confirms its participation in the Brussels-hosted summit with Azerbaijan at the level of the heads of state, the Armenian foreign ministry told Sputnik on Saturday.
Azerbaijan confirmed its…
Yoga best way to ensure healthy life: Nepalese PM Deuba
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (UNI) Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that yoga and meditation are excellent means for a healthy life and claimed that the whole world has embraced yoga.
Inaugurating the Ratna Sarraf Building,…
UN delegation visits refugee center on Belarusian -Polish Border
Bruzgi Checkpoint, Poland-Belarus border, Nov 20 (UNI/Sputnik) A delegation from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) visited the logistics center on…
Afghanistan’s Jalalabad ready to receive humanitarian aid from Iran
Kabul, Nov 20 (UNI/Sputnik) The airfield in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad is ready for operation and will soon receive humanitarian aid from Iran, the provincial governor's office announced on Saturday.
"The airfield of the city of…
Belarus clears migrant camps at EU border, but crisis not yet over
Belarus authorities on Thursday cleared the main camps where migrants had huddled at the border with Poland, in a change of tack that could help calm a crisis that has spiralled in recent weeks into a major East-West confrontation.
In…
Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees
Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday.
Fires in Sequoia National Park…
Kamala Harris becomes first woman to get US presidential powers briefly as Joe Biden undergoes…
President Joe Biden will transfer power briefly to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday while he is under anaesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, making her the first woman to hold presidential power in US history.
Biden is undergoing…
First known Covid case was vendor at Wuhan market, scientist claims
A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases in China reported Thursday that an influential World Health Organization inquiry had likely gotten the early chronology of the pandemic wrong. The new analysis suggests…
