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BEIJING: Fourteen people were killed and five are missing following a landslide in southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Sunday (Jun 4), the local government…
MUMBAI: Rescuers and families searched through mangled train carriages on…
Three sherpa climbers were killed when ice came crashing down…
WASHINGTON: A senior US State Department official arrived in Beijing on Sunday (Jun 4) with meetings planned for the coming week as Washington seeks to boost communication with China at a time of tense relations between the two countries. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian…
SINGAPORE: China’s defence minister warned on Sunday (Jun 4) against establishing “NATO-like” military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a “whirlpool” of conflict. “In essence, attempts to push for NATO-like (alliances) in the Asia-Pacific is a way of kidnapping regional countries…
SINGAPORE: Senior officials from about two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five people told Reuters. Such meetings are organised by the Singapore government and have been…
SINGAPORE: Officials from China and the United States were among those from two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies that held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five people told Reuters. The tone at…
SEOUL: North Korea denounced the UN Security Council for holding a meeting on its recent satellite launch upon “robbery demands” from the US, vowing to continue rejecting sanctions and taking “self-defensive” action, state media KCNA said on Sunday (Jun 4). The US called for a…
THIRD WORST EVER India has one of the world’s largest rail networks and has seen several disasters over the years, the worst of them in 1981 when a train derailed while crossing a bridge in Bihar and plunged into the river below, killing between 800…
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