Category: WORLD NEWS

Chinese state-run media on Monday called for a “tougher line” on democracy protesters in Hong Kong, after a weekend of violence following Beijing’s plans to tighten control over the semi-autonomous city.Hardcore demonstrators in the financial hub smashed the windows of the official Xinhua news agency’s regional bureau on Saturday, capping another weekend of unrest that also saw scores of arrests and a gruesome attack on a pro-democracy lawmaker.”Intensifying violence in Hong Kong calls for tougher line to restore order,” the state-run China Daily, an English-language mainland newspaper, said in an…

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday shared some of the dazzling pictures of the Kartarpur complex and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, saying the revered venue is ready to welcome the Sikh pilgrims for the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev.The pictures were shared by Khan on his Twitter account ahead of the planned inauguration of the Kartarpur corridor on November 9.The year 2019 marks the 550th birth anniversary year of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose birthplace is Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan.”Kartarpur (is) ready to welcome Sikh…

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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 level of 2,000.On Thursday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo’s platelets increased from 35,000 to 51,000, showing improvement in his condition. “Former PM Nawaz Sharif remains critical. The treating doctors tried to reduce the Steroids dose being…

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British euroskeptic politician Nigel Farage tried to ramp up pressure on Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, saying his Brexit Party would run against the Conservatives across the country unless Johnson abandons his divorce deal with the European Union. Farage’s party was founded earlier this year to push for a hard Brexit and currently has no seats in Parliament. It rejects Johnson’s divorce deal with the EU, preferring to leave the bloc with no agreement on future relations in what it calls a “clean-break” Brexit.Launching the Brexit Party’s campaign…

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The European Union has called on India and Pakistan to avoid escalation of tension over the Kashmir issue and resume bilateral dialogue for a peaceful and political solution to the matter, after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.Reacting sharply to India’s move to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to bring it in line with the rest of the country, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian envoy.Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue but India has asserted that the…

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A respected British think tank slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal on Wednesday, concluding that the economy would be 3.5 per cent smaller compared with staying in the European Union. The study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says the agreement would deliver a 70 billion-pound (USD 90 billion) blow to the UK Researchers said that the outlook is clouded by political and economic uncertainty. “We would not expect economic activity to be boosted by the approval of the government’s proposed Brexit deal,” the group said.…

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Pakistan on Wednesday issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion in November. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a picture of the coin. “Pakistan issues commemorative coin to mark the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji,” Khan said in the post. The coin comes ahead of the inauguration of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor by Prime Minster Khan on November 9, three days before the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak. The…

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Shanghai, Oct 29 (AFP) Chinese internet start-up ByteDance, whose globally popular app TikTok has raised US security concerns, on Tuesday denied reports that it was considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year. ByteDance, which is said to be valued at up to 75 billion, was reported by the Financial Times to be eyeing a listing in the city despite months of violent political protests there. The report had cited unidentified sources. “There is absolutely zero truth to the rumors that we plan…

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Riyadh, Oct 29 (DINN) Underlining that the economic uncertainty is an offshoot of “unbalanced” multilateral trade systems, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the global economic outlook is strongly dependent on the path chartered by large developing countries like India and Saudi Arabia. Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its outlook for the world economy, predicting that the growth this year will be the weakest since the 2008 financial crisis primarily because of widening global conflicts, including the US-China trade war. The forecast predicts global…

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Bogota, Oct 28 (DINN) Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota. The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the local election with 35.2 per cent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando Galan (32.5 per cent) with almost all votes counted. “Not only did we win but we’re changing history,” ex-senator Lopez said on Twitter. President Ivan Duque said the local elections around the country had attracted the “largest…

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