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China claims to expel US Navy destroyer from South China Sea
China claims that all of the 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea belongs to Beijing. To assert the claim further, the Chinese Communist Party has been building military bases on artificial islands in the region which are also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Scotland Minister Nicola Sturgeon sets example, apologizes for not wearing mask
Sturgeon, the leader of the nationalist Scottish National Party, was pictured talking to a group of women in a pub following a funeral in Edinburgh last week without a face covering.
China upset over US Congress passing new Tibet law on the next Dalai Lama
“The TPSA makes it official United States policy that decisions regarding the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are exclusively within the authority of the current Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist leaders and the Tibetan people"
China asks Pakistan for additional guarantees for $6B loan
Pakistan has sought the $6 billion loan help from China for Main Line (ML-1) project against which, Beijing has sought guarantees due to Islamabad's weakening position. China has also proposed commercial and concessional loan against Pakistan's desire to secure the cheapest lending.
Baloch activist Karima who called PM Modi ‘brother’ found dead mysteriously in Canada
Karima’s husband and brother identified the boy, as per media reports. She was a Baloch Students’ Organisation-Azad and found mention in the BBC’s list of 100 influential women in 2016. In the same year, she called PM Modi “brother” in a recorded video message on Rakshabandhan and asked for his support by becoming the voice of the Baloch movement.
The legal peril that awaits Trump in 2021
Trump has weathered a ton of legal dangers already. He has survived thousands of lawsuits, six bankruptcies and one impeachment inquiry. Yet, two of the ongoing investigations hold more poison arrows than the others and promise to suck up the maximum oxygen.
Trump urges Congress to amend 'wasteful' Covid relief bill
In a video message posted on Twitter, he said the package "really is a disgrace", full of "wasteful" items, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The $900 billion bill includes one-off $600 payments to most Americans but Trump said the figure should be $2,000. The Republican president, who leaves office on January 20, had been expected to sign the sprawling legislation into law following its passage through Congress on Monday night.
Longing to see homeland still fresh in Dalai Lama's mind
The Dalai Lama, who along with many of his supporters fled the Himalayan homeland and took refuge in India when Chinese troops moved in and took control of Lhasa in 1959, believes in three commitments: the promotion of inner values as the source of real happiness, the fostering of inter-religious harmony, as exemplified in India, and the preservation of Tibet's language, culture and environment.
Gautam Raghavan on Biden team a prominent gay rights advocate
He is also the second Biden-Harris appointee with connections to Indian American House of Representatives member Pramila Jayapal, a leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, having served as her chief of staff. Last week, Biden appointed Vedant Patel, a former communications aide to Jayapal, as his assistant press secretary. Like Patel's nomination, Raghavan's too is a gesture to the left.
In veiled reference to China, India and Japan oppose attempts to 'unilaterally change status quo by coercion
The two defence ministers “concurred in sending a clear message that they strongly oppose any attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by coercion or any activities that escalate tension”, ANI report.
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