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Rwanda marks 29th anniversary of Tutsi genocide with call for unity
Kagame made the remarks on Friday at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the genocide, in the capital Kigali, reports Xinhua news agency. "Today, we gather to honour the continued sacrifice of survivors and remember all those we lost during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, which means people were being targeted and killed for who they were," Kagame said.
Xi Jinping tells Kim Jong-un to bolster 'strategic guidance' over bilateral ties
The remarks came as Kim received a message from Xi as the latter thanked the North Korean leader for congratulating him on his re-election as president of China, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In the message, Xi "attaches great importance to the relations between the two parties and two countries, expressing his willingness to accelerate the development of the socialist cause of the two countries.
Nepal's ruling alliance raises boundary disputes with India, China in Common Minimum Programme shifting earlier stance
Nepal's boundary dispute with India, its southern neighbour is however well documented after the Nepalese government in May 2020 published a new map including the disputed region of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh. As per the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the 10 ruling alliance partners including Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) unveiled on Thursday evening.
Pakistan's fingerprints in formation of Rohingya militant group ARSA are unmistakable
The name ARSA first surfaced in August 2017, when the outfit claimed responsibility for attacks on several border police and army posts of Myanmar at the international borders with Bangladesh. The attacks sparked Tatmadaw's (Myanmar military) brutal genocidal campaign against Rohingya Muslims. The troops torched hundreds of villages and went on a killing rampage.
Cyprus says will not send Russian arms held by it to Ukraine
The statement was made during the visit here of Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov who met with his Cypriot counterpart Michalis Georgallas, Xinhua news agency reported. Cyprus' Defence Ministry said the two ministers held discussions regarding development and security situation in Ukraine, Cyprus and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region.
US SC Justice under fire for 'secretly' accepting luxury trips
ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, reported that Harlan Crow, a Dallas, Texas-based real estate developer, had paid for Thomas to join multiple vacations for more than two decades, including travels on the billionaire's private jet and superyacht, Xinhua news agency reported.
US reports 139 pediatric flu deaths this season
There have been at least 26 million flu illnesses, 290,000 hospitalisations, and 18,000 deaths from flu this season in the country, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CDC data. About 1,230 people were hospitalised with flu in the latest week ending April 1, CDC data showed. The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 month.
Nepal, China meeting silent over BRI, GSI
In a statement issued by the Nepali side on Friday evening upon completion of the 15th meeting of the Bilateral Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism between the Foreign Ministries of Nepal and China, there was no mention of discussions about BRI and GSI. Nepal and China had signed the BRI agreement some six years ago but it has failed to make any tangible progress. Beijing recently came up with the new security architecture named GSI and is pushing Nepal to support it but Nepal has not responded yet.
Shehbaz government asks controversial Chief Justice of Pakistan to step down
Justice Minallah stated that he has read the detailed reasoning of Justice Shah and Justice Mandokhail and that he "agrees with their opinion, particularly regarding the final outcome of the petitions and the suo motu assumption of jurisdiction by a majority of 4 to 3 because this was the understanding in the meeting held in the anteroom on February 27".
West did not give diplomacy a chance in Ukraine: Brazil's President Lula
"It is not necessary to have a war," Brazil's President Lula said at a media breakfast at his official residence, Palacio do Planalto on Thursday, RT reported. "We think that the developed world, especially the EU and the US, had the option not to enter the war the way they did, so fast, without spending time trying to negotiate," he contended. "Negotiating peace is very complicated."
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