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China, Japan, South Korea meet on North Korea, free trade

3:10 pm December 24, 2019

Chengdu: Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea reiterated their commitment to ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs at a trilateral summit Tuesday that comes against the backdrop of increasing demands by Pyongyang for sanctions relief. Free trade and economic cooperation were also at the forefront of the meetings between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, […]

59 third party nationals being caught at Nepal border in 2019: SSB DG

8:33 pm December 17, 2019

New Delhi: There has been an over 100 per cent jump in the number of people with “ulterior motives” from countries like Pakistan and China trying to sneak into India through the open Nepal border after security was tightened along the Indo-Pak front following abrogation of Article 370 provisions, a top security official said on […]

China, Russia press UN to ease N.Korea sanctions

8:21 pm December 17, 2019

Beijing: China on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unanimously back its joint proposal with Russia to ease sanctions on North Korea, warning that dialogue to resolve nuclear tensions must not regress. The nuclear-armed North has issued increasingly strident declarations in recent weeks, even promising an ominous “Christmas gift” if Washington does not come […]

49 journalists murdered in 2019

2:09 pm December 17, 2019

Paris: Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years. The “historically low” number mostly died covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, the Paris-based watchdog said, which warned that “journalism remains a dangerous profession”. Some 80 journalists a year have lost their […]

Trump warns Kim has ‘everything’ to lose through hostility

11:41 pm December 8, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump warned Sunday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un had “everything” to lose through hostility towards the United States, after Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test. “Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile […]