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NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge

11:33 pm June 14, 2021

Brussels: NATO leaders on Monday declared that China poses a constant security challenge and is working to undermine global order, and they said they’re worried about how fast the Chinese are developing nuclear missiles. In a summit statement, the leaders said that China’s goals and “assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant […]

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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

France, West Africa to step up counterterrorism efforts

9:00 pm February 16, 2021

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged West African leaders to step up efforts in the fight against Islamic extremists in the Sahel region both on the military and political fronts, with support from the international community. Macron joined by video from Paris Tuesday a summit held in N’Djamena, Chad with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania. “The challenge of the N’Djamena summit is to take a next step, further and stronger,” Macron said. […]

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AP Interview: French government to tackle child abuse issue

11:51 pm February 12, 2021

Paris: France has a “deeply rooted” societal problem with child sexual abuse, the French official responsible for children and families acknowledged Friday while discussing new government plans to address it with tougher laws and heightened vigilance in schools. Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Adrien Taquet, a secretary of state in the French Health Ministry, said “there […]

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Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

11:48 pm February 7, 2021

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday expressed France’s full solidarity with India in the wake of a glacier burst at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that triggered a massive flood in the region. ”France expresses its full solidarity with India, after a glacier burst in the Uttarakhand province, leading to the disappearance of over 100 people. Our thoughts are with them and their families,” Macron said […]

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India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Hate content: Facebook’s Oversight Board takes up case from India

11:37 pm December 4, 2020

New Delhi: An independent board set up by Facebook to look into hate and other undesirable content on the platform has taken up a case from India wherein a user had called for violence against French President Emmanuel Macron over a cartoon of Prophet. In a statement on Thursday, the Oversight Board said it has selected an additional case […]

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