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India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits
Published On: October 24, 2019 08:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
KARACHI, Oct 24: India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the nuclear-armed rivals at a time of tension and clashes elsewhere on their frontier.
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters rally for Catalan independence
Published On: October 24, 2019 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Oct 24: Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters, some waving Catalan flags and banners urging “a fight for freedom together”, rallied in support of a separate Catalonia on Thursday, broaching an issue that is anathema to Hong Kong’s Communist Party leaders in Beijing.
Russia says Syrian Kurd forces pulling back from Turkish border
Published On: October 24, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
MOSCOW/ISTANBUL, Oct 24: Kurdish forces have begun withdrawing from areas near the Turkish frontier in Syria, Russia’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday, following a deal between Moscow and Ankara that ended Turkey’s cross-border military offensive.
39 dead in UK truck were from China: UK Police
Published On: October 24, 2019 05:34 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Oct 24: British police have confirmed that 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens.
India's ruling BJP leads in state polls but big win elusive
Published On: October 24, 2019 04:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI, Oct 24: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party was set to retain power in a big western state on Thursday and was leading in another in the north, although the races turned out to be closer than forecast.
Pakistani opposition raises alarm about health of ex-PM Sharif
Published On: October 24, 2019 03:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 24: Pakistan’s main opposition party said on Thursday the health of its leader, jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is deteriorating and the government is victimising him by delaying treatment as part of a campaign against him and his family.
Brexit end game: UK leaves the EU with Johnson's deal - Downing Street source
Published On: October 24, 2019 02:21 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Oct 24: The United Kingdom will ultimately leave the European Union on the terms of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal even though parliament has complicated the timing of the divorce, a senior Downing Street source said.
Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager in harassment case
Published On: October 24, 2019 12:48 PM NPT By: Reuters
DHAKA, Oct 24:The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl who refused to withdraw a complaint of sexual harassment against him, the public prosecutor said.
Google claims 'quantum supremacy'; others say hold on a qubit
Published On: October 23, 2019 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Oct 23: Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands of pro-democracy demonstrators.
Google claims 'quantum supremacy'; others say hold on a qubit
Published On: October 23, 2019 08:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
BERLIN, Oct 23: Google (GOOGL.O) said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computer research, by solving a complex problem in minutes with a so-called quantum computer that would take today’s most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack.
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