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China unveils new top leadership, Xi gets second term
Published On: October 26, 2017 09:00 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula
BEIJING, Oct 26: With the end of the 19th National Congress, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has elected new leadership for the party’s politburo standing committee, the top decision-making body of China, with President Xi Jinping as the party general secretary for the second five-year tenure.
Tillerson in India to highlight US strategy in South Asia
Published On: October 25, 2017 05:51 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: Combating terrorism and India’s role in war-torn Afghanistan dominated talks between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Indian counterpart Wednesday as Tillerson highlighted the Trump administration’s new strategy for South Asia.
Xi Jinping and other key leaders of China's Communist Party
Published On: October 25, 2017 11:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Oct 25: Key members of China's Communist Party were determined at the national congress, which is held every five years and concluded this week.
CPC enshrines Xi Jinping ideology in constitution
Published On: October 25, 2017 01:24 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula
The congress also agreed to include statements in the party charter that the CPC will uphold its absolute leadership over the People's Liberation Army.
China lifts Xi’s status to most powerful leader in decades
Published On: October 24, 2017 01:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Oct 24: The ruling Communist Party on Tuesday formally lifted Xi Jinping’s status to China’s most powerful ruler in decades, setting the stage for the authoritarian leader to tighten his grip over the country while pursuing an increasingly muscular foreign policy and military expansion.
Angry soldier’s widow says Trump didn’t know husband’s name
Published On: October 24, 2017 12:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: A fallen soldier’s angry widow joined the stormy dispute with President Donald Trump on Monday over his response to her husband’s death, declaring that his failure to remember the soldier’s name in last week’s condolence call “made me cry.” He retorted that the call was “very respectful” and her accusation about her husband’s name simply wasn’t true.
US general lays out Niger attack details; questions remain
Published On: October 24, 2017 10:24 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn’t call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general said Monday, as he tried to clear up some of the murky details of the assault that killed four American troops and has triggered a nasty political brawl.
Study: NYC could see bad flooding every 5 years
Published On: October 24, 2017 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct 24: Within the next three decades, floods that used to strike the New York City area only once every 500 years could occur every five years, according to a new scientific study released just days before the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.
13 killed after suicide bombing attack in northeast Nigeria
Published On: October 23, 2017 06:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct 23: Authorities in northeastern Nigeria say 13 people have been killed by a suicide bombing in Maiduguri.
Japanese defense minister sounds alarm on North Korea
Published On: October 23, 2017 05:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CLARK, Philippines, Oct 23: Japan's defense minister asserted Monday that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have grown to an "unprecedented, critical and imminent" level.
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