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Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime: Mukwege

Published On: December 9, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

CONGO, Dec 9: Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege may have won his Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war, but the crusading surgeon said the groundwork for equality must be laid in peacetime, as he praised movements like #MeToo.

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Paris on high alert as city shuts down for 'yellow vest' protests

Published On: December 8, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

PARIS, Dec 8: Paris was on high alert Saturday with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: World Bank

Published On: December 6, 2018 02:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned him down but it was too late.

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Act now or risk disaster, nations told at UN climate summit

Published On: December 3, 2018 04:21 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

WARSAW, Dec 3: After the starkest warnings yet of the catastrophic threat posed by climate change, nations gathered in Poland on Sunday to chart a way for mankind to avert runaway global warming.

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Modi pursues yoga diplomacy at Argentina G20 summit

Published On: November 30, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 30: Stepping away from the sealed security zone and ceremonial pomp of the Group of 20 summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a message dear to his heart to host Argentina -- the value of yoga.

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US Senate advances Yemen bill in rebuke to Trump

Published On: November 29, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

WASHINGTON, Nov 29: The US Senate took a defiant stance against President Donald Trump's White House on Wednesday, advancing a measure that would end American military support for the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.

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Undersea gas fires Egypt's regional energy dreams

Published On: November 18, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

EGYPT, Nov 18: Egypt is looking to use its vast, newly tapped undersea gas reserves to establish itself as a key energy exporter and revive its flagging economy.

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Somalia holds first boxing competition since civil war

Published On: November 18, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

SOMALIA, Nov 18: Somalia has held its first boxing competition in more than three decades, with young fighters in the conflict-torn nation dreaming of a career in international rings.

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US, China in feisty clash on trade, influence at APEC

Published On: November 17, 2018 10:09 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Nov 17 : China and the United States traded heated barbs Saturday ahead of an APEC summit, lashing out at each other over protectionism, trade tariffs and "chequebook diplomacy" in the region.

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Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns

Published On: November 12, 2018 03:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at raising awareness of the biggest infectious killer of infants worldwide.

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In China's Himalayas, a wine 'flying above the clouds'

Published On: November 12, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BEIJING, Nov 12: A $300 bottle of wine sold in the United States and Europe is made in the unlikeliest of places: at the foot of the Himalayas in China, where farmers sing traditional songs while picking grapes.

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Sri Lanka crisis deepens as president calls snap election

Published On: November 11, 2018 12:02 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

COLOMBO, Nov 10, 2018 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plunged deeper into crisis Saturday after President Maithripala Sirisena sacked parliament and called a snap election, leaving the country facing a further two months of damaging political paralysis.

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China-backed trade deal centre stage at summit as US retreats

Published On: November 11, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

CHINA, Nov 11: World leaders will push for the rapid completion of a massive, China-backed trade deal that excludes the US at a summit this week, in a rebuke to rising protectionism and Donald Trump's "America First" agenda.

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Imran Khan urged by Engineer to restore India-Pakistan Test links

Published On: November 1, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

INDIA, Nov 1: India great Farokh Engineer has called on former Pakistan captain turned Prime Minister Imran Khan to use his political clout to help restore Test match links between the border rivals.

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Pakistan overturns Christian woman's blasphemy death sentence: court

Published On: October 31, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

PAKISTAN, Oct 31: Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian mother facing execution for blasphemy in a landmark case which has incited deadly violence and reached as far as the Vatican.

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Solari takes first training sessison at Real Madrid

Published On: October 30, 2018 08:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Santiago Solari took charge of his first training session as interim Real Madrid coach on Tuesday.

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World Cup ski meet called off with bad weather

Published On: October 28, 2018 04:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

AUSTRIA, Oct 28: Massive overnight snowfall was too much for the Solden giant slalom course and organisers decided to call off the two men's World Cup runs on Sunday.

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Nationwide protests in India over police agency turmoil

Published On: October 27, 2018 10:35 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

NEW DELHI, Oct 26 : India's main opposition staged nationwide protests Friday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of removing the head of the premier investigation agency in order to scuttle a probe into a controversial jet deal.

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NATO to show military muscle in massive Norway exercises

Published On: October 23, 2018 01:18 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

OSLO, Oct 23 : Some 50,000 troops will kick off NATO's biggest military exercises since the Cold War on Thursday in Norway, a massive show of force that has already rankled neighbouring Russia.

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Curfew declared in Nigerian city after deadly sectarian violence

Published On: October 22, 2018 12:49 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

NIGERIA, Oct 22: Nigerian authorities declared a 24-hour curfew on Sunday in Kaduna after clashes between young Christians and Muslims left at least 55 people dead.

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