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Indian opposition attacks Modi over alleged political use of armed forces

Published On: March 6, 2019 03:22 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, March 6: Indian opposition parties are launching a united attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what they see as his politicization of the armed forces as he tries to ride a patriotic wave into a second term in office at a general election.

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Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing

Published On: March 6, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE, March 6: High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number of militants.

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North Korea rebuilds part of missile site as Bolton warns of more sanctions

Published On: March 6, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 6: North Korea has restored part of a rocket test site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last year, while Trump’s national security advisor warned that new sanctions could be introduced if Pyongyang did not scrap its nuclear weapons program.

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New Delhi is world's most polluted capital, Beijing eighth

Published On: March 5, 2019 06:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Mar 5: New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital city in 2018, two groups monitoring air pollution said on Tuesday in a study of the amount of fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 in 61 capital cities around the world.

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China to slash taxes, boost lending to prop up slowing economy

Published On: March 5, 2019 01:28 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, March 5: China sought to shore up its slowing economy through billions of dollars in planned tax cuts and infrastructure spending, with economic growth at its weakest in almost 30 years due to weaker domestic demand and a trade war with the United States.

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In rural Nepal, solar irrigation helps keep families together

Published On: March 5, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

JUMLA, March 5:  Bhadri Sarki used to walk for more than an hour to fetch enough water to irrigate just one apple tree.

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Trump plans to scrap preferential trade treatment for India

Published On: March 5, 2019 10:39 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, March 5: U.S. President Donald Trump looked set to open a new front in his trade wars on Monday with a plan to end preferential trade treatment for India that allows duty-free entry for $5.6 billion worth of the country’s exports to the United States.

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Box Office: 'How to Train Your Dragon 3' Stays Victorious, 'Madea Family Funeral' Scores Strong Debut

Published On: March 4, 2019 01:06 PM NPT By: Reuters

After a close race for the top spot in North America, Universal and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” pulled ahead to secure the domestic box office crown.

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Huawei CFO suing Canada over December arrest

Published On: March 4, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

OTTAWA, March 4: The lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou are suing the Canadian government, its border agency and federal police, alleging their client was detained, searched and interrogated for three hours in violation of her constitutional rights.

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India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown

Published On: March 3, 2019 04:21 PM NPT By: Reuters

SRINAGAR/ MUZAFFARABAD, March 3 : As India and Pakistan seemingly dial down hostilities that brought the arch enemies to the brink of another war, a massive crackdown on militancy in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region is killing both militants and security personnel in big numbers.

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Russia tells U.S. it is ready for bilateral talks on Venezuela

Published On: March 3, 2019 03:31 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, March 3: Russia is ready to take part in bilateral talks with the United States over the issue of Venezuela, Russia’s foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart late on Saturday.

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UK firms report weakest growth since April 2013: CBI

Published On: March 3, 2019 11:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, March 3: British businesses reported their weakest growth in nearly six years during the past three months due to fears of a no-deal Brexit and rising global trade barriers, the Confederation of British Industry said on Sunday.

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North Korea has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons: Trump

Published On: March 3, 2019 10:18 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON/SEOUL, March 3: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint large scale spring military exercises.

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183 injured in Algeria protests: state news agency

Published On: March 3, 2019 09:54 AM NPT By: Reuters

ALGIERS, March 3: A total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for election to a fifth term, the state news agency APS said on Saturday, citing the health ministry.

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Rakitic gives Barca second 'Clasico' win in four days at Real

Published On: March 3, 2019 07:33 AM NPT By: Reuters

MADRID, March 3: La Liga leaders Barcelona won a tight and tense ‘Clasico’ 1-0 at Real Madrid on Saturday, beating their great rivals at their Bernabeu home for the second time in four days and moving a staggering 12 points clear of them in the standings.

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SpaceX rocket with unmanned U.S. capsule blasts off for space station

Published On: March 2, 2019 07:01 PM NPT By: Reuters

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 2:  A SpaceX rocket with an unmanned crew capsule blasted off on Saturday for the International Space Station, in a key milestone for Elon Musk’s space company and NASA’s long-delayed goal to resume human spaceflight from U.S. soil later this year.

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Russian Nobel Prize winner for physics Alferov dies aged 88

Published On: March 2, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Mar 3: Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel prize winner in physics and a member of Russia’s parliament, has died aged 88 in St Petersburg, the Russian Communist party said on Saturday.

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Hamza bin Laden loses Saudi citizenship after US offers $1m reward

Published On: March 2, 2019 11:58 AM NPT By: Reuters

BEIRUT, March 2: Saudi Arabia has stripped citizenship from Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official gazette.

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Motley Crue rock biopic: a tale of success, excess and ants

Published On: March 2, 2019 07:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: a new movie about the antics of 1980s metal hellraisers Motley Crue, a band known as much for their hedonism as their music, has it all.

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Trash mountain, toxic canal highlight Serbia's EU waste challenge

Published On: March 1, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

BELGRADE, March 1: Workers handling rat-infested garbage on the outskirts of Belgrade face a double health hazard: from the trash itself and a nearby stream of raw sewage gushing into a canal on its way to the river Danube.

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