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Tokyo: As a neighboring country with close relations with China, Japan should not blindly cooperate with the U.S.-led Western countries to contain China, but seek communication with China, a Japanese newspaper said in a recent opinion piece.In a...

Colombo: China’s Ambassador to Colombo, Qi Zhenhong, who raised eyebrows on his recent visit to Jaffna’s Point Pedro, Sri Lanka’s northernmost point overlooking India, has said that the Tamil-dominated region is part of Sri Lanka and was “not a...

Managua (Nicaragua): Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a new presidential term on Monday.Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo were re-elected in the last general election in November last year.The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Plaza...

Beijing: China will endeavor to provide more convenient and smarter public services in the field of intellectual property rights (IPR) during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), according to a plan issued by the National Intellectual Property Administration...

Brussels: European Parliament President David Sassoli (65) died in Italy on Tuesday, spokesperson Roberto Cuillo said.Sassoli passed away at 1:15 am (0015 GMT) at a hospital in the city of Aviano, Italy, the spokesperson tweeted.On Monday, Cuillo said the...

Seoul: North Korea fired a second ballistic missile into the East Sea in less than a week on Tuesday, according to the US military, which takes a strong view of the situation besides also inviting criticism from Pyongyang's neighbours."We...

New York: Nineteen people including nine children were killed when a fire enveloped a part of a 19-story residential apartment building in Bronx in New York in what authorities said was one of the worst fires in the city...

Kabul: Nine students were killed and four others injured when a mortar shell exploded in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Monday, provincial office said.The victims are were students of Versak elementary school in Lalpur district of the province.The Khaama Press...

Colombo, Jan 9 (UNI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday discussed the possibility of debt restructuring as a solution to the economic crisis gripping the country, with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.During the meeting at the Presidential...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called "childish babble" and "nonsense" the statements made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the Russian decision to send troops to Kazakhstan as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization...