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Paris: A threatening letter sent by local education authorities to the parents of a boy who died by suicide after complaining of being bullied has embarrassed France’s government, which described the communication as “shameful”. The boy, named as Nicolas, 15, killed himself on September 5, one day after children went back to class in France…
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Evergrande is the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, at the center of a property market crisis that is dragging on China’s economic growth. File | Photo Credit: AP The police in a southern Chinese city said they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in the latest trouble for…
Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy chief Wang Yi. File | Photo Credit: AP White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta this weekend, a U.S. official said on Sunday, as the world’s two largest economies seek to stabilise troubled relations. Mr. Sullivan’s meeting with Mr. Wang was…
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Johannesburg: At least 20 employees of mining giant De Beers have been killed in a road accident in South Africa, local officials said Sunday. The bus involved was ferrying staff from the Venetia mine, one of the biggest diamond mines in the country, said a transport official in Limpopo province, in the north of the…
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China flew 28 warplanes around Taiwan on Sunday, with most crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait for unspecified “long range” missions, Taipei authorities said. Taiwan’s defence ministry said 20 of the aircraft detected since Sunday morning crossed the median line of the waterway separating Taiwan and mainland China, and entered the self-ruled island’s…
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In this photo released by Government of Primorsky Krai Region, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un waves as he boards his train prior to leaving Artyom, near Vladivostok, Russian Far East on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday after a rare six-day visit…
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A guerrilla fighter from the FARC dissidence Jaime Martinez stands guard near the town of Suarez, department of Cauca. File | Photo Credit: AFP Four Colombian Army soldiers were killed in fights with FARC dissidents a day before a meeting between the rebel group and the government to consolidate peace talks, Bogota’s Defense Ministry said…
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Thiruvananthapuram: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the “bad guy” as it was not flooding Asian and African markets with goods on a massive scale and that there was a need to get over the “syndrome” of seeing it in a negative way. Jaishanker, in an interview to Malayalam…
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Left-arm fast bowler Marco Jansen dismissed the first five Australian batsmen to clinch a come-from-behind series win for South Africa in the fifth one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday. Jansen took five for 39 as Australia were bowled out for 193 in reply to South Africa’s 315 for nine. South African captain Temba Bavuma said the character of the team had…
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Justice DY Chandrachud shared the importance of the Marathwada liberation movement in Marathi. Mumbai: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, addressing lawyers at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Sunday, remarked that greater collaboration between judges and lawyers is a prerequisite for strengthening the legal system and making it resilient for future challenges. While addressing a gathering of…
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