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Christchurch shootings: Mosque attacker charged with terrorism
May 21, 2019
Christchurch mosque attacker Brenton Tarrant is formally charged with terrorism for the March killings.
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Futures bounce as US eases restrictions on Huawei
May 21, 2019
Huawei founder says US underestimates company
May 21, 2019
Huawei founder says US underestimates company
May 21, 2019
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Structural reform throws up new growth engines
May 20, 2019
In the face of complex domestic and international situations, China has been deepening supply-side structural reform resolutely this year.
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Abe urges new South Korean envoy to properly handle wartime labor issue
May 21, 2019
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe requested Tuesday that new South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan-pyo properly deal with a dispute over compensation for wartime labor, ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order of Japanese names
May 21, 2019
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday he plans to ask overseas media outlets to write Japanese names with the family name first, as is customary ...
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Hinduja brothers weigh bid for Jet Airways
May 21, 2019
Hinduja Group said on Tuesday it was considering a bid for debt-laden Jet Airways Ltd , boosting shares in the grounded airline by 15% for their best day since January. The group is led by billionaire brothers Gopichand and Srichand Hinduja, who were named Britain's wealthiest people for a third time in this year's Sunday Times Rich List.
Verify VVPAT slips before counting of votes: 22 oppn parties to EC
May 21, 2019
Leaders of as many as 22 opposition parties met the EC and demanded verification of VVPAT slips of randomly-selected polling stations before counting of votes."We told the EC that the VVPAT machines should be counted first and if there is any discrepancy, then all of them in that segment should be counted," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
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Japan to the world: Call him Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe
May 21, 2019
The remarks come ahead of President Trump's visit to Japan this weekend.