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HK teenage activist charged with secession


October 30, 2020

HONG KONG: A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist was charged on Thursday with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. Tony Chung, 19, appeared in court two days after he was arrested by plainclothes police in a Hong Kong coffee shop opposite the US consulate, also …

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US plans sale of top-end fighter jets to UAE


October 30, 2020

WASHINGTON: The United States has agreed to sell top-of-the-line F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates following its recognition of Israel, a lawmaker said on Thursday. President Donald Trump’s administration informally gave a required notification to Congress on the sale, which could “significantly change the military balance in the Gulf and affect Israel’s military edge”, said Representative Eliot Engel, …

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Three BJP members shot dead in held Kashmir


October 30, 2020

SRINAGAR: Three politicians from India’s ruling party were shot dead in occupied Kashmir late on Thursday. Militants fired at the three members of Bharatiya Janata Party in Kulgam district, police said in a statement. The three were taken to a hospital, where they died, it said. The party says they were members of the BJP’s youth wing and one was …

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Azeri forces closing in on key town in Karabakh


October 30, 2020

YEREVAN: The leader of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday Azerbaijani forces were closing in on the town of Shusha, whose capture would mark a turning point after a month of fighting. In a video recorded outside the town’s famed cathedral, separatist president Arayik Harutyunyan warned that advancing enemy forces were “five kilometres at the most” from the town. …

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BBC clamps down on social media posts by staff


October 30, 2020

LONDON: The British Broadcasting Corporation unveiled new impartiality guidelines on Thursday after accusations that journalists and other staff have undermined its credibility via their social media accounts or by accepting lucrative offers to give outside speeches. Staff, contractors and freelancers could face dismissal for “serious” breaches of the guidelines, according to the broadcaster, which has been coming under pressure from the ruling …

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Hundreds displaced as police torch shelters in Argentina


October 30, 2020

GUERNICA: Hundreds of families were displaced after police in Argentina torched their makeshift homes on Thursday to remove them from land they occupied during a coronavirus lockdown. Some 4,000 officers entered the 100-hectare camp in Guernica, in the southern suburbs of the capital Buenos Aires, at dawn — creating panic and anger among residents. The residents threw rocks and other …

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France, Germany head towards lockdown as virus surges in Europe


October 30, 2020

PARIS: Bars, restaurants and services shut down in France and Germany on Thursday as countries around the world grappled with how far to push lockdown measures amid a surging tide of coronavirus cases. Hundreds of thousands of new infections took the known global caseload past 44.5 million with nearly 1.2 million deaths, as the disease continued its deadly spread worldwide. …

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ECC okays PM’s Rs24bn package for farmers


October 30, 2020

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved Prime Minister’s Rs24 billion Package to reduce input cost for farmers for the upcoming rabi season, with the intent of increasing wheat production. The approval came at a time when farmers were working on sowing rabi crops and the government’s timely intervention is estimated to enhance crop production. The PM’s …

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Cabinet fixes wheat support price at Rs2,000 per 40kg


October 30, 2020

KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet, in order to avoid spending foreign exchange on purchase of costly imported wheat, on Thursday took a decision to encourage local growers to cultivate more wheat by fixing minimum procurement support price at Rs2,000 per 40kg. The cabinet also approved sugar cane support price at Rs202 per 40kg and the crushing season would start from November. …

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Major work on 886km Matiari-Lahore transmission line completed


October 30, 2020

LAHORE: Pakistan’s first and mega High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project — Matiari-Lahore transmission line — has almost been completed as engineers finished the entire line stringing work besides energising the converter station near Lahore. The project, launched under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, has now officially entered the testing and commissioning phase that is likely to complete by December this …

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