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Trump moves to ban most transgenders in military

LGBT advocates quickly denounced the move, The Trump-Pence Administration is going all in on its discriminatory, unconstitutional and despicable ban on transgender troops, saod Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin.

Mar 25, 2018

By IANS

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N.Korea agrees to hold high-level talks: Seoul

The talks were first proposed by South Korea to be held in the Panmunjom truce village in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Mar 24, 2018

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European Union confident of exemption from US tariffs

US trade representative Robert Lighthizer said on Thursday that several American allies would initially be exempt from the controversial steel and aluminium tariffs that are to take effect shortly.

Mar 23, 2018

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Trump slaps China with $60bn tariffs, Beijing vows retaliation

The White House said on Thursday it was taking action in retaliation for China's use of pressure and intimidation to obtain American technology and trade secrets.

Mar 23, 2018

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Singapore starts new facility to detect biological, nuclear substances at ports

Shanmugam doubts social media control on fake news, defends new law

Shanmugam told Facebook representative, "You will not decide whether something is true or false, you will not take down something simply because it is false."

Mar 23, 2018

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Trump names ex-envoy John Bolton as new National Security Adviser

Bolton's hard edged, hawkish views on issues like North Korea, Iraq and Syria make him a controversial pick especially ahead of a proposed meeting between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

Court orders arrest of former S.Korean President on corruption charges

Lee's arrest came about a year after former President Park Geun-hye, Lee's successor, was detained last March after her impeachment over an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

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Linking Congress to CA data scam by BJP is to divert issue on Iraq killings, says Rahul Gandhi

Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the Congress of compromising national security by roping in political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica to run its 2019 election campaign, when its Bihar poll strategy in 2010 was done by the same firm

Mar 22, 2018

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CA data breach: Congress denies link, reminds BJP of using firm in 2010

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Janata Dal-United which used the services of Cambridge Analytica in 2010, said Congress spokesperson

Mar 22, 2018

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Myanmar President quits, First Vice President to step in

The announcement was made by U. Zaw Htay, Director-General of the President's Office.

Mar 21, 2018

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Farmers never counted by Modi government, says Rahul Gandhi

If Modi can waive off Rs 25 lakh crore worth loans of big industrialists, why can't he help farmers, questions Rahul Gandhi

Mar 21, 2018

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Sushma should apologize to 39 bereaved families for 'misleading' them, says Congress

Why Sushma Swaraj repeatedly misled the nation and the families and gave them "false hopes" saying for 7times from 2014 till July 2017 that these Indians were safe in captivity

Mar 21, 2018

By IANS

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Suu Kyi ally, Myanmar president Kyaw resigns

He was elected to the presidency in 2016 when the National League for Democracy leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was constitutionally barred from the presidency

Mar 21, 2018

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39 Indians kidnapped in Mosul by ISIS are confirmed dead: Minister

Indian foreign affairs minister Sushma swaraj confirmed that 39 Indians kidnapped in Mosul by Islamic State terrorists are confirmed dead.

Mar 20, 2018

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Sasikala's husband Natarajan dead

A former public relations official in the Tamil Nadu government, Natarajan was ailing for sometime.

Mar 20, 2018

By IANS

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