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Taiwan, US coastguard agreement aims to counter China's expansion:
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 28 (ANI): A new pact signed by Taiwan and the United States on coast guard cooperation aims at countering China's expansion, said a Taiwanese analyst.
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Artists fear censorship as China tightens grip on Hong Kong
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Hong Kong, March 22 (ANI): in order to tighten control over Hong Kong and purge dissent, Beijing may pressure a new museum in the city to remove exhibits that displease China in the opening exhibition.
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US, Japan should stop interfering in our internal affairs: China
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): China on Wednesday firmly opposed the recent US-Japan joint statement and asked the two nations to immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.
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China demands love as it represses Hong Kong
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, March 15 (ANI): If you can believe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), then the former British colony of Hong Kong is thriving because of the former's magnanimity. The truth is that Beijing is determinedly stifling Hong Kong and turning it into a mimeograph of the rest of authorita
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China moves to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system: Report
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], March 4 (ANI): Less than a year after imposing the draconian national Security Law, China on Thursday launched a legislative process for drastic electoral system reform in Hong Kong, which could benefit the pro-establishment camp and further smother the political opposition
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As China authorizes use of force by coastguard, Philippines says w
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], February 11 (ANI): The Philippines will beef up its naval presence in the South China Sea to protect its fisherman, said the country's military chief Cirilito Sobejana, as concerns grow after China passed a law giving power to its coastguard to fire on foreign vessels a
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China passes law to give coastguard power to fire on foreign vesse
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): In a move that is expected to escalate tensions between China and its neighbours, Beijing has passed a law that gives power to its coastguard to fire on foreign vessels and demolish structures built in disputed waters, South China Morning Post reported.
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Despite international outcry, China jails 10 activists for illegal
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, December 31 (ANI): A Chinese court sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists between seven to three years in prison for illegal border crossing on Wednesday, despite international outcry and calls to free the detained Hong Kongers.
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Indian Coast Guard issues weather advisory across Lakshadweep Isla
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): As the cyclonic storm, Kyarr moves away from the Indian coasts and continue to weaken, another well-marked low-pressure area has developed over Comorian and adjoining Indian Ocean area, according to a Coastguard weather advisory.
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Libya: Over 100 dead in September shipwrecks
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Sep 11 (ANI): More than 100 people, including 20 children died in early September when two rubber boats carrying scores of people wrecked off the coast of Libya.
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100 migrants missing in Libya boat capsize
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], June 29 (ANI): At least 100 migrants and refugees are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the coastguard said on Friday.
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14 migrants killed as boat sinks off Greek coast
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Athens [Greece], Mar. 17 (ANI): At least fourteen migrants were killed on Saturday after the sinking of a suspected people-smuggling boat, off a Greek island in the eastern Aegean region, Greece's coastguard confirmed.
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