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Morning Digest | China backs New Delhi Declaration’s focus away from ‘geopolitics’ during G-20 summit; Ukraine says statement on Russian war ‘nothing to be proud of’, and more

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hand with Chinese Premier Li Qiang upon his arrival at Bharat Mandapam convention centre for the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, on Sept. 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP G-20 Summit | China backs New Delhi Declaration’s focus away from ‘geopolitics’ China, which had strongly opposed in…

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Former PM Nawaz Sharif likely to return to Pakistan in October: Report

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: AP Ending his over four years of self-imposed exile in the U.K., former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to return to Pakistan next month, according to a media report on Saturday. Quoting sources present at a meeting in London where Mr. Sharif, the supreme…

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese Clicks Selfie With PM Modi, Calls G20 Meeting In Delhi “Successful”

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“Our strong partnership with India will deliver benefits for Australia,” Mr Albanese said. New Delhi: Australian Prime Minister who is in Delhi to attend the G20 Summit taking place under India’s presidency on Saturday termed the G20 Summit hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “successful”.  He stated that the New Delhi Summit was followed…

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Sergei Surovikin | Fall of ‘Gen. Armageddon’

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His brutal but effective military campaign in Syria earned him the moniker of Gen. Armageddon. When Russian troops were forced to withdraw from the Kharkiv region in September-October 2022, President Vladimir Putin picked him as the commander of his “special military operation” in Ukraine. When he completed an orderly pull-back of some 30,000 Russian troops…

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22 Years After 9/11 Attacks In US, 2 More Victims Identified Using DNA Method

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1,104 victims are still unidentified and the progress has been agonizingly slow. New York: Twenty-two years after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the remains of two people who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center have been identified through DNA analysis, the authorities said ahead of the latest commemoration…

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India Agrees To Cut Tariffs On US Frozen Turkey, Duck: Trade Body

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In June, India and US agreed to terminate six outstanding disputes at World Trade Organization. (File) Washington: With India and the US announcing the resolution of their last trade dispute on poultry products at the WTO, New Delhi has agreed to reduce tariffs on certain American products like frozen turkey, frozen duck, fresh blueberries and…

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6.0-magnitude quake hits near Indonesian island: USGS

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A shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no damage or casualties immediately reported. The tremor hit at 9:43 p.m. local time (1443 GMT) at a depth of 9.9 kilometres, according to the USGS. Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) reported no immediate tsunami but…

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Kremlin says it sticks to conditions for return to Black Sea grain deal

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Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi in Istanbul, Turkey. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin said on Saturday it was sticking to its conditions for a return to the Black Sea grain deal which it quit in…

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Sri Lanka defends intelligence chief over Easter Sunday attacks allegations by UK channel

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In this April 21, 2019, file photo, Sri Lankan police officers inspect the site of an explosion at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry on Saturday defended the country’s intelligence chief after he was accused by a British television channel as the plotter of the 2019…

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“Slower” Western Supplies Threatening Counteroffensive: Zelensky

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“The longer it takes, the more people suffer,” said Zelensky. (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Friday that “slower” arms shipments from Western countries were threatening his counteroffensive, calling for more powerful and long-range weapons to push back Russian forces. Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in June after stockpiling Western weapons, but has made…

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