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US slaps 500% duty on Chinese steel
23 Jun 2016
The US has slapped 500-per cent anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of cold-rolled steel flat products from China in a bid to stem the flow of low-priced steel exports from the Asian giant
Polls show ‘Remain’ has slight edge over Brexit
23 Jun 2016
Prime Minister David Cameron criss-crossed the country and talked himself hoarse on Wednesday urging voters to remain in the EU, but opinion polls said today’s race is still too close to call
India demands sanctions on new Taliban chief Akhundzada
23 Jun 2016
India has demanded that the United Nations slap sanctions against the new Taliban leader, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, in Afghanistan, saying it is “sheer folly” that the leader of a proscribed entity is not yet designated as a terrorist individual
Pak not serious about fighting terror: Afghanistan
23 Jun 2016
Outlining an alarming scenario of far-reaching international threats, Afghanistan says that Taliban and several terrorist groups were seeking "to turn Afghanistan into a launching pad against Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia and the Far East
Brexit would be ‘madness’, insists Cameron
21 Jun 2016
British Prime Minister David Cameron has invoked increasing trade with India as part of his plea to the country to vote to remain in the European Union in Thursday’s crucial referendum
China asks men to donate sperm: report
15 Jun 2016
Clinton clinches nomination, talks with Sanders
15 Jun 2016
The two agree on raising wages for working families, eliminating undisclosed money in politics and reducing the cost of college for students and their families, and on defeating Donald Trump
ASEAN withdraws joint statement targeting China
15 Jun 2016
San Francisco, 6 other US cities in Smart City Challenge for federal and private funding
11 Jun 2016
Act now to prevent AIDS rebound, warns UN chief
10 Jun 2016
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