Beijing, Sep 8 (UNI) At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros will pay a state visit to China from September 8 to 14, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Friday.
Shenzhen, Sep 8 (UNI) Extremely heavy rainstorm has lashed Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong Province since Thursday night, according to the municipal meteorological bureau. From 5 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, the average rainfall in Shenzhen was 202.8 mm, and the maximum cumulative rainfall reached 469 mm. The bureau said this rainfall featured…
Kottayam, Sep 8 (UNI) The counting of votes polled in the September 5 bypoll held at Puthupally Assembly constituency in Kerala will begin at the Baselios College Auditorium at 8 am here on Friday. Sources said 20 tables were arranged for the counting of votes. Five tables will count postal votes, 14 tables will count…
Beijing, (UNI) Beijing will work actively to support the African Union’s (AU) accession to the G20, as well as its playing bigger role in global governance, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the G20 countries had agreed to grant permanent membership status to…
Ankara, (UNI) The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) killed a senior member of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported Thursday. The YPG member, whose name was Zulfiye Binbir, was a “finance official” for the YPG in charge of the group’s funds, the state-run news agency quoted anonymous…
Mumbai, (UNI) Speaking exclusively during a virtual press conference ahead of the Greatest Rivalry on Star Sports on Thursday, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar expressed surprise at the omission of Yuzvendra Chahal and the absence of a left-handed seamer like Arshdeep Singh in India’s World Cup squad, according to a media release. “How they have…
Buenos Aires, (UNI) Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday that Lionel Messi will play as many minutes as possible in the opening two rounds of South America’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament. The 36-year-old has had a heavy schedule of matches for new club Inter Miami but is expected to start for the…
New Delhi, (UNI) Deepika, who hails from Hisar, Haryana, picked up a hockey stick in 2012 on her way to wrestling practice with her brother, and after years of hard work, she has made the cut for the Indian Women’s Hockey Team, that will compete in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. “My family has…
Lucknow, (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that ‘parasites of power’ cannot destroy Sanatan Dharma, which is eternal truth, and even the Mughal rulers like Babar and Aurangzeb could not succeed in their evil designs against it. Hitting out at Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and the I.N.D.I.A bloc for making…
Jammu, (UNI) Security forces have recovered arms and ammunition along with logistic items from the Mandi belt of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a Defence spokesman said here on Thursday. The spokesman said after successfully foiling an infiltration bid and neutralising two terrorists near Mandi in Poonch district close to the Line of Control,…
