China’s top diplomat hails ‘positive trend’ in relations with India by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Relations between China and India are on a “positive trend” towards cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Indian counterpart in New Delhi, according to a readout of the meeting published Tuesday. The world’s two
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Indian PM to visit China, security chief says by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later in August, his security chief said on Tuesday during talks with Beijing’s foreign minister in New Delhi. Modi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit opening on
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China, India pledge to resume flights as Beijing’s top diplomat wraps up visit by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 China and India announced they would restart direct flights in a string of diplomatic breakthroughs, state media reported Wednesday, as Beijing’s foreign minister wrapped up a visit before heading to Pakistan. Following Wang
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Fight to save last forests of the Comoros unites farmers, NGOs By Fa�za SOULE YOUSSOUF Mutsamudu, Comoros (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 Strips of bare land scar the lush and green mountainsides towering above Mutsamudu, the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan. On the most mountainous and densely populated island in the Comoros, only
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Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream by Harrison Tasoff for UCSB News Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon’s Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of
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China’s top diplomat to visit India for border talks by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2025 China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will
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Plastic pollution plague blights Asia By Isabel MALSANG Geneva (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 Kulsum Beghum sorts waste at a landfill in Dhaka. Her blood contains 650 microplastic particles per millilitre, according to an analysis funded by a waste pickers’ union. “Plastic is not good for me,” she told AFP through a translator during an interview
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Pakistan establishes new missile force after India conflict, PM says by AFP Staff Writers Islamabad (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 Pakistan will establish a new military force to supervise its missile capabilities, the prime minister has said, after its worst conflict in decades with South Asian arch-rival India. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the formation of
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Indian Private Space Consortium to Build First National Earth Observation Satellite Network by Riko Seibo Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 In a milestone for India’s space sector, a private consortium will design, deploy, and operate the nation’s first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS). The planned 12-satellite network will be completed within four to five
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70 by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Indian officials say at least 68 people are unaccounted for a week after a deadly wall of icy water swept away a Himalayan town and buried it in mud. On top of four people
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