A prominent Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest in a string of punishments against outspoken corporate bosses. Sun Dawu runs one of the country’s largest private agricultural businesses in the northern province of Hebei. ...
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Maharashtra: How one city avoided worst of India floods
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When the western Indian city of Sangli went underwater on Saturday, Hasmukh Dani watched in horror. The 70-year-old has witnessed four floods since 1962 in his city in the state of Maharashtra. Known as the fertile black soil region of ...
China accuses US of oppressing Beijing in high-level talks
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China has accused the US of oppressing Beijing and urged Washington to remove sanctions and tariffs in high-level talks in the north-eastern port city of Tianjin. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was up to the US to “make ...
US accused of demonising China in high-level talks
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The US has been told to stop “demonizing” China, in their most high-level talks under President Biden. China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said relations had reached a “stalemate” because the US saw China as an “imagined enemy”. He is ...
UK court declares fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya bankrupt
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Acourt in the United Kingdom declared Indian fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya bankrupt on Monday. This will pave the way for a consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) to pursue a worldwide freezing order to ...
Heavy rain in India triggers floods, landslides; at least 125 dead
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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, July 24 (Reuters) – Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from landslides and accidents caused by torrential monsoon rain rose to 125. ...
Maharashtra Rains LIVE Updates: 7 Dead, Over 75,000 People Shifted in Kolhapur; BMC Sends Team
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Maharashtra Rains: As per the state government’s data, about 1 lakh 35 thousand people have been evacuated from the flood-affected areas. Mumbai: The death toll in Maharashtra has climbed to 138 as heavy rains have flooded parts of Maharashtra and ...
New Zealand Suspends Travel Bubble As Australia Works to Contain Coronavirus Outbreaks
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This is the first time the travel bubble has been suspended since it was established in April. New Zealand has suspended its travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks due to the spread of the highly transmissible ...
Europe’s deadly floods leave scientists stunned
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Four days before deadly floods swept through western Germany and parts of Belgium last week, Hannah Cloke saw a forecast of extreme rain on a Europe-wide flood alert system to which she belongs. Researchers “were stupidly congratulating ourselves that we ...
About 100 U.S. Olympic Athletes Unvaccinated as Delayed 2020 Games Begin
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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s medical chief said he was ‘quite happy with the rate of vaccination. About 100 U.S. Olympic athletes slated to be in Tokyo for the Games are not vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the U.S. ...