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Xi's N Korea visit promotes peninsula stability
Pyongyang, June 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a major diplomatic action that comes as the world is undergoing changes unseen in a century and the international situation is seeing complex and profound changes, a senior Chinese official said on Friday.
India uses yoga diplomacy to assert rising global influence
New Delhi, June 21 (AP/UNB) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi successfully lobbied the United Nations to designate June 21 International Yoga Day in his first year in power in 2014.
"South Asian countries can take huge advantage from BRI"
Kathmandu, June 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Nepal's Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Thursday said that South Asian countries can take huge advantage from the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.
Xi, Kim agree to jointly create bright future of bilateral ties
pyongyang, June 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The top leaders of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed here Thursday that the two countries should stay true to their original aspirations and join hands to create a bright future of inter-party and inter-state relations at a new starting point in history.
Xi says China supports political settlement of Korean Peninsula issue
Pyongyang, June 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Visiting Chinese top leader Xi Jinping on Thursday reaffirmed China's support for efforts to push forward the political settlement process on the Korean Peninsula issue and build up conditions for its resolution.
Death toll from H1N1 influenza rises to 5 in Myanmar
Yangon, June 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Two more people have died of seasonal influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of deaths to five across Myanmar so far, an official from the Ministry of Health and Sports told the media Thursday.
World's biggest lift irrigation project is flowing in India
India, June 21 (AP/UNB) — Pumping stations on Friday began lifting river water toward parched land in southern India in what is said to be the world's largest such irrigation project.
Hong Kong protests flare anew after demands unmet
Hong Kong, Jun 21 (AP/UNB) — Several hundred mainly student protesters have gathered outside Hong Kong government offices, with some blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare and others occupying the lobby of a government tax office.
Fears for elephants facing 1,900 mile train journey in India
Delhi, Jun 21 (UNB) - Animal rights activists in India have criticised a plan by the Assam state government to send four elephants on a perilous train journey of more than 3,100km (1,926 miles) to participate in a temple ritual. They say the long journey could be dangerous for the animals and may even kill them, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
Death toll rises to 43 as bus falls into gorge in India
New Delhi, June 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The death toll has risen to 43 as a bus fell into a gorge in India's Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, while 35 others were injured, official said.