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India national anthem no longer compulsory in movie halls

India'sSupremeCourthasreverseditspreviousorderthatthenationalanthemmustbeplayedineverycinemabeforeafilmisscreened.ThecourtordercameonTuesdayinresponsetoagovernm

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China, Japan ruling parties hold meeting on promoting ties

SeniormembersoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)andJapan'srulingcoalition,formedbytheLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)anditscoalitionpartner,Komeito,metineastChina'sFujia

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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa says elections must be credible

Zimbabwe’snewPresidentEmmersonMnangagwasaidonFridaytherulingZANU-PFpartyshouldaimtoalwaysholdfreeandfairelections,adayaftersayingthepollscouldbeheldsoonerthanex

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Federal court approves part of Trump's latest travel ban

AUSappealscourtallowedPresidentDonaldTrumptoproceedwithpartofthelatestversionofhistravelbanMonday,butcreatedanexemptionforforeignerswithAmericanties.Therulingby

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Kenya election: President Kenyatta blasts court after vote annulled

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has branded judges in the country's Supreme Court "crooks" after they annulled his win in presidential elections.

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Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong got 5 years in jail, will appeal

TheSeoulCentralDistrictCourtonFridaysentencedSamsung'sdefactoheadLeeJae-yongtofiveyearsinprisononmultiplechargesrelatedtothecorruptionscandalthatledtotheremoval

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Romanian gov't toppled in censure motion

Ano-confidencemotionbytheRomanianrulingcoalitiontoppledonWednesdaythesocial-democratgovernmentledbySorinGrindeanu,settingahistoricalprecedentinthecountrythatthe

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S. Korean president permanently removed from office as court upholds impeachment

South Korean President Park Geun-hye was permanently removed from office Friday as the constitutional court upheld the motion to impeach the scandal-hit leader.

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Why are Indians being arrested for sitting during the national anthem?

​Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played.

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UK court says Brexit needs parliament's approval, complicates government plans

A British court ruled on Thursday that the government needs parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans.

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WTO appeals courts backs South Korea in trade dispute with US

South Korea won an appeal ruling at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday in a challenge to US duties on Korean-made washing machines.

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Olympics: Gloom and anger for Russian athletes due to miss Rio Olympics

Russian athletes on Thursday (July 21) reacted with a mixture of anger and despair after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dashed their dreams of competing at the Rio Olympics by rejecting an appeal against a ban for doping.

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South China Sea arbitration award "unfair": Ghanaian analysts

Such a ruling could be presumed because of the pressure exerted by the United States before and during the process, Ken Ahorsu, a lecturer at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana, told Xinhua.

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South China Sea arbitration award "unfair": Ghanaian analysts

Such a ruling could be presumed because of the pressure exerted by the United States before and during the process, Ken Ahorsu, a lecturer at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana, told Xinhua.

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Sovereignty of China is 'bottom line'

'We cannot lose one centimeter of inheritance left by the ancestors,' nation's top diplomat says.

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Japan's ruling LDP to regain upper house majority

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will regain majority in the upper house of the parliament for the first time in 27 years, after an independent lawmaker submitted the application to join the party, the party said Wednesday.

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Inherently biased and unjust 'piece of paper'

Just as anticipated, the South China Sea arbitral tribunal in The Hague delivered an outrageously one-sided ruling in the case initiated by the Philippines.