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The launch of the London-Shanghai Stock Connect marks "the first time that any foreign company will be able to list in mainland China", a statement said, as the UK seeks to extend close trading ties with the Asian powerhouse, despite strains caused by the...

Trump and Khan have repeatedly clashed ever since the Pakistani-origin mayor questioned the red carpet being rolled out for the US President by Britain, most recently for a state visit hosted by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this month.

In a bid to overcome a ballooning balance of payments crisis, Pakistan has sought a $3.4 billion loan from the ADB on top of the $6 billion loan from the IMF agreed on last month.

Witnesses said a man with a Mohawk haircut was arguing with someone near a freezer section when he pulled a gun and fired at least six shots.

The shooter, identified as second lieutenant Ta Quang Dat, holed himself up at the post in Binh Hiep commune before committing suicide.

State television showed pictures of Xi and Putin holding up champagne glasses to toast Xi's birthday at the hotel he is staying at in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, where they are both attending a regional summit.

Principals and staff of at least 10 renowned private schools said that Mandarin was a compulsory subject in their institutions as the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu was paying salaries to teachers of the language.

The June 3 crackdown left about 120 people dead and hundreds wounded, according to doctors linked to protesters, while the health ministry put the death toll at 61.

Julian Assange is currently in a London prison after being jailed for 50 weeks for skipping bail after fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning in a sexual assault investigation.

If a person receives incompatible blood type, the body produces antibodies to destroy the donor's blood cells, leading to severe health complications or death.

This was the third instance of terrorist violence in the Afghan city of Jalalabad after 16 people were killed in a suicide bombing and gunfire in March and three killed in a rapid succession of three blasts in May this year.

The theme for World Day Against Child Labour 2019 is ‘Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!’

Protest leaders launched a nationwide civil disobedience campaign from Sunday after a June 3 crackdown on a weeks-long sit-in had left dozens of people dead.

The document, published during LGBT Pride Month, was immediately denounced by LGBT Catholics as contributing to bigotry and violence against gay and transgender people.

Trump was referring to the import tariff on the Harley Davidson motorcycles, an issue that has been close to his heart and wants India to reduce it to zero.

'What the world is tired of, and what I am tired of, is a president who consistently goes to war, verbal war, with our allies,' Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said on CNN's 'State of the Union.'