Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Oceanic News

  • Christchurch gunman designated as terrorist entity

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    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday announced that the gunman, who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch last year and was sentenced to life in prison without parole, has been designated as a terrorist entity. “Designating the offender is an important demonstration of New Zealand’s condemnation of terrorism and violent extremism…

  • Christchurch terrorist sentenced to life

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    The terrorist who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city in 2019 was sentenced to life in prison without parole, a court announced on Thursday. The verdict, which is the first of its kind in New Zealand, came after three days of the final hearing of the case at the High…

  • ‘Dropping Laxman’s Catch Good Reason To Retire’

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    Australia legend Adam Gilchrist has said India’s VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh always used to give them a hard time during the memorable faceoffs between the two cricketing giants in the early 2000s. “He (Laxman), along with most of the Indian batting line-up, used to smash us and then Harbhajan would come and bowl us…

  • More NRI’s on ballot down under

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      In a classic case of a flood following a drought, political parties have fielded a large number of Indian-Australian candidates for  state elections in Victoria, an indication of the growing profile of the Indian community Down Under. The ruling Liberal Party has taken a lead by nominating nine Indian-Australian candidates for the lower and…

  • Aussies dumps Russia, opts India

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    Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he hoped to sign a deal this week to sell uranium to India for peaceful power generation, but halted uranium exports to Russia over Moscow’s role in Ukraine. Work on an India-Australia agreement has been underway since Australia, which has 40 percent of the world’s known uranium…

  • ‘Kiwi no Australian immigrant’

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    New Zealanders were relieved Friday when new DNA research ruled out a connection between their iconic kiwi and birds native to rival Australia – but instead threw up an even bigger surprise as to the origins of the national mascot. Research by Australia’s University of Adelaide showed the flightless, mostly nocturnal kiwi was most closely…