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  • ‘My office committed to advocating autonomy of Tibet’

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     The US has the right to have whatever meetings it wants and his office is committed to advocate the autonomy of Tibet within China, US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Robert A. Destro, has said. He talked tough on China’s criticism of his recent meeting with Tibetan President Lobsang Sangay during the latter’s visit to…

  • Biden vows not to extort S.Korea with troop withdrawal threats

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    Biden also promised efforts to help all immigrants, including undocumented Koreans…reports Asian Lite News Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has vowed to strengthen the US-South Korea alliance if he wins the upcoming election, rather than “extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops”. He made the remarks in an exclusive Yonhap News Agency article…

  • Indian Muslim Body Condemns France Attack

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    The Indian Muslims for Progress and Reform (IMPAR) on Friday condemned the murder of a French school teacher and also the attacks on three innocent civilians in Nice. “IMPAR, a body of more than 10,000 prominent Muslims of India and Indian origin worldwide, wish to unequivocally condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist incidents…

  • US election: Melania Trump makes rare joint rally appearance

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    “My husband’s administration is focused on the future,” the First Lady said, adding that the US is “a country of hope, not a country of fear or weakness”….reports Asian Lite News US First Lady Melania Trump made a rare joint appearance alongside her husband, President Donald Trump at a re-election campaign rally in Florida. At…

  • Trump campaign delays North Carolina rally

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    Trump’s rally was slated to be held on Thursday evening in Fayetteville, which is currently under a wind advisory as hurricane Zeta made its way up the US Gulf Coast after making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday…reports Asian Lite News The re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump has cancelled a rally scheduled to be…

  • Biden leads in Florida, Pennsylvania, N.Carolina in new poll

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    In the 2016 presidential election, Trump won in all the three states…reports Asian Lite News With just five days left for the November 3 US presidential election, Democratic nominee Joe Biden was currently leading President Donald in three battleground states of Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, a new poll showed. In the 2016 presidential election,…

  • Indian Army Chief Due in Nepal to Boost Ties

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    At a time when Nepal-India ties appear to have reached an all-time low due to the boundary dispute starting from November last year, Gen Naravane added a twist in May after India opened a new track linking the Mansarovar to the state of Uttarakhand…reports India Daily Newsdesk In a mission to strengthen defence, security and…

  • Pakistan Admits Its Role in Pulwama Attack

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    Pakistan has admitted and boasted about its role in the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing in Kashmir in which 40 Indian paramilitary troopers were killed by the globally banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad. In his address to the National Assembly, Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry termed the Pulwama terror attack an “accomplishment” under the leadership…

  • Why we may be stuck with Trump

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    Yes, Biden will win the popular vote. Perhaps by an even bigger majority than Hilary Clinton. But in the crucial states I fear Trump may still prevail even if by smaller margins than he did in 2016.  His voters seem glued to him….writes Mihir Bose In the spring of 2016 my wife and I were…

  • Pelosi hopes market plunge to reach Covid-19 relief deal

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    While it’s unlikely for Congress to pass any relief package before the November 3 presidential election, Pelosi said she continued discussions with the Trump administration…reports Asian Lite News US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has that she hopes the current sell-off in the American stock market will prompt President Donald Trump to reach a deal with…

  • Labour Suspends Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn

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    UK’s Labour Party on Thursday suspended Jeremy Corbyn from the party over his reaction to a highly critical report on anti-Semitism, the media reported. According to BBC report, the human rights watchdog found Labour responsible for “unlawful” harassment and discrimination during Mr Corbyn’s years in charge of the party. But Mr Corbyn later said the…

  • Covid-19 vaccine won’t be available by next year: Fauci

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    Regarding the wearing of masks, Fauci said adding that people should stop politicising the issue, as donning them “does make a difference”…reports Asian Lite News Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, has said that it was not likely for a Covid-19 vaccine to be available in the US until next year, the media reported.…

  • Biden expands lead in new national poll

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    Since last year, the former Vice President has had a lead against the President in every CNN poll…reports Asian Lite News A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had a 12-point nationwide lead against US President Donald Trump, just six days ahead of the November 3 presidential election. The CNN poll…

  • Biden casts ballot in home state

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    “Well, we just voted,” Biden said on Wednesday, holding his wife Jill’s hand as the couple emerged from the Carvel State Office Building in the former Vice President’s hometown of Wilmington…reports Asian Lite News Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has cast an early ballot in his home state of Delaware for the November 3 election,…

  • US Senators Grill Big Tech Bosses

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    With less than a week to go for the US election, Republican lawmakers got an earful from critics for the timing of the “sham” hearing…reports NIKHILA NATARAJAN Baloney!”, “sham!” and “who the hell are you” scoldings dominated a Senate hearing on Wednesday where the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google took heat in a talking…

  • France imposes national lockdown amid COVID-19 2nd wave

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    To contain the spread of the virus, the president ordered the nation to go back into a national lockdown, like in mid-March when COVID-19 patients in the first wave of the epidemic overwhelmed hospitals….reports Asian Lite News France will go into national lockdown starting from Friday to stem the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic,…

  • India, UK Ink Pacts To Boost Jobs, Investments

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    The UK and India made agreements on financial services, infrastructure and sustainable finance, helping to boost jobs and investments in both countries…reports Asian Lite Newsdesk The landmark tenth Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) between the UK and India saw the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanmeeting to build further economic ties. Both the…

  • Asian Lite Daily Digital – October 29, 2020 – US POLLS: The Fight Enters Final Phase

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    US POLLS: The Fight Enters Final Phase; Chai With High Commissioner;  US Senators Grill Big Tech Bosses; Al-Qaeda Sets Focus on Kashmir; China shifts focus to Taiwan – all in Asian Lite Daily Digital – please click here to read.

  • US election: Republicans need electoral votes from toss-up states

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    Republicans have to do hard work as they have 163 electoral votes in the Solid, Likely and Lean categories and would need 85 (100%) electoral votes from the Toss Up column plus 22 votes from the Lean Democrat column…reports Asian Lite News Democrats in the US are sitting pretty with 290 electoral votes while Republicans…

  • India Govt Notifies New Land Laws in J&K

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    In a significant move, the Centre has notified the new Land Laws for Jammu & Kashmir. In a gazette notification, the union home ministry has notified this on Monday. It paved way for any Indian to buy land in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir. The MHA notified what it calls UT of…

  • India Declares Hizbul Chief Among 18 As Terrorist Under UAPA

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    Acccoridng to Ministry of Home Affairs, Syed Mohammad Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahudeen, Pakistan based, Supreme Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Chairman, United Jihad Council (UJC) Involved in fund raising and routing finances to India for furtherance of terrorist activities by HM cadres…reports Asian Lite News Government has declared 18 more individuals as terrorists under the…

  • Call for ‘Independent Balochistan’ from Pak Opposition Alliance

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    Maryam Nawaz, in her address, said that the time has come to change the fate of Pakistan and Balochistan. “No longer will husbands and brothers go missing, people of Balochistan,” daughter of former PM Nawaz Sharif, who wore a traditional Balochi dress, told the huge gathering…reports ATEET SHARMA Facing death and discrimination at the hands…

  • India – US Bhai Bhai

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    India and the US on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific region, in a direct challenge to China’s expansionist moves in the South China Sea.…reports Asian Lite Newsdesk In a provocative message to Beijing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington will provide any support to India…

  • Trump expresses disappointment in collapse of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire

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    Secretary Pompeo pressed the leaders to abide by their commitments to cease hostilities and pursue a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict…reports Asian lite News US President Donald Trump said that it was disappointing to see a US-brokered ceasefire reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region collapsed. “It’s disappointing to see that, but…

  • Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs to testify before Congress

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    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey were set to be grilled by a US panel on Tuesday over the Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The hearing was scheduled to also cover the topics of privacy and media domination. The CEOs were to testify on…

  • Pelosi-Mnuchin talks fail to reach deal on relief package

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    “We are hopeful their response will be positive as we also await the outcomes of talks between committee chairs,” Pelosi’s spokesman said…reports Asian Lite News US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have continued talks on a Covid-19 relief package, but the two sides still have not resolved their differences on a…

  • US Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

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    The 48-year-old is expected to take the oath of office at the White House on Monday night…reports Asian Lite News The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the general election. Trump’s fellow Republicans voted 52-48 to approve the judge,…

  • Building a Great Wall Around China

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    Ahead of the 2+2 dialogue of the Defence and Foreign Ministers, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it plain that talks in New Delhi will look at ways of thwarting the CPC…reports ATUL ANEJA Amid a military standoff with China in Ladakh, India and the United States began a landmark dialogue which will cement…

  • Will US help debt trapped Sri Lanka?

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    China saw a strategic opportunity in establishing its footprint in Sri Lanka and extended finance for the Hambantota port project, knowing quite well that the loans would not be repaid as the project was a commercial dud…writes S.P.S PANNU US Secretary of State Mike Pompeos scheduled stopover at Colombo on October 28, after his meeting…

  • Boris Refuses to Extend Free School Meals

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    Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated that the government will “do everything in our power to make sure that no kid, no child goes hungry”. Meanwhile, pressure has risen on the PM, including from his own MPs, to commit more money for free school meals…reports Asian Lite Newsdesk UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended…

  • The Pak Plan To Destabilize J&K

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    A top level panel exposes Pakistan’s game plan to destabilize the Jammu and Kashmir …. Reports Asian Lite News Kashmir Policy and Strategy Group organised a webinar on Pakistan Army’s game plan to destabilise the Jammu and Kashmir region and India’s response to stem the efforts. The event was moderated by  noted jurist Ashok Bhan…

  • Asian Lite Daily Digital – October 20, 2020 – Boris Refuses to Extend Free School Meals

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    Boris Refuses to Extend Free School Meals; Setback for Nirav As Court Rejects Bail Plea; Building a Great Wall Around China; Will US help debt trapped Sri Lanka?; J&K Guv Calls For Social Media Monitoring – all in Asian Lite Daily Digital – please click here to read.

  • Biden leads in Florida, N.Carolina: Polls

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    In the 2016 presidential election, Trump won Florida by 49.02 per cent of the votes, while his then Democratic rival Hillary Clinton came in close with 47.82 per cent of the ballots…reports Asian Lite News New tracker polls have revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was leading against US President Donald Trump in the…

  • Early voting breaks record week before US election 2020

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    Registered Democrat voters were leading with 51 per cent of the total ballots cast, while Republicans made up for 31 per cent…reports Asian Lite News The number of people who have already cast their ballots in the early voting for the November 3 US presidential election has hit a record 58.6 million, with just nine…

  • Bulgarian PM tests Covid-19 positive

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    The 61-year-old leader added that he has “postponed all meetings and public events for the upcoming days”…reports Asian Lite News Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, joining a handful of world leaders to be infected with the disease. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Borisov said:…

  • Asian Lite Daily Digital – October 26, 2020 – China to Overhaul Strategy

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    China to Overhaul Strategy; Harish Salve to get married to London based Artist; NCB to bring back couple imprisoned in Qatar; India plans to take Kulbhushan case again to ICJ: Pak FM; Relations With India Bigger Than A Political Party: Top US Official – all in Asian Lite Daily Digital – please click here to…

  • Covid-19: Spanish PM declares state of alarm

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    A state of alarm grants the government special powers to limit the movement of citizens…reports Asian Lite News Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday announced a state of alarm in an attempt to restrict the spread of coronavirus, days after Spain became the first European Union state to pass the grim one-million-case mark. A…

  • Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire to take effect on Monday

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    The development comes after Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan separately met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ….reports Asian Lite News The US State Department has announced that a humanitarian ceasefire will come into effect in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Monday after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the…

  • Italy tightens Covid restrictions after spike in cases

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    The new measures will go into effect from Sunday midnight through November 24, the Premier explained during a nationally televised press conference…reports Asian lite News Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Sunday announced new measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Conte said that pubs, bars, restaurants, and ice cream shops must shut down at 6…

  • Trump campaigns in 3 swing states

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    In Lumberton, Trump mocked the former Vice President’s simultaneous drive-in rally in Pennsylvania as “small” compared to his….reports Asian Lite News With just 10 days left for the November 3 election, US President Donald Trump held back-to-back campaign rallies in the three battleground states of North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. In the 2016 election, the…

  • Belgium tightens measures to curb Covid 19

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    Under the new measures, cinemas, theatres, museums, cultural centers and exhibition venues will remain closed….reports Asian Lite News Belgium will introduce additional drastic measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, including the extension of a nationwide curfew from from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The announcement of the new measures, which will come into force from Monday,…

  • Biden sets television spending record

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    Only last week, Biden’s team spent $45 million on air…reports Asian Lite News Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign has spent a record amount of money on television and digital advertising than any other presidential candidate in the US’ history. Data from Advertising Analytics, a non-partisan firm, revealed on Friday that the former Vice President…

  • Architect of Samsung’s new era, Lee Kun-hee dead

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    Lee Kun-hee, who had transformed Samsung Group into one of the world’s major tech giants from a small trading firm, died at a hospital in Seoul on Sunday at age 78, leaving a thorny succession challenge for his children. The chairman of the flagship Samsung Electronics had been bedridden since May 2014 following a heart…

  • Guterres appeals for global solidarity on UN Day

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    Covid-19 is humanity’s common enemy in the world today and now is the time for a stepped-up push for peace to achieve a global ceasefire. Guterres said…reports Asian Lite News UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity to tackle common challenges on the occasion of UN Day. “We face colossal challenges. With global…

  • Early voting kicks off in New York state

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    “This is the first time in history that New Yorkers can vote early in a presidential election. Make your voice heard,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo …reports Asian Lite News Early voting has started all across the state of New York State, offering voters nine days to cast their ballots prior to the November 3 presidential…

  • India, US likely to sign BECA deal during 2+2 meet

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    Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) will enable sharing geospatial intelligence and information on maps and satellite images for defence and also have applications in times of disaster to organise relief…reports Arul Louis The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), a breakthrough pact for sharing important strategic information, is likely to be signed during the…

  • EU sees fast recovery of domestic tourism

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    The European Union’s (EU) domestic tourism has recovered faster than foreign tourism after most countries started easing their Covid-19 restrictions by June, official figures have revealed. In a report on Friday, the EU’s statistical office Eurostat said during the early part of 2020, the tourism industry suffered as a result of travel restrictions implemented in…

  • Sudan, Israel normalise ties, third such accord since August

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    In another Middle East diplomatic breakthrough for US President Donald Trump, Sudan is normalising relations with Israel in exchange for Washington removing Khartoum from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. On Friday, Sudan became the third Arab nation after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to normalise relations with Israel in the past…

  • Pakistan to remain on FATF grey list

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    In a major setback for Pakistan, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has retained Pakistan on the “grey list” till February next year, after Islamabad failed to comply with the 27-point action plan set by the global terror financing watchdog. According to reports, Turkey has backed Pakistan and proposed that members should consider Pakistan’s good…

  • Biden’s lead shrinks to 4 points nationally

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    Meanwhile, Trump has the backing of 42 per cent of the voters…reports Asian Lite News A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s national lead against US President Donald Trump has narrowed to four points with just 12 days remaining for the November 3 election. the new Hill-HarrisX national poll revealed that…