0919 GMT December 06, 2019
A Chinese government space agency successfully launched on Saturday its first rocket meant for commercial use, state television CCTV reported, as firms in the country compete to join a commercial satellite boom.
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Political commentator Andrew K.P Leung believes that the US is using its arms sales to Taiwan as leverage to pressure China and also as a bargaining chip in its trade talks with Beijing.
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Officials in the disputed Indian-controlled Kashmir region have started restoring landline phone lines since imposing a brutal curfew and news blackout on the majority-Muslim territory in early August.
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China’s central bank unveiled a key interest rate reform on Saturday to help steer borrowing costs lower for companies and support a slowing economy that has been hurt by a trade war with the US.
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The Indian ambassador to Iran said that trade between the two countries is on a positive trajectory despite sanctions imposed by the US, which have hampered New Delhi’s energy imports from Tehran.
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India and Pakistan exchanged "heavy" cross-border fire on Saturday, after New Delhi's move to strip the restive Kashmir region of its autonomy prompted a rare meeting of the UN Security Council.
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National Desk
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Hong Kong activists kicked off a weekend of fresh rallies on Saturday following criticism over an airport protest earlier this week as thousands of pro-government supporters gathered in a park to condemn their opponents and support the police, a stark illustration of the polarization now coursing through the city.
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China on Friday threatened the US with unspecified "countermeasures" if it follows through with a planned sale of F-16s fighter jets to Taiwan – the first of what will likely be many repercussions for the US administration's military support for Taiwan that Beijing views as part of its territory, usnews.com reported.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un once again supervised a "new weapon" launch, state media said Saturday, ahead of next week's visit to Seoul by the US envoy to Pyongyang.
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