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18:16 06/07/2019
India to closely monitor shadow lending sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, in the budget for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, on Friday announced credit guarantees to support NBFCs in a move aimed at boosting lending and reviving a sagging economy.

17:45 06/07/2019
For thousands of years, humans have flocked to the Dead Sea to immerse themselves in one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world

До сих пор ученые не знали, как именно происходит этот феномен, а также может ли он протекать в других гиперсоленых озерах. Исследователи выяснили, что верхний слой моря нагревается солнечными лучами и становится теплее, чем вода под ним.

17:24 06/07/2019
Bear opens van doors 'like a person' in Tennessee

The video, recorded outside a house in Gatlinburg, shows the bear standing outside the parked vehicle while the woman films from the safety of her own vehicle.

17:00 06/07/2019
North Korea says freed Australian student had been spying

Alek Sigley, who had been held in North Korea since June 25, was an active social media user and also a regular contributor to international media organizations including NK News about his time in North Korea.

16:38 06/07/2019
The Sicilian ghost town that refuses to die

What they left behind has become one of Italy's largest ghost towns -- a place frozen at the exact time of the earthquake. In the school, only part destroyed, pupils' scribblings are still on the chalkboard and a calendar on the wall marks the year: 1968.

16:16 06/07/2019
Henley Index: Japan and Singapore top 2019 list of world's most powerful passports

Now, as we enter the second half of 2019, Japan and Singapore have held onto their position as the world's most travel-friendly passports, with South Korea dropping into second place.

15:47 06/07/2019
Maduro displays military power in Independence Day celebration

Maduro applauded and pumped his fist as soldiers marched past, tanks rolled by and fighter jets rushed over at a Caracas military base. A unit of camouflaged special forces, with their weapons drawn, shouted their loyalty as they paraded by the presidential viewing stand.

15:36 06/07/2019
Dozens of Central Americans returned from US are sent home by Mexico

An official with Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said the bus left Ciudad Juarez at 9:00 a.m. and all 70 aboard were "volunteers" for repatriation to their native El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras.

15:01 06/07/2019
Pierre Lhomme, legendary french cinematographer, dies at 89

Lhomme received a César award in 1989 for his work on Camille Claudel, which was directed by former cameraman Bruno Nuytten. He received a second César in 1991 for Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s Cyrano de Bergerac, which also won a technical prize at Cannes.

14:44 06/07/2019
14:26 06/07/2019
Coco Gauff keeps Wimbledon dream alive with thrilling comeback win

Wimbledon has found itself a new star. Coco Gauff had already shown everyone she could play dazzling tennis, her victory over the five-times champion, Venus Williams, in the opening round signalling her arrival on the world stage.

13:41 06/07/2019
13:00 06/07/2019
Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave

A temperature of 90F (32C) was reached at Anchorage airport on Thursday, the US Weather Service tweeted.

12:43 06/07/2019
12:29 06/07/2019
China cracks down on 'Beijing Bikini': Men are banned from going topless in public places as authorities curb 'uncivilised behaviour'

The style, fondly coined as the 'Beijing bikini', has become a ubiquitous sight across China in the summer months, with middle-aged men taking off their tops or neatly rolling up their T-shirts to reveal their bulging bellies in parks, restaurants, buses and construction sites.

12:02 06/07/2019
Powerful Southern California quake, second in two days, causes damage, injuries

The latest quake struck at about 8:20 p.m. local time (0320 GMT) near the town of Ridgecrest on the edge of Death Valley National Park, about 125 miles (202 km) northeast of Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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Levon Aronian condemns Ruben Vardanyan's sham trial in Azerbaijan
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11:37
RPA deplores lack of government efforts to protect Artsakh leaders from Azerbaijani persecution
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11:15
Ombudsperson slams 'trials' of Armenian prisoners in Baku
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17:22
Human rights defenders call for international monitoring of trials of Armenian detainees in Baku
Over two dozen Armenian human rights NGOs and individual defenders have issued a joint appeal to international organizations and foreign...
16:51
Analysis: Aliyev's show trials echo Stalin's tactics in suppressing opposition
By Luis Moreno Ocampo, former ICC chief prosecutor Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has resurrected one of Joseph Stalin's...
16:36
HRW: Azerbaijan failed to ensure ethnic Armenians' right to safe and dignified return to Nagorno-Karabakh
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16:01
Noubar Afeyan urges action to promote fair trial for Ruben Vardanyan in Baku
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15:34
Former ombudsperson condemns UN silence on Armenian prisoners held in Baku
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15:08
Putin assesses Yerevan's steps in relations with EU in phone call with Pashinyan
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14:36
Ex-Artsakh ombudsman urges greater pressure on Baku to release Armenian prisoners
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14:05
Pashinyan, Putin hold phone call
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13:36
Strong winds expected in parts of Armenia
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13:14
Opposition MP: Armenian leadership made 3rd concession amid Baku's fresh threats
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12:35
Protesters demand release of Armenian prisoners held in Baku
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12:05
Henrikh Mkhitaryan calls for release of Ruben Vardanyan, other Armenian prisoners
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11:30
'Twin Peaks' director David Lynch dies at 78
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11:15
Heavy fog hits parts of Armenia
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11:00
Azerbaijan suspends cooperation with USAID
Azerbaijan announced on Thursday that its government will not renew a cooperation agreement with the United States Agency for International...

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