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 మాతో పెట్టుకుంటే మటాషే : జిన్‌పింగ్ హెచ్చరిక Jul 1 2021 బీజింగ్ : చైనా అధ్యక్షుడు జీ జిన్‌పింగ్ ఆ దేశ శత్రువులను గట్టిగా హెచ్చరించారు. చైనా కమ్యూనిస్టు పార్టీ (సీపీసీ) వందేళ్ళ సంబరాల్లో ఆయన చాలా దూకుడుగా మాట్లాడారు. శత్రువులు చైనాకు హాని కలిగించేందుకు, పలుకుబడిని చూపించడానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తే, మహా ఉక్కు గోడకు ఢీకొన్నట్లేనని తెలిపారు. చైనా, తైవాన్ పునరేకీకరణకు కట్టుబడి ఉన్నట్లు చెప్పారు. హాంగ్ కాంగ్ పరిస్థితులను ప్రస్తావిస్తూ, చైనా భద్రత, సార్వభౌమాధికారాలను కాపాడుతూ, హాంగ్ కాంగ్‌లో సాంఘిక సుస్థిరతను సాధిస్తామన్నారు.  ‘‘చైనీయులమైన మేము న్యాయాన్ని సమర్థించే ప్రజలం. బలంతో చేసే బెదిరింపులకు లొంగబోం. ఓ దేశంగా మేం గట్టి ఆత్మవిశ్వాసంతో సగర్వంగా నిలుస్తాం. ఏ ఇతర దేశ ప్రజలకు మేము హాని చేయలేదు, వారిని అణచివేయలేదు, వారిపై ఆధిపత్యం చలాయించలేదు. మేం ఎన్నటికీ అలా చేయబోం. అదే సమయంలో మమ్మల్ని అణగదొక్కడానికి, మాకు హాని చేయడానికి లేదా మాపై ఆధిపత్యం చలాయించడానికి ఏ విదేశీ శక్తికీ అవకాశం ఇవ్వబోం. ఎవరైనా అలా చేయడానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తే, 140 కోట్ల మందికిపైగా ఉన్న చైనీయులతో నిర్మితమైన మహా ఉక్కు గోడను తమంతట త...

 Slightly high fare of short distance trains to discourage unnecessary travel: Railways PTINEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 12:58 IST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 26, 2021 13:01 IST SHARE ARTICLE 8PRINTA A A A ticket from Amritsar to Pathankot, which was priced at ₹25, costs ₹55 now. After concerns were raised over a rise in the ticket fares of short-distance passenger trains, the railways on Wednesday said the “slightly high fares” are only to discourage unnecessary travel. Since the coronavirus-triggered lockdown was eased, the railways is running only special trains. It started with long-distance trains and now, even short-distance passenger trains are being run as special trains. As a special provision in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fares of these trains have been fixed at par with the price of unreserved tickets of mail and express trains for the same distance, a statement from the railway ministry said. The railways, which has now started operating passenger or local train services, ...

 Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ Exits a Stage He Dominated Israel’s longest-serving prime minister was a polarizing figure who sidelined efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflict but opened relations with four Arab countries. Credit...Dan Balilty for The New York Times David M. Halbfinger By David M. Halbfinger June 13, 2021 Updated 9:06 p.m. ET JERUSALEM — He came to power like some conqueror from a distant land called Philadelphia. Educated in the United States, speaking flawless East Coast English, warning in pungent sound bites about the threats posed by Islamic terrorism and a nuclear Iran, the Benjamin Netanyahu who stormed into Israeli politics in the 1990s was like no other politician the country had seen. Before long, he would capture the prime minister’s office, lose it, then seize it again a decade later, becoming Israel’s longest-serving leader and inspiring such admiration that supporters likened him to the biblical King David. His political agility got him out of so m...

 The Defeat of Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister has dragged the country ever rightward, abandoning the peace process and imperilling its very democracy. By Ruth Margalit June 13, 2021 Benjamin Netanyahu looking down while speaking at a lectern “He can’t accept the fact that the Israeli public has turned him down,” a Netanyahu biographer has said of the departing Prime Minister.Photograph by Menahem Kahana / AFP / Getty In 2002, three years after losing the Israeli premiership, Benjamin Netanyahu went on a popular television show and spoke of a political comeback. His interviewer was a telegenic broadcaster with gelled black hair named Yair Lapid. “When you left,” Lapid began, “there were people who cried and said they would kill themselves, and there were others who said they would leave the country if you were ever elected again. Do you know why you elicit such strong reactions in people?” “In some, yes,” Netanyahu replied. He first took office in 1996, a...

George Floyd death: What US police officers think of protests By Boer Deng & Jessica Lussenhop BBC News, Washington 26 June 2020 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share Related TopicsGeorge Floyd death Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image caption Police stand in Washington DC, with a 'Black Lives Matter' sign in the background When massive protests against police brutality broke out across the US in May 2020, Charles Billups was not at all surprised. A black policeman in New York for decades before his retirement, the former officer, 60, tells the BBC: "It's the chickens coming home to roost". "This is something that's been mustering for a while," says Mr Billups. Not for the first time has anger against law enforcement in America spilt out into demands for change - national attempts to reform the country's patchwork of nearly 18,000 police departments have periodical...

US House passes sweeping police reform bill amid protests Trump threatens a veto as civil rights groups and police unions square-off over changing rules for use of force. by William Roberts  26 Jun 2020 US House passes sweeping police reform bill amid protests House Democrats spaced for social distancing rally for police reform on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Thursday ahead of a vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 [AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster]  MORE ON UNITED STATES Trump aide: concerns over occupied West Bank annexation overblown 4 days ago Indians worried as Trump visa order separates them from families 4 days ago Trump backtracks on meeting with Venezuela's Maduro 6 days ago US police reforms: NY unions say officers used for political gain last week Responding to the anti-police protests that have swept the United States, the US House of Representatives has passed ambitious and far-reaching legislation on police reform. ...