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Australia's capital has become the first part of the country to legalize recreational marijuana for personal use. The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly voted on Wednesday to legalize possession by adults of up to 50 grams (1.8 ounces) of dried marijuana and cultivation of two marijuana plants beginning January 31. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2lt49S2

The foreign office said in a statement on Wednesday that the letter, alongwith a detailed factsheet and comprehensive annexures highlighted the "illegal, unilateral, coercive" Indian actions of August 5. The Indian government revoked the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two union territories. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mAMb05

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The deputy commissioner of the foreign ministry office in Hong Kong, Song Ru'an, acknowledged Wednesday that there have been problems and difficulties in implementing the "one country, two systems" framework under which Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mErTT7

Trump's acknowledgment of pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, who served on the board of directors of an energy company in Ukraine has prompted a showdown with Congress, as Democrats said they would proceed with a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mv3yze

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China's Communist Party has defied the odds to retain firm control of power for 70 years, adapting to a changing world to outlast its comrades in the Soviet Union. Mao launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966, a movement to demolish his political rivals which also turned into a disaster, with youthful Red Guards wreaking havoc across the country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mz8RxB

Israel's election committee published final results from last week's election on Wednesday that gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud an additional seat, but which did not change the deadlock the country faces. The final results from the September 17 vote gave the rightwing Likud 32 seats compared to Benny Gantz's centrist Blue and White's 33 in the 120-seat parliament. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mEfMFF

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is among four people named Wednesday as the winners of a Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel." Thunberg is being recognized "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts," the prize foundation said. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mBADty

The explosive device was attached to the entrance of the office of President Ghani. A security source told Sputnik that three civilians - "one child, one woman and one elder man" - were killed and seven others were injured in the blast, which occurred late on Tuesday night. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2lp8iGE

Prime Minister Modi and President Trump met on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session here - their fourth meeting since Modi came to power for a second term in May this year. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mCQ845

Prime Minister Modi and President Trump met on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session here - their fourth meeting since Modi came to power for a second term in May this year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mCQ845

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Tuesday's earthquake levelled homes and shops and split open roads in an area between the towns of Jhelum and Mirpur to the north, which is in Pakistan's portion of the disputed territory of Kashmir. At least 24 people were killed and 450 injured in an earthquake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2l0RbKY

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African swine fever is harmless to people, but having it spread from farms to densely populated areas would make it harder to contain. The illness is highly contagious and fatal for pigs, with no known cure. In South Korea, where diets rely heavily on pork, there is concern the outbreak could spread and hurt an industry with 6,300 farms raising more than 11 million pigs. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mwwqXR

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back at on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump's comment that "she seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!" Thunberg has changed her Twitter biography to: "A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future." from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mAFfQg

Conservatives led by rookie Andrew Scheer edged into the lead against beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, which shed support to smaller leftist rivals less than a month from Canada's general election, according to polls Tuesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2n4am7l

China marks 70 years of Communist rule next week, with a massive military parade in Beijing anchoring celebrations of its emergence as a global superpower, despite a damaging year of trade tensions with the US and pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2kSBghA

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday joked that if some British members of parliament had their way Brexit would be an endless process like the torment of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2kVZcAH

Thunberg's dominant status in the climate movement is easy to explain, say those who have met the 16-year-old high school student, who is taking a year off from her studies. "She's done something that seems so unusual: a school strike. School is a very important thing for kids all around the world," said Jennifer Morgan, the executive director of Greenpeace International. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2mVAD7A

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she is launching formal impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump has largely been welcomed by the president's advisers, who believe it could backfire against Democrats. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2lyNEUr