Author: PTI

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid his respects to Chairman Mao Zedong’s embalmed body today in a rare gesture ahead of China’s celebration of 70 years of Communist rule. Xi and other top Chinese officials visited Mao’s mausoleum — located in the heart of Beijing in Tiananmen Square — and bowed three times to the late leader’s statue.

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Top aides to Donald Trump sought Sunday to turn the tables on Democrats pushing for his impeachment, insisting the president was the true ‘”whistleblower” in urging Ukraine to investigate the son of rival Joe Biden for corruption. Trump’s Republican allies have closed ranks as he battles the deepest crisis of his presidency, flatly denying he abused his power and seeking to discredit the anonymous whistleblower who exposed the scandal.

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Turkey’s air force downed an unidentified drone on the Syrian border after it breached Turkish air space multiple times, the defence ministry said. The drone detected near the border by the military intruded into Turkish airspace six times before it was finally shot down by F-16 jets.

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