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Human Rights film festival held in the Netherlands

The Hague [Netherlands], May 20 (ANI): A Human Rights film festival was held in The Hague in the Netherlands on May 19 providing an oppurtunity for filmmakers and attendees, to shed light on human rights issues across the globe, through the language of films.

2022-05-20T17:19:14.372709+00:00 IST

China's illegal rosewood trade with Mali under probe

Bamako [Mali], May 20 (ANI): China's illegal and unsustainable trade in rosewood from Mali has fueled corruption and has been used as a conduit for ivory trafficking in West Africa, a new investigation has shown.

2022-05-20T07:14:41.414194+00:00 IST

SVG PM, Prime Minister Modi share 'good' friendship

Kingstown [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines], May 20 (ANI): Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi share a good friendship and get along very well.

2022-05-20T00:49:21.029163+00:00 IST

Canada to ban Huawei, ZTE from 5G, 4G networks

Toronto [Canada], May 20 (ANI): The Canadian government will ban the Chinese telecommunications giant companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G and 4G wireless networks.

2022-05-20T00:48:42.207751+00:00 IST

Since my visit to Delhi, uptake in India-SVG relation: PM

Kingstown [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines], May 20 (ANI): Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said that since his visit to India in September 2019, Delhi-Kingstown relationship has seen an amazing uptake and people have seen the benefit.

2022-05-19T21:55:34.598760+00:00 IST

Rwanda boosts COVID-19 economic recovery fund with 250 mln USD

Kigali [Rwanda], May 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Rwanda has announced an additional 250 million US dollars for the Economic Recovery Fund as part of the country's efforts to support the recovery of businesses severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022-05-19T11:26:58.271354+00:00 IST

US Senate confirms Bridget Brink as ambassador to Ukraine

Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): The US Senate by unanimous consent approved Bridget Brink to be America's ambassador to Ukraine.

2022-05-19T07:39:04.506477+00:00 IST

19 plantation workers abducted in Cameroon

Yaounde [Cameroon], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 19 plantation workers have been kidnapped in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest, according to security and local sources.

2022-05-18T15:29:36.659716+00:00 IST

Death toll in Nigeria's gas explosion rises to nine: official

Lagos [Nigeria], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): A rescue official has confirmed that nine people died and 10 others were injured in a gas explosion that occurred in the early morning of Tuesday in Nigeria's northwest state of Kano.

2022-05-18T10:12:42.629116+00:00 IST

Jamaican FM hails India-Jamaica ties

Kingston [Jamaica], May 18 (ANI): Senator and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Kamina J Smith, on Wednesday extended greetings to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind while hailing increasing technical cooperation between the two nations.

2022-05-18T08:05:29.865733+00:00 IST

India-Jamaica ties historical and longstanding: Senate President

Kingston [Jamaica], May 18 (ANI): Tom Tavares-Finson, President of the Senate of Jamaica, on Wednesday welcomed the Indian President Ram Nath Kovind's four-day visit to the Caribbean country and said this will help enhance the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

2022-05-18T05:58:38.045700+00:00 IST

Australia imposes new sanctions on Russian journalists, officials

Canberra [Australia], May 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia has included in the sanctions list a number of journalists and civil servants from Russia.

2022-05-18T02:00:34.326874+00:00 IST

African countries report 4,604 new COVID-19 cases: Africa CDC

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The African continent reported 4,604 new COVID-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Monday evening.

2022-05-16T17:48:40.513880+00:00 IST

Prez Kovind's four-day Jamaica visit starts today

Kingston [Jamaica], May 16 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind who is on a four-day visit to Jamaica arrived at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston where he recieved a rosuing welcome from the Jamaicans and the Indian diaspora.

2022-05-16T00:34:37.714279+00:00 IST

Somali lawmakers go to final third round to elect new president

Mogadishu [Somalia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Somalia is proceeding to the third and final round of voting for the election of the nation's tenth president after the previous two rounds of voting by lawmakers failed to elect a new president.

2022-05-15T22:12:04.186848+00:00 IST

Sweden, Finland proposed talks with Turkey over joining NATO

Ankara [Turkey], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden and Finland proposed to work with Turkey on the "security guarantees" that Ankara has demanded over their plans to join NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday.

2022-05-15T17:50:17.174918+00:00 IST

Somali lawmakers vote to elect new president

Mogadishu [Somalia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali lawmakers are voting on Sunday to pick the country's tenth president, finally ending the long-delayed electoral process.

2022-05-15T15:59:39.452540+00:00 IST

Iran serious in Vienna talks

Tehran [Iran], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator stressed on Sunday that although the Islamic republic is serious in the Vienna talks, it is determined not to trust "the enemy," according to Iran's Foreign Ministry.

2022-05-15T13:30:27.743801+00:00 IST

Lebanon holds parliamentary election amid economic crisis

Beirut [Lebanon], May 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanon opened polling stations for the country's general elections on Sunday amid a severe economic crisis.

2022-05-15T05:21:02.014232+00:00 IST

9 killed in road accident in Algeria

Algiers [Algeria], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed and two others were injured when two vehicles collided in the eastern province of El Oued near the border with Tunisia on Friday, the official Algeria Press Service said on Saturday.

2022-05-14T18:19:35.934779+00:00 IST

Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 11.54 million: Africa CDC

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,545,490 as of Saturday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

2022-05-14T18:19:16.705280+00:00 IST