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One killed, two injured in plane crash in Kenya

Nairobi [Kenya], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and two others sustained burn wounds following a plane crash on Monday evening in Ndabibi area, Naivasha, about 90 km northwest of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the police confirmed on Tuesday.

2021-07-13T11:24:48.844576+00:00 IST

Multiple people killed in Canada crane collapse

Ottawa [Canada], July 13 (ANI): July 13 (Xinhua): Multiple people were killed and three others wounded after a crane collapsed in Kelowna city of Canada's British Columbia province Monday, according to Global News.

2021-07-13T09:16:26.944143+00:00 IST

Sputnik V to be produced at SII from September: RDIF

Moscow [Russia], July 13 (ANI): The first batch of Sputnik vaccine is expected to be produced at Serum Institute of India (SII)'s facilities in September, said Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the country's sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday.

2021-07-13T08:30:11.011226+00:00 IST

Raul Castro participates in political bureau meeting on protests in Cuba: Communist Party

Mexico City [Mexico], July 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Raul Castro, a former first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, has participated in a meeting of the party's political bureau that was dedicated to the recent protests in the country, the party has said.

2021-07-13T07:38:53.419861+00:00 IST

All pending proceedings against Mehul Choksi will be kept in abeyance, says his lawyer

New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): All pending proceedings related to illegal entry against Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi to Dominica will be kept in abeyance till he gets a medical fitness certificate ( medically fit) to return from Antigua, said his lawyer Vijay Aggarwal on Tuesday adding that it was a case of forced entry.

2021-07-13T07:00:15.109304+00:00 IST

Bus plunges into ravine in Bolivia, killing 24

La Paz [Bolivia], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 24 people died and another 10 were injured after a public transportation bus plunged into a ravine more than 100 meters deep in the southern Bolivian department of Chuquisaca, police and medical workers said on Monday.

2021-07-12T23:27:46.207752+00:00 IST

Dominica HC grants interim bail to Mehul Choksi on medical grounds

Roseau [Dominica], July 12 (ANI): The Dominica High Court on Monday granted interim bail to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi on medical grounds.

2021-07-12T17:04:33.476283+00:00 IST

Qatar aspires to enable inter-Afghan dialogue for fair conflict resolution

Doha [Qatar], July 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani confirmed at a Monday meeting with US special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, Doha's commitment to facilitate the inter-Afghan dialogue to achieve peace, according to a press statement.

2021-07-12T15:26:49.964758+00:00 IST

Pakistan 'cannot dictate to us', says Taliban spokesperson

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Amid the uncertainty surrounding the peace prospect in Afghanistan ahead of fast approaching deadline of US troop's withdrawal, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen has said Pakistan is welcome to help the group arrive at a negotiated settlement but it "cannot dictate to us or impose its views on us."

2021-07-12T10:23:50.853013+00:00 IST

Korea imposes social distancing level 4, industries in crisis of 'COVID-19 Shutdown'

Seoul [South Korea], July 12 (ANI/Global Economic): As the Korean government decided to impose the highest level of social distancing (level 4) throughout the Seoul metropolitan areas from Monday due to the fourth wave of COVID-19, the industries are also in an emergency.

2021-07-12T05:47:40.866186+00:00 IST

Is Phuket's tourism sandbox the solution to re-opening Thailand?

Singapore, July 12 (ANI): Thailand opened up its resort island of Phuket on July 1 to vaccinated foreign tourists in the first test of how travel in the immediate post-COVID era might look like. Many tourism dependent countries who have sealed their borders since the start of the pandemic are looking on to see if this is a template they can copy.

2021-07-12T03:46:08.738001+00:00 IST

Turkey's offer to secure Kabul airport could prove to be a very risky business

Nicosia [Cyprus], July 12 (ANI): The proposal made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to US President Joe Biden last month on the sidelines of a NATO summit that Turkey could undertake the security of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan could be a bargaining chip for improving Ankara's relationship with Washington but given the resurgence of the Taliban it could turn into a nightmare in the long run, unless it is handled very skillfully and with the utmost caution.

2021-07-12T03:37:47.450693+00:00 IST

Muttahida Qaumi Movement stages protest in Canada against Imran Khan, Pak Army

Toronto [Canada], July 12 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Canada has staged a protest against the military establishment of Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan for threatening to target party founder Altaf Hussain.

2021-07-12T03:34:03.978978+00:00 IST

Chile records 2,330 new daily COVID-19 cases

Santiago [Chile], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile recorded on Sunday 2,330 new COVID-19 infections and 110 more deaths in one day, to a total of 1,587,478 cases and 33,877 deaths.

2021-07-12T00:42:06.798857+00:00 IST

11 kidnapped after gunmen attack in northwest Nigeria, say police

Lagos [Nigeria], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said on Sunday a group of unidentified gunmen attacked a town in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state, kidnapping 11 people, including a traditional ruler.

2021-07-11T22:01:43.570327+00:00 IST

Bulgaria votes for parliamentary elections second time in three months

Sofia [Bulgaria], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Bulgarians all over the world went to the polls, a second time in three months on Sunday to vote in the country's early parliamentary elections.

2021-07-11T08:49:10.079165+00:00 IST

Sputnik V gives 90 pc protection against Delta strain of COVID-19: Scientist

Novosibirsk [Russia], July 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Viral vector and mRNA vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V, provide enough protection against the new Delta strain of the coronavirus, Head of the Novosibirsk State University's Laboratory and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Sergey Netesov told Sputnik.

2021-07-11T05:45:43.477430+00:00 IST

President of Haitian Senate says his swearing-in as interim leader postponed

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], July 11 (ANI/Sputnik): President of the Haitian Senate Joseph Lambert, who was nominated as the interim leader by the Senate on Friday, says his swearing-in has been postponed.

2021-07-10T22:26:11.779773+00:00 IST

Ethiopia ruling party scores landslide victory in general elections

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party won more than 400 out of 436 parliamentary electoral constituencies of the June 21 general elections, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on Saturday.

2021-07-10T21:25:13.518571+00:00 IST

Morocco's COVID-19 tally rises to 541,405 with 1,566 new cases

Rabat [Morocco], July 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 541,405 on Saturday as 1,566 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.

2021-07-10T18:13:39.006293+00:00 IST

Jaishankar, Georgian PM discuss trade, connectivity to take economic ties to higher level

Tbilisi [Georgia], July 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday held a comprehensive discussion with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on a range of issues relating to trade, connectivity considered as key to resilience in a globalized world and expressed the need for greater economic cooperation.

2021-07-10T14:00:12.615640+00:00 IST