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Uyghur body urges Canada to ensure boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics

Ottawa [Canada], April 5 (ANI): The Canadian government must ensure that it does everything in its power to ensure that Canada boycotts the next year Beijing Olympics if it intends to deliver on its obligations to victims of persecution, Georgia L Gilholy, Editor in Chief for Foundation for Uyghur Freedom, said.

2021-04-05T03:09:44.546810+00:00 IST

Argentina registers 9,955 new COVID-19 cases, 93 deaths

Buenos Aires (Argentina), April 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina registered 9,955 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 2,393,492, according to the country's ministry of health.

2021-04-05T02:16:55.681643+00:00 IST

Colombia reports 9,149 new COVID-19 cases

Bogota [Columbia], April 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia registered 9,149 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking its nationwide tally to 2,437,197, the ministry of health and social protection said on Saturday.

2021-04-04T08:18:11.860727+00:00 IST

Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 1 million

Ottawa [Canada], April 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's COVID-19 cases have amounted to 1,001,645, reported CTV.

2021-04-04T04:03:53.509281+00:00 IST

Niger's President appoints Mahamadou as new PM

Moscow [Russia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Niger's newly-elected President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as Prime Minister.

2021-04-04T02:37:10.237093+00:00 IST

Suez Canal Authority says shipping backlog cleared

Cairo [Egypt], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): All vessels trapped at the entrance to Egypt's Suez Canal by the grounding of a giant container ship have passed through as of Saturday, the chairman of the waterway's authority said.

2021-04-03T15:25:26.557879+00:00 IST

Mexico probes murder of 8 people beheaded in country's west

Mexico City [Mexico], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Prosecutors in Mexico's western state of Michoacan are investigating the murder of eight people, whose decapitated bodies were found in the Aguililla municipality after suspected cartel warfare.

2021-04-03T10:25:22.872276+00:00 IST

Argentina registers 9,902 new COVID-19 cases

Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina registered 9,902 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the national tally to 2,373,153, the country's ministry of health said.

2021-04-03T03:44:05.271472+00:00 IST

Nissei introduces soft serve ice cream in Japan

Tokyo [Japan], April 2 (ANI): Japanese company Nissei has introduced light yellow coloured, soft-serve ice cream to make customers happy as they taste the sophisticated sweetness and remember the traditional sweet culture of Japan.

2021-04-02T08:54:06.612030+00:00 IST

1 police officer killed, 2 injured in Taliban attack in Baghlan

Baghlan [Afghanistan], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Taliban terrorists attack a police base in the northern Baghlan province claimed the life of a police officer and injured two others on Friday, provincial police spokesman Ahmad Jawed Basharat said.

2021-04-02T07:06:50.649667+00:00 IST

Ethiopia records 2,372 new COVID-19 cases

Addis Ababa [Ethopia], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia registered 2,372 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 208,961 as of Thursday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said.

2021-04-02T06:28:57.295912+00:00 IST

Brazil records 91,097 new COVID-19 cases

Sao Paulo [Brazil], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil recorded 91,097 new COVID-19 infections and 3,769 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its nationwide tallies to 12,839,844 and 325,284, respectively, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

2021-04-02T05:04:33.221668+00:00 IST

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to arrive in India on Monday

Moscow [Russia], April 1 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit New Delhi from April 5-6, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

2021-04-01T14:30:52.672963+00:00 IST

Putin-critic Navalny announces hunger strike

Moscow [Russia], April 1 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny announced to go on a hunger strike to protest against prison officials' refusal to grant him access to proper medical care.

2021-04-01T12:41:59.649950+00:00 IST

Website of global parliamentary alliance on China suffers cyber attack

Sydney [Australia], April 1 (ANI): The global coalition of MPs of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, (IPAC) who are pushing their governments to take a strong stance against Beijing, has suffered a major cyber attack.

2021-04-01T06:01:02.548583+00:00 IST

3,869 die of COVID-19 in Brazil in past 24 hours

Brasilia [Brazil], April 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people who have died of the coronavirus in Brazil has increased by record 3,869 to 321,515 within the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.

2021-03-31T23:48:41.245020+00:00 IST

Gunmen kill 8 in separate attacks in NW Nigeria

Abuja [Nigeria], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen in separate attacks invaded three local government areas in a state in northwest Nigeria and killed eight people, an official said on Wednesday.

2021-03-31T19:20:01.708841+00:00 IST

Millions of farmers in India will benefit from new agri laws, says Oz scholar

Canberra [Australia], March 31 (ANI): Millions of farmers in India will benefit from the country's new farm laws, according to an Australian-based scholar who advised against listening to activists who gave contrary advice.

2021-03-31T18:16:42.407528+00:00 IST

Ecuador records 2,201 new daily COVID-19 cases

Quito [Ecuador], March 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador recorded 2,201 new COVID-19 infections and 34 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of cases to 327,325 and deaths to 11,912, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.

2021-03-31T00:44:32.070633+00:00 IST

Zambia's debt: Future of Chinese loan

Lusaka [Zambia], March 30 (ANI): Zambia became the first coronavirus-era debt default African nation that has borrowed heavy loans from China in recent years to fund major infrastructure projects.

2021-03-30T14:20:50.727965+00:00 IST

UN calls for unhindered access to Xinjiang over China's gross human rights violations

Geneva [Switzerland], March 30 (ANI): The United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concerns over the continuous crackdowns on the Uyghur community residing in Xinjiang, calling for unhindered access to the country to conduct fact-finding missions and urging global and domestic companies to closely scrutinise their supply chains.

2021-03-30T11:34:45.740417+00:00 IST