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Duo chairs of Nepal ruling party to meet today to end deadlock
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 14 (ANI): Prime Minister and chairman of the NCP KP Sharma Oli and co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal are set to hold another round of discussion at 11 am on Friday about the possible ways to end the stalemate in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP).
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Daniel Kaluuya to star in Netflix adaptation of 'The Upper World' sci-fi n
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): British actor Daniel Kaluuya has been roped in to star in Netflix's feature adaptation of the upcoming science-fiction novel 'The Upper World'.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico surpasses 500,000
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico has increased by 7,371 within the past 24 hours and has thus reached 505,751, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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Hubble helps uncover mystery of Betelgeuse's dimming
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Garching [Germany], August 14 (ANI): New observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ejected into space, forming a dust cloud that blocked starlight comin
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France welcomes Israeli-UAE agreement on normalising relations
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): France on Thursday welcomed the Israeli-UAE agreement on normalising relations and deemed Israel's decision on suspending the annexation of the Palestinian territories as a "positive step".
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US Senate adjourns until Sept 8 without reaching COVID-19 relief deal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): The US Senate was adjourned until September without reaching a deal on a coronavirus relief package.
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COVID-19 cases in Brazil rise to over 3.2 mn
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 60,091 to 3,224,876 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.
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Trump calls arrest of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai 'terrible'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday deemed the detention of media mogul Jimmy Lai by Hong Kong police as "terrible" development and said he hates to see what's happening in the Asian financial hub.
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400 Taliban terrorists still not released by Afghan govt despite decree by
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): The 400 Taliban terrorists have still not been released despite President Ashraf Ghani signing a decree to do the same on Monday evening, sourced told Tolo News.
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Amid rising tensions with China, Taiwan unveils record defence budget
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 14 (ANI): As tensions with China escalates, Taiwan has unveiled a budget with a 10 per cent increase in defence spending for next year.
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Moscow's toll from COVID-19 rises by 11 to 4,633
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Moscow has registered 11 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 4,633, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Thursday.
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Palestine leadership denounces UAE, Israel, US agreement to normalise ties
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday denounced the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, his spokesperson said.
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