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1 killed, 7 injured in outdoor festival shooting in US' Oklahoma
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Oklahoma [US], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting at an outdoor festival early Sunday near Tulsa in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, authorities said.
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Uyghur athletic trainer detained by Chinese authorities: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): An Uyghur athletic trainer who worked in northwestern China's Xinjiang region was arrested by Chinese authorities 5 years ago owing to his leading role in the Uyghur society, reported Radio Free Asia.
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37 dead, 5,000 displaced in heavy rains in Brazil
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Rio De Janerio [Brazil], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 37 people were killed and about 5,000 others displaced in northeastern Brazil due to heavy rains, authorities said on Saturday.
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Mexico confirms first imported case of monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexican health authorities on Saturday confirmed the country's first imported case of monkeypox, which was detected in the capital city.
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Punjab CM directs to promote e-office for more transparency in public deli
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 28 (ANI): In a major step to bring more transparency to the public delivery system, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday directed the authorities to promote digitization through e-office in official functioning and reduce the burden of document man
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Train travel in Pakistan likely to get costlier
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): Amid the recent hike in fuel prices in Pakistan by the Shehbaz Sharif government, Pakistan Railways (PR) is likely to raise its fares soon enough. The authorities have already forwarded recommendations to increase fares by 15 to 20 per cent.
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8 killed in east China landslides
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Fuzhou [China], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed after two buildings collapsed due to landslides triggered by downpours on Friday in Wuping County, east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said Saturday.
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Majority of China's aged population remains unvaccinated; critics suspect
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): The fact that several elderly people over the age of 60 have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 in China might be a deliberate action by Chinese authorities to leave the aged people out of the protection radar, considering them to be a burden on its economy.
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Pakistan police open multiple criminal investigations into four journalist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 27 (ANI): Pakistani authorities must immediately drop their investigations into journalists Sami Abraham, Arshad Sharif, Sabir Shakir, and Imran Riaz Khan, and refrain from arresting and targeting journalists in retaliation for their work, the Committee to Protect Journali
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Facing critical human rights challenges, Afghanistan at a crossroads, says
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 27 (ANI): The newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said today the country faced serious human rights challenges and urged the de facto authorities to take the path that brings stability and freedom to al
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Tanzania issues alert over monkeypox as outbreak reported in Europe
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Tanzanian health authorities late Wednesday issued an alert over the reported outbreak of monkeypox in some countries in Europe.
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Tibetan monks forced into taking blame for destroyed statues in Drago
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 26 (ANI): The Chinese authorities in Sichuan province are forcing the Tibetan monks in Drago County to take the blame for the destruction of sacred statues last year after the reports of destruction flourished in the international community.
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