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US calls to end internet blackout in Myanmar's two states
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 30 (ANI): The United States on Saturday called for an end to a mobile internet shutdown in two strife-torn states in Myanmar, saying that the restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest.
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Nepal: Foreign TV channels taken off-air for a day to protest new legislat
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jun 24 (ANI): Shoyeb Khan, a cricket enthusiast, missed watching the World Cup Cricket 2019 match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh on Monday owing to a channel blackout organized by the Nepali Cable operators as a mark of protest against a new legislation.
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10 injured after blast rocks military hospital in Rawalpindi, claim Twitte
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Jun 24 (ANI): At least 10 people were allegedly injured after a "huge" blast rocked a military hospital here on Sunday, according to Pakistani Twitter users.
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Massive blackouts leave 55 million people without electricity in S America
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 16 (ANI): South American countries like Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay were left in a complete blackout on Sunday due to a "massive failure" in an electrical interconnection system, according to Edesur which is a Buenos Aires-based electricity distributor.
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Venezuela crisis: Over 3 lakh children forced to live in neighbouring coun
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Apr 30 (ANI): The United Nations on Monday said that nearly 327,000 children from Venezuela are living as migrants and refugees in Colombia due to lack of healthcare and education facilities in their own country.
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Venezuela's Chief Justice wants Guaido's parliamentary immunity removed
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Apr 2 (ANI): Venezuela's Chief Justice Maikel Moreno has requested to strip National Assembly President Juan Guaido of his parliamentary immunity, alleging that he had violated a travel ban by visiting Colombia in February.
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Maduro vows to protect Venezuela's 'key' infrastructure
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Mar 16 (ANI): Still in the throes of a political crisis, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to make "powerful changes" in the national government's working, to protect the "strategically important key infrastructure" of the Latin American nation.
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Power finally restored in Venezuela, says Information Minister
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Mar 14 (ANI): Venezuelan Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez on Wednesday (local time) said that the massive power outage, that led to a prolonged nationwide blackout, has been completely restored.
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China offers to restore power in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 13 (ANI): China on Wednesday offered help to restore Venezuela’s power grid amid the blackout that continued for the sixth day in the South American nation on Wednesday.
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Maduro declares victory as blackout ends
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Mar 13 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared victory after restoring electricity in most of the Latin American nation, which has been in the grips of a blackout since last week.
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Power recovery will come 'little by little', says Maduro
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Mar 12 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro remarked that the country would recover “little by little” from the electricity disruption. amidst widespread power outage in the nation.
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USA will withdraw remaining personnel from embassy in Venezuela: Pompeo
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 12 (ANI): The United States will be withdrawing its remaining personnel from its embassy in Venezuela this week, according to US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
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