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Typhoon Mitag to make landfall in Taiwan today
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Sept 30 (ANI): Typhoon storm Mitag is likely to make a landfall in Taiwan on Monday as a result of which authorities have ordered the closure of offices and schools in eight counties and cities in Taiwan, local media reported.
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Polls in N Korea to elect new deputies for local assemblies
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], July 21 (ANI): Hundreds of people across North Korea are voting on Sunday to choose new deputies for local assemblies of provinces, counties and cities in the country, in an election widely viewed as a formality in the totalitarian state.
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Skiers from 3 countries to achieve new feat in Lahaul-Spiti
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Lahaul and Spiti District (Himachal Pradesh), June 4 (ANI): A group of skiers, from three different counties, are set to achieve a new feat.
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Eating more rice could be protective against obesity: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 1 (ANI): Obesity levels are substantially lower in countries that consume high amounts of rice, while counties with lower average rice intake have higher obesity levels, recent findings suggest.
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Immigration is beneficial to economies: Study
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 12 (ANI): Contrary to what Donald Trump might endorse, according to a recent study counties with more historical immigration have higher incomes, less poverty, and lower unemployment today.
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US: Votes in Texas being flipped by voting machines, claim voters
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Texas [USA], Oct 28 (ANI): Voting machines in Texas are switching single ticket ballots cast for either the Democratic or the Republican Party, voters from around 80 counties in the southern US state have claimed.
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Online intervention helps teen moms beat the blues
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): An online programme persuaded teenage mothers across 10 Kentucky counties to seek medical help for depression, highlighting an inexpensive way to increase mental health treatment rates for the vulnerable group, according to a University of Louisville study
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California deadly wildfires : 17 dead, 2000 buildings destroyed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
California [U.S.A.], Oct 11 (ANI):Wildfires raging across broad swaths of Northern California have killed at least 17 people, hospitalised hundreds, and destroyed an estimated 2,000 buildings, as hundreds of firefighters battled to control the flames.
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People denied entry post Trump travel ban can reapply for visas
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 2 (ANI): People, who were denied entry to the United States in spite of carrying valid visas under President Donald Trump's first travel ban, can now reapply for visas to enter the country.
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US, Russia differ over Trump, Putin's election meddling talk
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hamburg [Germany] Jul 8 (ANI): Following the reports of the US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussing the issue of meddling in the elections, the diplomats of both the counties argued over what both the leaders actually said to each other.
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Pakistan to open Torkham, Chaman border crossings on March 7 and 8
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 6 (ANI): Pakistan said it has decided to open border crossings with Afghanistan at Torkham and Chaman on March 7 and 8 to allow people, visiting the two counties on valid visas, to return.
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CSA powerless to stop England player drain, admits Haroon Lorgat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 13 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has admitted that the cricket board cannot do anything on the mass departure of players leaving South African shores, adding they are powerless to prevent players joining English counties on Kolpak deals.
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