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Taiwan chides China for 'shameless lies' over WHO participation issue
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 12 (ANI): Taiwan has criticised China for its "shameless lies" as tensions have escalated over Beijing blocking the island from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Thermo Fisher Scientific commits USD 10 million to support India's fight a
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI/PNN): Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has pledged USD 10 million as its contribution to India's fight against COVID-19. As COVID-19 cases continue to escalate, this support aims to offer cash and urgently needed product
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Israel-Palestine conflict: Death toll in Gaza rises to 32, explosions hear
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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 12 (ANI): As hostilities between Israel and Palestine continue to escalate, rocket sirens are going off across southern and central Israel while dozens of explosions have also been reported.
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Blinken speaks to Israel FM, discusses violence in Jerusalem
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Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) spoke to Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and expressed his concerns over the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine, including the rocket attacks by the latter.
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US expresses serious concern over Israel-Palestine conflict, calls for de-
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Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): The US White House on Tuesday (local time) expressed "serious concern" over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, calling for de-escalation of tensions between both countries by establishing a two-state solution.
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Israel, Palestinian supporters clash near Israeli consulate in New York
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New York [US], May 12 (ANI/Sputnik): At least a thousand pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters clashed at a demonstration near the Israeli consulate in New York City over the recent escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the sce
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Major clashes erupt in Israel's Lod, Netanyahu declares state of emergency
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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 12 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in Lod as intense rioting has erupted in the Arab-Jewish city amid escalating tensions between Israel and Palestine.
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Another woman dies in rocket strikes in Tel Aviv as Israel-Palestine tensi
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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 12 (ANI): Amid rapidly escalating tensions between Israel and Palestine, another woman was killed while dozens more were wounded as central Israel was hit by a barrage of rockets from Gaza. The number of fatalities in the rocket attacks has reached three.
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India at UNSC expresses concern at escalating Israel-Palestine conflict
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New York [US], May 12 (ANI): TS Tirumurti, Ambassador of India to the UN on Tuesday expressed concern at the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine and urged both the sides to avoid changing the status quo on the ground.
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Israel bans entry of foreign journalists to Gaza Strip through Erez border
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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 12 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions with Palestinians, Israel has banned foreign journalists from entering Gaza Strip through the Erez border crossing starting from Tuesday until further notice.
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Russia calls on Israel, Palestine to exercise restraint as violence escala
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Moscow [Russia], May 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is deeply concerned about the dangerous development of the situation in the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem and calls on Israel and Palestine to avoid steps fraught with further escalation of tension, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakh
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Pakistan should play sincere role in Afghan peace process, says President
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Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Gen. Sir Nick Carter, Britain's Chief of the Defence Staff and Head of the British Armed Forces in Kabul on Monday and discussed Pakistan's role in the peace process, and
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