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Taiwan to ban entry of foreigners for 1 month amid new COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Taiwan plans to prohibit foreigners without local residency from entering the island for a month from Wednesday, as its daily local COVID-19 infections reached a new peak of 333 new cases on Monday.
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One dead, three missing after Chinese sand dredger capsizes in Taiwan Stra
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 16 (ANI): One person died while three went missing after a Chinese sand dredger capsized around 60 nautical miles southwest of Qimei Island in Taiwan on Saturday.
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Indonesia reports 2,385 new COVID-19 cases, 144 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 2,385 within one day to 1,736,670, with the death toll going up by 144 to 47,967, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Taiwan chides China for 'shameless lies' over WHO participation issue
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
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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Five people injured in stabbing attack in Southern New Zealand
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dunedin [New Zealand], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Five people, including the suspected offender, were injured in a stabbing attack in New Zealand's city of Dunedin on the South Island's southeast coast, the national police said on Monday.
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China eyes World War II-era airstrip in archipelago of Kiribati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tarawa [Kiribati], May 10 (ANI): China is eyeing the World War II-era airstrip in the archipelago of Kiribati, deep in the Pacific, positioned just 1,800 miles from Hawaii.
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Fiji - US Geological Survey
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has been registered near the Fiji island nation, the US Geological Survey said.
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G7 warns China not to 'escalate' tension with Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 6 (ANI): The Group of Seven (G7) nations have called for a greater engagement with Taiwan and warned China not to escalate cross-strait tensions following a spike in military manoeuvres around the self-ruled island.
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Coast Guard apprehends Myanmarese poachers in Indian Exclusive Economic Zo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has apprehended four Myanmarese poachers fishing illegally in Indian waters off Barren Island, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
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NASA celebrates Asian American, Pacific Islander heritage month
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): With a belief to unite a workforce inclusive of employees from diverse background, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (NASA) has already given a number of prolific scientists to the world; and the month of May has been dedicated to celebrating the co
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India Navy helps in evacuating 75-year old Covid patient from Lakshadweep
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 30 (ANI): The Indian Navy extended its facilities at Naval Air Station, INS Garuda for the air evacuation of a 75-year-old COVID patient from the island of Kalpeni in Lakshadweep to Kochi for treatment.
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China issues landscape survey of Diaoyu Islands amid tensions with Japan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China] April 29 (ANI): China has released a landscape survey of a group of islands administered by Japan to reinforce its territorial claims in the East China Sea region amid tensions with Tokyo.
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