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Brisbane ends lockdown after no new COVID-19 cases detected
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): A three-day lockdown of Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane will be lifted after no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 were recorded over the weekend, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed Monday.
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Was the ending of Qatar's blockade a victory, or does it signal the end of
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Nicosia [Cyprus], January 11 (ANI): Last Tuesday, during a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain announced that they were ending the air, land and sea boycott of the state of Qatar. The summit issued a solidarity statement in which all s
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N Korea's Kim Jong-un elected General Secretary of ruling Workers' Party
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea has elected Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un as the General Secretary of the party following the decision to change the party's Executive Policy Council into Secretariat, the state-run Korean Central
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 90 million
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], January 11 (ANI): The global coronavirus cases have surpassed the grim milestone of 90 million cases and 1.93 million deaths as per the latest update by Johns Hopkins University.
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Hong Kong accuses West of 'double standards' for condemning mass arrests
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 10 (ANI): As the US, UK, Australia and Canada jointly condemned the mass arrests of over 50 politicians and activists in Hong Kong under Beijing's draconian National Security Law, Hong Kong has responded stating that the security law applied to every person in the city and
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Democrats demand answers from Justice Dept about Trump's role in Capitol H
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Members of the Democratic Party have demanded more information from the leaders of the US Department of Justice regarding what the department is doing to investigate and prosecute the attack on Capitol Hill including the role of outgoing President Donald Tr
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Pelosi urges Democrats to return to DC this week amid Trump's impeachment
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Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her Democratic colleagues in the lower chamber to prepare to return to Washington this week amid talks of impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time over his role in inciting the mob that breach
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Nepal cabinet recommends ending of winter session of National Assembly
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Kathmandu [Nepal], January 10 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday conducted an emergency cabinet meeting at his residence in the Nepali capital.
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Pashtun leaders arrest triggers protests in Washington
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Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Dozens of activists rallied in front of the residence of the Ambassador to Pakistan in Washington, DC on Saturday afternoon against the arrest of lawmakers and leaders of a civil rights movement, campaigning for Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun minority.
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Kazakhstan holds legislative elections on January 10
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 10 (ANI): Elections are taking place today in Kazakhstan to the Mazhilis, the lower House of Parliament, as well as the Maslikhats, local representative bodies. 98 members of parliament are selected from nationwide party lists that pass the 7% threshold, whil
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Pakistan's Covid-19 tally crosses grim milestone of 500,000
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Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): With the Covid-19 situation worsening in Pakistan, the number of coronavirus infections in Pakistan has crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 cases on Sunday as 2,899 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Argentina
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has occurred in Argentina's northwestern province of Jujuy, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said Sunday.
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