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US airports screen record number of travellers over holiday despite COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): US airports screened a record number of passengers over the Christmas holiday weekend despite warnings from top health officials about the risk of travelling amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson
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UN Rights office calls for early release of Saudi women's activist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called in a statement for the early release of prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after she was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison.
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UK COVID-19 strain may be present in US: White House
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir on Monday said that a new, faster-spreading strain of coronavirus first found in the United Kingdom is "likely" already present in the U.S., though he cautioned that officials have no evide
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'Trump must start thinking about Georgia, rather than overturning election
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 28 (ANI): In an appeal to US President Donald Trump to focus on the Senate races in Georgia rather than trying to overturn the result of the Presidential election, New York Post in an editorial has urged the president to end " this dark charade."
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Clashes in Southeastern Guinea leave 11 dead, 30 injured
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nzerekore [Guinea], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Inter-communal clashes between two ethnic communities in the southeastern Guinean city of Macenta has left 11 people dead and 30 wounded, Mohamed Ghare, the governor of the administrative region of Nzerekore, has said.
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Russia registers new single-day record of 29,935 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a new single-day record of 29,935 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 27,250 the day before, bringing the total to 2,963,688, the federal response center said on Thursday.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 24 (ANI): Media tycoon and Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner -- who was charged under the draconian National Security Law -- has been granted bail and allowed to return to his home.
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US condemns killing of Afghan independent election watchdog Yousuf Rasheed
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): The US Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on Wednesday condemned the "barbaric and senseless assassination" of Yousuf Rasheed, CEO of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA).
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Pak Court orders release of terrorist Omar Sheikh in Daniel Pearl case
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): The Sindh High Court on Thursday has directed to release terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Sheikh Adil and Salman Saqib in connection with the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
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Trump pardons 26 individuals including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) has granted clemency to Roger Stone and Paul Manafort -- two associates convicted as part of the former special counsel Robert Muller's investigation of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 Presidential
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of Hindu gi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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EU, UK to continue work on trade agreement at night: European Commission
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union and the United Kingdom will continue the work on the post-Brexit trade agreement throughout the night, chief spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer said on Thursday.
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