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UN allocates over USD 35 million to aid refugees leaving Tigray region
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated USD 35.6 million to provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the OCHA said in a statement on Thursday.
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Nearly 40 US states file new anti-trust lawsuit to end Google's 'illegal m
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New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of 38 states has filed a new anti-trust lawsuit against Google aimed at ending the internet search giant's "illegal monopoly", New York Attorney-General Letitia James said in a statement on Thursday.
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New York embraces major winter storm
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI/Xinhua): New York City has been experiencing a wallop of heavy snow, strong wind, and hazardous travel conditions since Wednesday afternoon as the Northeast and mid-Atlantic areas are hammered by winter storm Gail.
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Quarter of world may not have access to coronavirus vaccine until 2022, st
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI): Coronavirus vaccinations may not reach a quarter of the world's population until 2022, according to researchers who reported on Tuesday.
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China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists am
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [China], December 16 (ANI): China, which has arrested several journalists for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the world's worst jailer for the second year in a row, according to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent press freedom advocacy
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UN Chief appalled by record number of jailed journalists in 2020
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appalled by the findings of a new report by an international watchdog that the number of imprisoned journalists hit a new high this year, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing
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Somalia cuts off diplomatic relations with Kenya
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Mogadishu [Somalia], December 15 (ANI): Somalia on Tuesday severed diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing it of meddling in its internal political affairs weeks before a crucial general election, The New York Times reported.
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Tipping scales in men's grooming, New York style barbershop 'Chop Shop' op
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): If you are looking for upkeep on your 9-month-old lockdown beard or are just venturing out for a crisp haircut and fade, your options are sparsely spread, between the neighbourhood barber's chair and that exotically named salon.
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India successfully shouldered its responsibility as pharmacy of world amid
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New York [US], December 15 (ANI): India emerged as a net provider of health security and successfully shouldered its responsibility as the pharmacy of the world, said Vikas Swarup, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West) at the UNGA Special Session on COVID-19 on Tuesday.
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UN condemns assault on school, children's kidnappings in northern Nigeria
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New York [US], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has denounced the recent attack on a boarding school in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina and the abduction of hundreds of boys.
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UNSC voices concern over military escalation, food insecurity in Yemen
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New York [US], December 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday voiced concern over military escalation and food insecurity in Yemen.
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No civilians struck during New York cathedral shooting, Bible found
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New York [US], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): No civilians appear to have been injured in the shooting in front of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea told reporters.
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