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Japan's Foreign Minister regrets COVID outbreak at US military base in Oki
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed his regrets to the commander of US Forces Japan, Ricky Rupp, that American military personnel did not take COVID-19 tests before arriving in Japan, leading to an outbreak at the military base,
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Dozens feared missing after landslide in Myanmar jade mine: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], December 22 (ANI): Dozens of people are feared missing following a landslide on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Japan executes three death row inmates, first under PM Kishida: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 21 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday executed three people who were on death row, marking the first time the death penalty was carried out under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, Kyodo news agency reported.
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7th term polls of Legislative Council concluded in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 19 (ANI): The election for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) closed late Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Iran narrows down differences with IAEA: Spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said talks between the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have made progress on narrowing down differences, official IRNA news agency reporte
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Afghanistan: One killed, two injured in Kabul blast
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 14 (ANI): One person was killed and two others injured after a blast occurred in Afghanistan's Kabul on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency, quoting deputy interior minister Mohammad Ezam, reported.
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Bomber kills himself, injures 8 at Russian monastery
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI/Xinhua): A 18-year-old man set off an improvised explosive device at a monastery in a local suburb, killing himself and injuring eight others on Monday, TASS news agency reported.
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Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in Aomo
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): An avian flu outbreak has been registered in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori, with 7,000 birds slated for extermination, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
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Cuba detects its first Omicron infection
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Cuban state news agency ACN reported on Wednesday night.
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Over 100 million Japanese get at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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Tokyo [Japan] December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 100 million Japanese have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, with vaccination thus reaching 79% of approximately 126 million Japanese, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing Wednesday's data from the government website.
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Kuwait's Health Ministry confirms first Omicron infection: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Medics in Kuwait reported the first Omicron infection in a European citizen who arrived in Kuwait from an African country where a spread of the Omicron strain has been confirmed, Kuwait's Health Ministry representative Abdullah Al-Sanad told the Kuwait
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Russia, India to discuss military-technical cooperation during Defence Min
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Moscow [Russia], December 5 (ANI): Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov has said that Russia and India will hold a meeting of the inter-governmental commission on military-technical cooperation and negotiations between the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries in the 2+2 format on Decem
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