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Five killed, nine injured in Nigerian highway incident
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five persons were killed and nine others injured when a bus suddenly caught fire Wednesday along the Lagos-Ibadan highway linking three states in Nigeria's southwest region, the traffic police said.
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Southwestern Taiwan hit by earthquakes
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 28 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the waters off southern Taiwan's Pingdong County on Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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At least 49 dead in prison riot in Colombia, says prison agency
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 49 inmates died and 30 were injured after a fire broke out during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the country's prison agency said on Tuesday.
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US: New Mexico governor issues order to protect access to abortion
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed an executive order to protect women seeking abortions and abortion providers in the southwestern state after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade Friday.
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China to relocate 17,000 Tibetan people, claims to improve living conditio
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 27 (ANI): Around 17,555 Tibetan people will be relocated away from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region under a relocation plan that aims to improve the living conditions of the people and protect the region's fragile ecosystem.
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Truck transporting garment workers overturns in Cambodia, leaving 27 injur
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A truck transporting garment workers to their factory flipped onto its side in the southwestern Kampong Speu province on Saturday morning, leaving 27 people wounded, a senior police officer said.
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Study: Elliptical craters shed light on age of Saturn's moons
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): A new study describes how unique populations of craters on two of Saturn's moons could help indicate the satellites' age and the conditions of their formation. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission, researchers have surveyed elliptical craters on Saturn's moo
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Tamil Nadu to witness rainfall, thunderstorms today
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 22 (ANI): More rains have been predicted for Chennai as well as other parts of Tamil Nadu, as the southwest monsoon has settled over the state.
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Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], June 21 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred 183 km southwest of Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS) on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: 6 Baloch rebels killed in clash with security forces
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): Six rebels belonging to the banned outfit Balochistan Liberation Front were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, a military statement said.
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Attack on passenger bus leaves two dead in SW Rwanda
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kigali [Rwanda], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Two people were killed and six injured when armed insurgents attacked a passenger bus Saturday afternoon in southwestern Rwanda, Rwandan police said.
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Study shows that Invasive species are gaining charge over American forests
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ohio [US], June 19 (ANI): Invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are found to be crowding out many native plants, according to a new botanical study in southwest Ohio.
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