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At least 23 police officers injured during Black Lives Matter protests in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 23 police officers were injured in past several days during ongoing protests against racism and police brutality in London sparked by George Floyd's murder in US' Minneapolis city in late May, Jo Edwards, a police superintendent, said.
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Iraq extends curfew amid rise in COVID-19-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced on Saturday that the country's authorities decided to prolong curfew in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 after 33 new deaths were registered over the past day, the prime minister's press service
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Bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 2 Border Guards
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Two Afghan border guards were killed after a police car was hit by a roadside bomb in Pakistan-bordering eastern Paktia province, a security source told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Indonesia confirms record COVID-19 daily increase of 993 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Indonesia has confirmed 993 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since the outbreak, amid the gradual lifting of quarantine measures across the country, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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11 Taliban members killed, 6 injured in clashes in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban members were killed and six others were injured as a result of clashes with police officers in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, local police said on Saturday.
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15,000 agitators gather for anti-racism rally in Sydney as ban on protest
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 15,000 people gathered in Australia's Sydney as organisers of 'Black Lives Matter' rallies against racism and police brutality have won a last-minute appeal to reverse a ban on holding the event over the pandemic, media reported on Saturday.
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4 of Florida family, including 2 kids, heading for funeral in Indiana, kil
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Atlanta [USA], June 6 (ANI): As many as five people- four members of a Florida family, including two siblings, aged 4 and 6, as well as the pilot - were killed when a small one-engine plane crashed in the area near Lake Oconee in north Georgia on Friday (local time), Sputnik reported citing
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US charges Chinese manufacturer for exporting defective respirators - Just
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): A Chinese company was charged for sending nearly 500,000 defective masks to the United States that were misbranded as N95 respirators, the US Justice Department said in a statement.
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French troops kill head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Mali - Defen
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Abdelmalek Droukdel, head of the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb terror group, has been killed by French troops in northern Mali, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said.
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Africa COVID-19 tally exceeds 1.68 lakh cases, toll over 4,700
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 168,464 and at least 4,700 people have died due to the infection, World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
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COVID-19 global tally tops 6.4 million, death toll surpasses 380,000: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has risen by nearly 130,000 in the past 24 hours to 6.4 million, and the death toll has topped 380,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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GNA forces establish control over Tripoli International Airport
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], June 4 (Sputnik/ANI): The forces of Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) have regained complete control of Tripoli International Airport from the Libyan National Army (LNA), the GNA's military spokesperson Mohammed Kanunu said on Wednesday.
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