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Toll from flooding in Brazil reaches 57
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Jan 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the heavy rain floods in Brazil's south has climbed to 57, including 48 people killed in the most affected state of Minas Gerais, the state's civil defense office said on Monday.
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Afghan President briefed by US officials on peace talks with Taliban
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has received top US and NATO representatives in Kabul and was briefed about the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Sunday.
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Over 1,970 coronavirus cases confirmed in China, death toll at 56
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China now stands at 1,975 and the death toll from the new virus strain has gone up to 56, Chinese media reported.
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Fire in Peru's capital kills 5 people, injures over 50
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lima [Peru], Jan 24 (Sputnik/ANI): At least five people have died and more than 50 have been injured in a fire that started after a tanker truck carrying natural gas exploded in the Peruvian capital of Lima, media reported on Friday.
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UN rights expert welcomes ICJ ruling on Myanmar to protect Rohingyas
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): UN human rights expert Yanghee Lee has welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling that Myanmar must protect the Rohingya minority but emphasised that allegations of crimes against the community remain to be addressed, the Office of the Hi
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes near Alaska's Aleutian Islands
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Alaska [US], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Three US firefighters killed in Australia aircraft crash
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New South Wales [Australia], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Three US firefighters died in the crash of the C-130 aircraft in Australia's New South Wales, local media reported Thursday.
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Contact lost with firefighting plane in New South Wales, Australia
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New South Wales [Australia], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The Australian authorities have lost contact with a firefighting plane in the southeastern state of New South Wales (NSW), the regional Rural Fire Service said on Thursday.
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UK: Earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hits South Sandwich Island
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
South Sandwich [UK], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has been registered near the South Sandwich Islands in the Antarctic region, the US Geological Survey said.
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WHO emergency committee meets over coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The WHO Emergency Committee held a discussion on Wednesday over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, but it did not come to a concrete decision whether to declare a global state of emergency.
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Greece elects first-ever female president following parliamentary vote
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Athens [Greece], Jan 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Greece's Parliament elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou, former head of the State Council, as the country's first female president on Wednesday.
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Ten protesters killed over past 24 hours in Iraq's anti-government agitati
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq), Jan 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Ten protesters were killed in Iraq over the past 24 hours during mass anti-government protests, the national High Commission for Human Rights has said.
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