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China sacks top Hong Kong envoy amid months-long protests
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 4 (ANI): China has replaced its top envoy to Hong Kong, state media reported on Saturday, in one of the most significant rejig since pro-democracy protests broke out in the city nearly seven months ago.
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Lebanon receives Interpol wanted notice for former Nissan chief
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Jan 2 (ANI): Lebanese Justice Minister Albert Serhan on Thursday announced that the Middle East country has received a red notice by the Interpol to arrest former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, the state media reported.
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Taiwan chief of general staff among 8 killed in helicopter crash
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Jan 2 (ANI): Chief of the Taiwanese General Staff Shen Yi-min was among eight killed in a military helicopter crash on Thursday, Chinese state media reported.
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9 dead as Indonesia hit by worst flooding since 2013
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Jan 1 (ANI): At least nine people were killed on Wednesday after heavy monsoon rains struck the Indonesian capital and nearby cities since New Year's Eve, triggering the worst flooding in almost seven years, submerging homes and cars, according to state media citing loca
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Abdelaziz Djerrad named Algeria's Prime Minister
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Dec 28 (ANI): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday appointed Abdelaziz Djerrad as the country's new Prime Minister, state media reported.
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10 killed as Typhoon Phanfone batters central Philippines
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 26 (ANI): At least 10 people have been killed and six others missing after Typhoon Phanfone battered several central Philippine islands on Christmas Day, before heading out to the South China Sea, state media reported citing local authorities on Thursday.
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24 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia's South Sumatra
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec. 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 24 people were killed and 13 others sustained serious injuries after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Monday night, the state media reported.
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Israel airstrikes target Iran-linked military base in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Dec 23 (ANI): Syrian air defences on Sunday night opened fire in response to missiles being fired from inside Israel, the state media reported.
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German Vice Chancellor rejects US sanctions on Russia-Europe gas pipeline
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 21 (ANI/Sputnik): German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected the new US sanctions penalising the contractors who are helping build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the state media reported on Saturday.
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12 killed in bus-truck collision in Egypt's Monufia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec. 18 (ANI): At least 12 persons were killed on Wednesday after a bus collided with a truck on the highway road in the Egyptian province of Monufia, located 65 kilometers northwest of the capital Cairo, the state media reported.
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South Sudan president agree to from unity government with rebel leader
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], Dec 17 (ANI): The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, on Tuesday said that he had agreed with rebel leader Riek Machar to form a national unity government within 100 days, the state media reported.
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Carried out 'very important test' at satellite launch site: North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 8 (ANI): North Korea said on Sunday that it has carried out a "very important test" at its key satellite launching station, its state media reported.
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