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Ethiopia declares state of emergency to protect civilians from Tigray rebe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian cabinet has declared a state of emergency across the country as part of measures to protect the civilian population from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), national media reported on Tuesday.
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Head of Sudanese sovereign council declares emergency, dissolves governmen
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared a state of emergency and dissolution of the council and the government on Monday.
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Japan to end COVID-19 emergency measures nationwide this week: Suga
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government will end this week the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 prefectures as well as the quasi-state of emergency in other areas, as the number of infections declined steadily, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesda
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One dead, 12 injured as 5.8 magnitude quake hits Greece's Crete
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], September 28 (ANI/Xinhua): A state of emergency was declared on Monday in the Heraklion region of the Greek island of Crete after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the area earlier in the day left one person dead, 12 injured and hundreds without shelter, Greece's Climat
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Japan may lift state of emergency by end of September: Health Minister
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government believes it is possible to lift the state of emergency in many of the prefectures where it is currently in effect because of the coronavirus pandemic, Health Minister Tamura Norihisa said on Sunday.
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Biden declares state of emergency in Louisiana over storm Nicholas
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden has declared a state of emergency in the southeastern state of Louisiana in connection with tropical storm Nicholas raging across the region, the White House said.
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Japan eyes extension of COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo, other prefec
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] September 7 (ANI): The Japanese government is eying to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency in the capital city along with some other prefectures as the increasing cases of the deadly pandemic are putting strain on the health system of the country.
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Emergency declared in New York amid 'record-breaking rain', flooding
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 2 (ANI): A state of emergency has been imposed in New York as the city witnessed the record-breaking rain brought by the remnants of the Ida tropical storm.
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Japan to extend COVID-19 state of emergency in 5 prefectures, 3 more added
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese government will prolong the state of emergency in Tokyo and five more prefectures, expanding it to cover three more prefectures, in a bid to halt a recent flare-up in COVID-19 cases, the Asahi newspaper reported on Monday.
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Myanmar's junta must return elected govt, respect democratic will of peopl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], August 3 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday (local time) condemned the extension of the state of emergency in Myanmar and said that the junta must hand back control to an elected government and respect the democratic will of the people of the country.
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Myanmar's military leader declares himself Prime Minister, says elections
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 2 (ANI): Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing declared himself prime minister of the country on Sunday saying he plans to be in charge for two years during an extended state of emergency before holding an election in 2023, reported The Hill.
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Japan declares state of emergency till August 31 to prevent spread of COVI
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 31 (ANI): Japan on Saturday declared a state of emergency to Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa Prefectures and applied priority measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures till August 31.
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