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Daily record of 307,900 coronavirus cases confirmed globally: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI): The number of coronavirus cases confirmed across the world in the past 24 hours stands at a record high of nearly 308,000, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Execution of wrestler Navid Afkari by Iran 'deeply upsetting': Internation
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], September 13 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday said that the execution of Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari is "deeply upsetting".
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Romantic partners influence each other's goals in long term, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 12 (ANI): Romantic partners over the long term are more likely to influence each other's goals, according to a recent study. This means that what one partner in a two-person relationship wishes to avoid or achieve, so too does the other partner.
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UNHCR shocked by series of fires at Greece's Moria Refugee Camp
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is shocked to learn of the series of devastating blazes at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Shabia Mantoo, a representative for the agency, said at a press briefing in the Swiss city of Gen
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IOC establishes International Safeguarding Officer in Sport Certificate
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the establishment of a dedicated 'international safeguarding officer in sport certificate' as a part of its ongoing efforts to promote athletes' safety and wellbeing.
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Romantic partners influence each other's goals, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9 (ANI): Over the long term, romantic partners influence each other's goals -- that is, what one partner in a two-person relationship wishes to avoid or achieve, so too does the other partner, according to a new study.
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UN expresses concerns over violence against journalists, human rights acti
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday expressed its concern over the increasing instances of threats of violence against journalists and human rights activists in Pakistan.
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WHO panel on response to COVID-19 pandemic to begin work Tuesday: Tedross
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], September 07 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) review committee established to assess the performance of its International Health Regulations during the global coronavirus pandemic will begin its work on Tuesday, the health body's director-general, Ted
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COVID-19 vaccine distribution expected to start in Mid-2021: WHO Chief Sci
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The large-scale global distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 is not expected until mid-2021, the World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan told a press briefing on Friday.
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UN experts: Pakistan must end enforced disappearance of human rights defen
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): UN human rights experts today called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
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Researchers analyse whether consciousness is continuous or discrete
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 3 (ANI): A team of researchers has now done a detailed analysis of two major theories: Is consciousness continuous, where we are conscious at every single point in time, or is it discrete, where we are conscious only at certain moments of time?
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Sluggish improvement in global air passenger demand continues in July: IAT
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that global air passenger demand in July measured in revenue passenger kilometres continued at critically low levels -- 79.8 per cent below July 2019 levels.
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