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England, Germany, Spain qualify for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2021
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Nyon [Switzerland], Aug 14 (ANI): UEFA on Thursday confirmed that England, Germany and Spain will represent Europe in the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2021.
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Global coronavirus caseload rises by over 276,000 in last 24 hrs
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases globally has increased by more than 276,000 in the past 24 hours, while over 6,900 people have died in the same period of time due to the infection, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) data.
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Global COVID-19 tally surpasses 20 million: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Nearly 214,985 new coronavirus cases were reported worldwide over the past 24 hours, and the total tally reached 20.1 million, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 pc of youth globally
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 12 (ANI): The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people with more than 70 per cent of them who study or combine study with work adversely affected by the closing of schools, universities and training centres, accord
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Asia's FIFA World Cup qualifying matches postponed until 2021
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], Aug 12 (ANI): FIFA on Wednesday announced that it has decided, along with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), to reschedule the upcoming qualifying matches in Asia for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
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WHO sends USD 1.7 million worth protective equipment to Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent to Lebanon USD 1.7 million worth of protective equipment to help fight COVID-19, as well as humanitarian aid after the deadly explosion in Beirut, the body's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu
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Laughter can act as stress buffer, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], August 9 (ANI): People who laugh frequently in their every day lives may be in a better position to deal with stressful events. However, this does not apply to the intensity of laughter, according to a recent study.
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UN experts write to China on Panchen Lama, reincarnation rules, ICT welcom
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 5 (ANI): Five UN human rights experts and expert bodies have raised concerns with the Chinese government about Tibet's "disappeared" Panchen Lama and Beijing's reincarnation rules, citing fears about Chinese interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama.
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Kashmiris suffer most at the hands of Pakistan backed terrorists, say PoK
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], Aug 4 (ANI): As people in Jammu and Kashmir are observing the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, exiled political leaders and activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have accused Islamabad of instigating unrelenting violence along the Line of Control (
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No silver bullet for COVID-19 at present, there might never be: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 3 (ANI): A number of coronavirus vaccines are now in phase three of clinical trials but "there's no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation Director-General said on Monday.
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Study suggests laughter acts as stress buffer
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], August 2 (ANI): A new study has suggested that people who laugh frequently in their every day lives may be better equipped to deal with stressful events -- although this does not seem to apply to the intensity of laughter.
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FIFA Council approves USD 1.5 billion COVID-19 relief plan regulations
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], July 29 (ANI): Bureau of the FIFA Council on Wednesday approved the USD 1.5 billion COVID-19 relief plan regulations which will support all 211 FIFA member associations and the six confederations to assist in the alleviation of the financial impact of the pandemic.
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