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Recovery delayed as international travel remains locked down: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 29 (ANI): Global passenger traffic will not return to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2024, a year later than previously projected, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.
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Record high of 284,196 COVID-19 cases push global count to over 15.2 milli
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The global cumulative coronavirus tally increased by a record high of 284,196 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total count to over 15.2 million, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its daily situation report on Friday.
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Pompeo's comments on WHO 'untrue', 'unacceptable': Tedros Ghebreyesus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 24 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday commented on US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo's recent criticism of the organisation, calling it "untrue" and "unacceptable".
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Anita DeFrantz assumes office as 1st vice-president of IOC
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 23 (ANI): Former Olympian Anita DeFrantz took office as the first vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday.
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WTO General Council grants Turkmenistan observer status
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkmenistan was granted observer status by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council on Wednesday.
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Switzerland expands COVID-19 quarantine list to 42 countries
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Switzerland is broadening its list of countries with a high risk of COVID-19 starting on Thursday, bringing the total number to 42, the country's health authority said on Wednesday.
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UKPNP condemns abduction and killing of PoK resident in Islamabad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad/Zurich [Pakistan/Switzerland], July 22 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has strongly condemned the abduction and killing of a resident from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in Islamabad and demanded that culprits be brought to justice.
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Muhammad Ali's original Atlanta 1996 Olympic torch donated to IOC
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 22 (ANI): On the occasion of a visit to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters on Tuesday, former Chief Executive of the Formula One group Bernie Ecclestone donated the iconic original torch which Muhammad Ali lit the cauldron in the Olympic Stadi
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AEHRF 'deeply perturbed' by upward swing in racial discrimination, Xenopho
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 21 (ANI): Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF), a Delhi-based NGO with ECOSOC status, has expressed dismay on the rising cases of racial discrimination and Xenophobia in some parts of the world.
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International Olympic Committee elects John Coates in VP role
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 18 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday elected John D. Coates and Ser Miang Ng as vice-presidents and Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski and Gerardo Werthein as members of the IOC executive board.
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Tokyo Organising Committee confirms all venues, competition schedule for O
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 18 (ANI): The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee on Friday announced that all the venues intended for the Games in 2020 have been secured for next year, and confirmed the sports competition schedule.
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Tokyo Olympics hockey schedule: India men to play against NZ, women to tak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 17 (ANI): International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday announced the schedule for the postponed Tokyo Olympics according to which Indian men's team will play against New Zealand on July 24 while the women's side will compete against the Netherlands in their op
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