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US embassy in Iraq reports minor damage by rocket strike, no casualties
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US embassy in Baghdad said on Sunday the new rocket attack on the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, which hosts diplomatic missions and government buildings, had inflicted some minor damage to its premises, not resulting in any casualties.
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Lahore's air pollution reaches 'hazardous' level
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 20 (ANI): Amid persisting cold weather and high air pollution in Lahore, the city's highest Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday was recorded at 615 near the US Consulate, categorised at 'hazardous' level.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 244 km SE of Katsuura, Japan - USGS
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 244 km SE of Katsuura, Japan at 0154 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Over 400,000 new coronavirus cases reported in US
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has confirmed a record of more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest update.
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CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sai
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US FDA probing 'about five' allergic reactions to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is probing roughly five instances of individuals having allergic reactions to Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine against COVID-19, Peter Marks, the director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Resea
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Biden to escalate Trump's policy to thwart Chinese expansionist designs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): Putting an end to all speculations and rumours over the US policy on China and Taiwan, President-elect Joe Biden signalled that it will follow Trump's policy in the region.
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Senior officials of Quad countries hold discussions on Covid-19, India-Pac
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 19 (ANI): Senior officials of Australia and foreign ministries of India, Japan and the US held a virtual meeting on Friday to review the progress of the initiatives agreed by the ministers at the second Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Tokyo on Octobe
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US blacklists 59 Chinese entities including SMIC
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The US Department of Commerce has added 59 Chinese entities to its export-control Entity List including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) for activities that undermine America's national security and foreign policy interests.
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At least 5 dead as winter storm hits US Northeast
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five people died as a winter storm hammers the US Northeast this week, the US Weather Channel reported on Thursday.
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US FDA plans to give Moderna authorisation for emergency use
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): Advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favour to recommend that the agency must give Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.
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US nuclear weapons agency hacked in massive cybersecurity breach
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, has evidence of hackers accessing their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected at least half a dozen feder
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