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North India continues to face cold wave conditions, respite unlikely this
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Severe cold witnessed in several parts of North India is likely to continue for the next few days, with several parts of the national capital recording two to three-degree drop in temperature on Wednesday.
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Trump presses Senate Republicans to support USD 2,000 stimulus payments
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up calls on Republicans to approve USD 2,000 coronavirus stimulus handouts, repeal a law that protects big tech companies and stop alleged election fraud after the Senate leader promised the chamber w
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Online signature campaign launched to demand justice for Karima Baloch
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada] December 26 (ANI): An online signature campaign has been launched to demand justice for Karima Baloch, a human rights activist who was found dead mysteriously early this week in a lake in Toronto city.
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BHRC to hold vigil for activist Karima Baloch in Toronto
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], December 26 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) of Canada will hold a vigil here on Saturday in the memory of rights activist Karmina Baloch, who was found dead early this week in suspicious circumstances.
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Oli inducts 8, reassigns 6 Ministers on board after dissolving parliament
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 25 (ANI): KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of now caretaker government, on Friday inducted eight new ministers while a portfolio of six ministers has been reassigned. Oli made changes on board the Cabinet after dissolving parliament earlier this week which had led a
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First case of new Covid-19 strain detected in Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Lebanese health authorities have recorded the first case of a new COVID-19 strain in an individual who arrived from the United Kingdom this week, Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan said on Friday.
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Nepal PM reshuffles Cabinet, inducts 5 new ministers after dissolving parl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 25 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has inducted five new ministers into his Cabinet on Friday evening. A total of seven ministers resigned from their post earlier this week after Oli took the decision to dissolve the Parliament.
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'My term was only meant to be 6 weeks': Jim Carrey steps down from playing
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): Ahead of this week’s episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’, American actor Jim Carrey - who has been portraying President-elect Joe Biden on the beloved sketch comedy series during season 46 - announced that he will not be portraying Biden
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At least 5 dead as winter storm hits US Northeast
Updated : 5 years, 5 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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Star-Lord revealed to be bisexual in latest 'Guardians of the Galaxy' comi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): Marvel comics revealed this week that Star-Lord who is the lead character of the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' comic series has been depicted as being in a queer relationship.
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Huawei's role in developing surveillance products including 'Uyghur alarm'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): The revelation this week of Huawei's role in testing artificial intelligence surveillance technology, which includes a face-scanning camera system that can send an "Uyghur alarm" to police after detecting a member of the group, has sparked an international
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US military confirms retaliatory air strike against Taliban in Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The US forces here has conducted an airstrike against the Taliban, as the terror group attacked an Afghan army checkpoint in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar earlier this week.
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