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Taliban to open high schools for girls today
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The Taliban has allowed girls to return to high schools from Wednesday, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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Two Imran Khan-led PTI MPAs booked for staging protest in Karachi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistani police on Monday booked two Members of Pakistan Assembly (MPAs) from Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and several other party leaders for staging a protest outside the residence of a dissident PTI member of
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Biden to visit Poland to discuss Ukraine crisis
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will travel to Poland during his Europe trip to discuss international efforts to support Ukraine and impose "severe and unprecedented costs" on Russia for its invasion, the White House said in a statement.
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CEO of US-based mortgage company fires over 900 employees on Zoom call
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): Vishal Garg, the Indian origin Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of US-based mortgage provider company Better.com has fired around 900 of his employees over a Zoom call.
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Israeli Military kills 2 Palestinians, injures 1 in return fire in West Ba
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gaza [Israel], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli servicemen killed two Palestinians and injured another in an exchange of fire during attempted shelling of an Israeli army checkpoint in the northern West Bank, the Kan broadcaster reported on Friday.
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Beijing intensifies attacks on foreign media, journalists: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): China's move to ban the broadcasting of BBC World News last month for reporting on human rights violations in Xinjiang has exemplified Beijing's escalating attacks on foreign media and journalists to curb independent coverage of its government.
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EU urges China to reverse ban on BBC, says it violates Chinese constitutio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 14 (ANI): Asserting that it is strongly committed to safeguarding media freedom, the European Union (EU) said China should reverse its ban on BBC World News as it violated both the Chinese constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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US condemns China for banning BBC World News on mainland
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) condemned China for banning the broadcasting of BBC World News for reporting on issues such as human rights violations in Xinjiang and the country's handling of COVID-19.
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China bars broadcasting of BBC World News on mainland over Xinjiang, COVID
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China has barred the broadcasting of BBC World News on the mainland claiming that it has done a "slew of falsified" reporting on issues such as human rights violations in Xinjiang based on intervie
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Sri Lanka reopens schools after no COVID-19 community transmission detecte
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): All state-owned schools across Sri Lanka reopened on Monday after being shut for over a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected more than 2,800 people in the island country, the country's education ministry said.
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Five staffers of Dutch Embassy injured in Beirut explosion, says Foreign M
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Five staffers of the Dutch Embassy in Lebanon were injured in the dramatic explosion in the port of Beirut, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said.
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Mexico's coronavirus tally nears 4.5-lakh mark
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik) The overall number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico has increased to 449,961 after 6,148 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours, the country's Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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