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7 killed in military plane crash in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven persons were killed after a military plane crashed in Abuja, Nigeria's capital on Sunday, a spokesperson said.
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Malaysia receives 1st batch of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, boosting its capability in the fight against the pandemic.
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Australia begins coronavirus vaccinations
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become one of the first Australians to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
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Brazil exceeds 245,000 deaths from COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 245,977, the Ministry of Health said Saturday.
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3 rockets hit airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Katyusha rockets on Saturday landed on an Iraqi military airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.
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UK MPs demand boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing 'genocide' in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], February 20 (ANI): Calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics have been intensifying steadily due to China's human rights abuses, particularly in the Xinjiang region against the Uyghur Muslims.
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Philippines logs 2,240 new COVID-19 cases, 239 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Saturday 2,240 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 559,288.
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Ghana records 556 COVID-19 cases in schools after reopening
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Ghana has recorded 556 COVID-19 cases in 139 schools since their reopening last month, Director General of the Ghana Health Service Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said Friday.
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S. Korea reports 446 more COVID-19 cases, 86,574 in total
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 446 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 86,574.
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Turkish police detain 9 IS suspects in Istanbul
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish police on Friday launched operations against suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) and detained nine suspects, local media reported.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases near 3.8 million
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Africa], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): African countries have reported 3,799,029 COVID-19 cases as of Friday evening, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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African Union urges Somalia political class to avoid narrow partisan polit
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The African Union (AU) on Friday called on the entire Somalia political class to act in the interests of Somalia by avoiding narrow partisan political interests.
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