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Typhoon Chaba makes landfall in China's Guangdong
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guangzhou [China], July 2 (ANI): Chaba, the third typhoon of the year, made landfall in the coastal area of Maoming City in south China's Guangdong Province at around 3 p.m. Saturday, Xinhua reported.
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Five killed, 49 injured as three quakes rock Southern Iran
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five people were killed and another 49 injured as three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 shook Iran's southern Hormuzgan province early on Saturday, the Fars news agency quoted an emergency official as saying.
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Afghanistan: Grenade attack on religious school injures 8
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Eight people were injured after unknown elements threw a hand grenade into a religious school in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing local media.
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Hamas welcomes UN report that calls for lifting Israeli siege on Gaza
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Gaza [Palestine] July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Friday welcomed a UN report that called for the immediate ending of the siege that Israel has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since 2007.
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New Zealand reports 6,460 community cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 6,460 community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.
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COVID-19 infections on the rise in Germany due to BA.5 variant
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): COVID-19 infections have been steadily growing in Germany mainly due to the spread of Omicron variant BA.5, which now accounts for almost 66 per cent of all infections, according to data released on Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectio
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Italy's COVID-19 transmission rate rises for 4th consecutive week
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Rome [Italy], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Italy's COVID-19 transmission rate has increased for the fourth consecutive week, according to a weekly government report released Friday.
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Brazil assumes rotating presidency of UN Security Council for July
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for July.
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4.3 magnitude quake hits China's Xinjiang region
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Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted China's Xinjiang region, at 3:29 am on Saturday, according to National Center for Seismology.
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Reporter wearing UK flag raincoat removed during 25th anniversary of Hong
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Hong Kong, July 2 (ANI): A female reporter, who was wearing a raincoat with the UK national flag on the 25th-anniversary event of Hong Kong's transfer from British to Chinese rule, was removed by the police.
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Death toll rises to 53 in Colombian prison fire
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of inmates who died after a fire broke out on Tuesday during a prison riot in the Colombian town of Tulua rose to 53, local health authorities said Friday.
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UAE president meets senior Chinese diplomat to discuss bilateral ties, coo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday met with visiting senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi to discuss bilateral ties and ways to boost cooperation.
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