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Xi backs zero-COVID policy despite economic blowback
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has once again backed the zero-COVID policy, saying this coronavirus measure was formulated by the CPC Central Committee based on the Party's nature and purpose, as well as the country's national conditions.
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WHO ramps up response in Eastern Africa amid looming health crisis
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it's intensifying its operations to the looming health crisis in eastern Africa amid acute food insecurity.
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Xi Jinping reaches Hong Kong to mark 25th anniversary of return to China
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping reached Hong Kong on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China, Xinhua reported.
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Afghan grand assembly 'Loya Jirga' opens in Kabul, women debarred
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders opened in Kabul on Thursday, Xinhua reported citing the Afghan caretaker government's chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid.
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Hong Kong bars some journalists from covering official ceremonies during X
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong later this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China, Beijing has barred journalists from leading international media organizations from covering official ceremonies.
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S.Korea reports 9,595 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 9,595 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 18,359,341, the health authorities said Thursday.
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Ecuadoran president declares state of emergency in 4 provinces
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso on Wednesday declared a 30-day state of emergency in four provinces of Azuay, Imbabura, Sucumbios and Orellana, citing an escalation of violence in the indigenous protest.
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Ghanaian FM calls for urgent attention to root out insecurity in West Afri
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Accra [Ghana], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Urgent attention is required to root out insecurity in West Africa, Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said Wednesday.
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China retains zero-Covid policy while cutting travel quarantine to 7 days
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): Despite the palpable anger from the public, China on Wednesday retained its strict "zero-Covid" policy, while easing its quarantine policy for international arrivals from fourteen to seven days.
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Death toll rises to 53 from human-trafficking tragedy in US Texas
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Washington [US], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll of migrants found on Monday inside a sweltering 18-wheeler in San Antonio, a major city in the south-central U.S. state of Texas, has risen to 53 after two more migrants died, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office on We
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Leaked documents show China's plan of Uyghur repression
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Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): The leaked document, known as Xinjiang Police Files, from the internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), shows the Chinese government's plan of genocide and crimes against Uyghurs.
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Five killed, nine injured in Nigerian highway incident
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five persons were killed and nine others injured when a bus suddenly caught fire Wednesday along the Lagos-Ibadan highway linking three states in Nigeria's southwest region, the traffic police said.
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