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Xi's friendship with Putin truly 'knows no limits'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): The latest telephonic exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 15 highlights the growing ties between the two countries in the wake up of Ukraine conflict.
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COVID-19 cases rise 23 pc in Britain, with London a hotspot
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain's new COVID-19 cases have jumped by 23 per cent in just a week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Friday.
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18 dead in stampede while crossing into Spanish enclave
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Death toll climbs to 18 in a stampede as more than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, Moroccan official news agency MAP reported.
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Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong, his first trip outside China since COVID be
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Hong Kong next week to mark the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to China, the leader's first trip outside the country since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Uyghur American elected as chairman of US Commission on International Reli
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, who was born in Kashgar in a detention camp during China's Cultural Revolution was unanimously elected chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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UN chief calls for action to help internally displaced persons
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday launched an action agenda to galvanize efforts to help internally displaced persons.
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Canada's job vacancies reached one million in April
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Employers in Canada were actively seeking to fill about one million vacant positions at the beginning of April, up 44.4 per cent from the same period of the previous year, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
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UN body seeks USD 993 million to prevent famine, tackle drought in Somalia
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Friday that it's seeking 993.3 million US dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.
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Denmark to cut electricity tax to curb energy prices
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Denmark will temporarily reduce the tax on electricity starting from the fourth quarter of this year as a means of "compensation to citizens for its rising energy prices".
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One militant killed, two soldiers injured in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon
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Yaounde [Cameroon], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Two soldiers have been injured and one Boko Haram fighter killed in clashes in Cameroon's Far North region, army and local sources said on Friday.
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5 killed in stampede trying to breach Morocco's border into Spanish enclav
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried on Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, causing a stampede that killed five of them, official news agency MAP reported.
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Singapore reports 6,516 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Singapore, June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 6,516 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,397,074.
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