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UK inflation rate hits 40-year high as energy bill soars
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 9.0 per cent in the 12 months to April 2022, the highest level since 1982, the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Wednesday.
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Bus falls into river ditch in China's Chongqing
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): A bus fell into a river ditch China's Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported citing authorities.
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Death toll in Nigeria's gas explosion rises to nine: official
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): A rescue official has confirmed that nine people died and 10 others were injured in a gas explosion that occurred in the early morning of Tuesday in Nigeria's northwest state of Kano.
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New York City lifts COVID-19 alert level to 'high'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): New York City, the largest city in the United States, raised its COVID-19 alert level from "medium" to "high" on Tuesday, as infections continue to go up in recent weeks.
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Will Xi Jinping change his close circle after securing third term?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): The fates of Chinese Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Premier Li Keqiang and five others remain uncertain as President Xi Jinping after securing his historic third term may seek to change his close circle.
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Xi moves to silence retired party members as he is set to secure third ter
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): As Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks a historic third term in power, his party has called on all the retired elderly party members to not make any "negative" political remarks and keep quiet on topics where they are in disagreement with the President.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's tall climate pledges fall flat
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Contrary to the President Xi Jinping's climate pledges to go carbon neutral by 2060, China has gone back on its promises and continues financing overseas coal projects along with planning to add more coal-fired power plants that will only add to the current car
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Germany pushes towards energy independence from Russia
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The German government's new plan seeks to encourage all segments of society to use energy more efficiently in order to reduce the country's dependence on Russian fossil fuels by next winter.
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Racism in South Africa: White student urinates on belongings of black stud
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The "racist incident" in which a student from a top South African university near Cape Town urinated on the belongings of a fellow student has led to widespread attention and condemnation in the country.
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Mongolia pledges all possible support to meet domestic food demand
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia will provide domestic producers with all support possible to fully secure the domestic demand for food, President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh said Tuesday.
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Over 260 Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers have been evacuated from the Azovstal plant in the embattled city of Mariupol, the government-run news agency Ukrinform reported Tuesday, citing Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar.
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Fevered persons in N Korea total 1.48 mln with 269,000 more cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of fevered persons in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has reached 1.48 million on Monday with around 269,000 more cases of fever, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
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