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7.3 magnitude quake hits Macquarie Island region
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney [Australia], May 19 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted the Macquarie Island region at 1013 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Rwanda boosts COVID-19 economic recovery fund with 250 mln USD
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kigali [Rwanda], May 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Rwanda has announced an additional 250 million US dollars for the Economic Recovery Fund as part of the country's efforts to support the recovery of businesses severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Azerbaijan, Lithuania sign pact to boost bilateral relations
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], May 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Azerbaijan and Lithuania on Wednesday inked a pact aimed at enhancing bilateral relations in a number of areas.
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Chinese people 'unhappy' under Xi Jinping's authoritarian regime
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): Chinese citizens continue to remain in an unhappy state and face the totalitarian regime of the Chinese Communist Party while it openly declares its dominance of the legal system and also rejects judicial independence.
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World Bank, UN grant 10 million USD to mitigate impacts of Beirut port bla
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A new 10 million U.S. dollars grant will help Lebanon mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the Beirut port explosions on the neighboring population and support Beirut's reconstruction, the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday.
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19 plantation workers abducted in Cameroon
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Yaounde [Cameroon], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 19 plantation workers have been kidnapped in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest, according to security and local sources.
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Ukrainian president proposes extending martial law, general mobilization
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed to the parliament to extend the current martial law and general mobilization in the country, the state-run Ukrinform news agency reported Wednesday.
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UK inflation rate hits 40-year high as energy bill soars
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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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