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Malaysia reports 3,321 new COVID-19 infections, 8 new deaths
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,321 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,467,061, according to the health ministry.
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2 killed, 14 injured in Brazil aircraft crash
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Sao Paula [Brazil], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two people died and 14 were injured on Wednesday after a light aircraft crashed in Brazilian city of Boituva, authorities reported.
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Azerbaijan sees steady decline in daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Azerbaijan has seen a steady decline in daily COVID-19 cases and death rate since March this year, with only 13 new cases reported on Wednesday taking its total to 792,651.
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Sweden boosts defence ties with UK ahead of NATO membership decision
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden strengthened its defence and security ties with Britain with a "political declaration of solidarity" on Wednesday, ahead of the country's historical decision on its NATO membership.
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Sri Lankan president to appoint new PM this week
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that he will appoint a new prime minister within this week.
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As China welcomes UN rights chief's upcoming visit, all eyes on Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming visit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to the country's Xinjiang province this month amid reports of human rights abuses in the northwest region.
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WHO chief targetted on Weibo, WeChat, for calling China's zero-Covid polic
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been targeted on Chinese social media platforms after he questioned the sustainability of the country's zero-Covid policy.
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Brazil's ex-president Lula leads election polls
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the lead in the polls ahead of general elections in October, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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6.7-magnitude quake hits 87 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 jolted 87 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina at 23:06:28 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Death toll from Havana hotel blast rises to 42
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from last week's explosion at a historic hotel in downtown Havana climbed to 42 on Tuesday, after two more bodies were recovered from the rubble, official sources said.
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China's zero Covid strategy to defeat pandemic not 'sustainable': WHO chie
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said that China's "zero-COVID" strategy isn't sustainable given the virus' ever-evolving nature.
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UN reports surge in conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Juba [Sudan], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Cases of conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in South Sudan compared to the same period in 2021 despite an overall decrease in violence against civilians, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said in a report released Tuesday.
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