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S.Korea reports 50,568 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 50,568 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,194,616, the health authorities said Friday.
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Xi Jinping set to secure historic third-term as China's President
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th National Congress is likely to re-elect General Secretary Xi Jinping for a historic third term, setting a new precedent for the country.
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With surge in fresh infections, Shanghai reports 5,487 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 29 (ANI): China's economic hub Shanghai on Thursday reported 5,487 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 9,545 local asymptomatic carriers, Xinhua reported citing the municipal health commission as saying on Friday.
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China asks Sweden to respect 'religious beliefs' of Muslims despite being
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): China, which is listed among the worst human rights abusers in the world by the Human Rights Watch, has asked Sweden to respect the "religious beliefs" of Muslims and other minority groups, protect their lawful rights and interest, said a media report.
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Radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl plant within safe range: IAEA
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chornobyl [Ukraine], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Radiation levels at the exclusion zone of Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which Russian forces had controlled for weeks before withdrawing in late March, have remained within the safe range, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa
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132 die of measles in Republic of Congo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brazzaville [DR Congo], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 132 people have lost their lives due to contracting measles out of 6,259 cases recorded as of April 24 throughout the Republic of the Congo, Congolese Health Minister Gilbert Mokoki said Thursday.
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UN urges emergency development measures in Lebanon amid crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Najat Rochdi, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, urged Lebanese authorities on Thursday to adopt emergency development measures amid the current humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, a statement by Lebanon's Council of Ministers reported
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Foreign Ministers of Iran, Pakistan discuss bilateral ties
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called for a boost in ties between the two neighbours, Iran's Foreign Ministry website reported on Thursday.
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China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is using its diplomatic heft with countries in Central, West, and South Asia to hunt down and target Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities who have taken refuge abroad, a media report said.
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Malaysia reports 3,471 new COVID-19 infections, 6 more deaths
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,471 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,440,383, according to the health ministry.
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2 killed, 43 injured after bus overturned in Egypt's Sinai
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two people were killed and 43 others wounded on Wednesday after a bus overturned in Egypt's South Sinai Province, the Egyptian Health Ministry announced in a statement.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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