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COVID surge in Beijing compounds challenge for China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 27 (ANI): While the pandemic situation in China's financial hub Shanghai is yet to stabilize, coronavirus has also spread to Beijing, posing a major challenge for the Chinese government.
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Xi asks Chinese officials to enter economic race with US
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed officials to ensure that the country's economic growth outpaces that of the US this year.
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Food crisis in China revives memories of Mao-era famine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 27 (ANI): Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is going back to the days of Mao Zedong's extreme communism and bringing back the memories of the famine in Mao's era.
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Israel's measures increase tension, undermine two-state solution: Palestin
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Tuesday said that the Israeli measures in the Palestinian territories would increase tension and undermine the two-state solution.
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Shanghai reports 1,606 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 27 (ANI): China's economic hub Shanghai on Tuesday reported 1,606 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 11,956 local asymptomatic carriers, Xinhua reported citing the municipal health commission as saying on Wednesday.
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Humanitarian situation in Syria dire amid economic crisis: UN official
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire amid a worsening economic crisis, said Joyce Msuya, the deputy UN relief chief, on Tuesday.
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Putin, UN chief meet to discuss Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian President Vladimir Putin met with visiting United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the Kremlin on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
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Georgia reports 62 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Tuesday reported 62 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 1,654,375, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
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China's economy slows down, unemployment rises
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 26 (ANI): China's economy has slowed down, with consumption slumping and unemployment rising partly due to the COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and the restrictions on private enterprise, media reports said.
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British lawmakers warn against "invisible crime" of drink spiking
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Drink spiking in Britain's bars and night clubs and at music festivals will remain an "invisible crime" unless action is taken, a new parliamentary report warned on Tuesday.
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500,000 people displaced by drought in Somalia in three months: UNHCR
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia in the first three months to March, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
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Kenya lifts ban on scrap metal trade
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Kenya Tuesday lifted its ban on the trade of scrap metal that was put in place in January in order to curb vandalism of critical infrastructure.
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