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UN chief denounces 'scandalously unequal' vaccine distribution
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said in his statement on two years of COVID-19 that the vaccine distribution is "scandalously unequal" because rich-country health is prioritized over the poor.
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Australian states record death cases of Japanese encephalitis
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Canberra [Australia], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) confirmed its first death of Japanese encephalitis on Wednesday amid warning of a national spread of the virus.
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China has tough targets to meet before Xi's third term begins
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Beijing [China], March 9 (ANI): A string of meetings of China's central leadership in the new year have expressed worries about the state of the country's economy. The leadership is now eager to contain any unrest over price rise and unemployment at a time when President Xi Jinping is poised
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UN human rights chief to visit Xinjiang in May
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 9 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is set to visit China in May, including a trip to Xinjiang, after reaching an agreement with Beijing.
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Amazon's business closely entwined with China, suppliers linked to forced
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Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): A report from the Tech Transparency Project said that Amazon's business is closely entwined with China and its suppliers linked to forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China.
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Malaysia reports 26,856 new COVID-19 infections, 77 new deaths
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Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 26,856 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 3,649,463, according to the Health Ministry.
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Saudi Arabia inks 22 deals with local, foreign defence firms
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Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia has inked 2.13 billion U.S. dollars' worth of deals with local and foreign defence companies at the ongoing World Defense Show in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday.
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Two soldiers, nine terrorists killed in Mali attack
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Bamako [Mali], March 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Two Malian soldiers and nine terrorists were killed in an Armed Terrorist Groups (GAT) attack on Monday in the north of the country, confirmed the Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the Armed Forces (Dirpa) in a statement released on Monda
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As Russia's isolation grows, China limits its friendship with Moscow
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Beijing [China], March 7 (ANI): Despite sharing strong ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticizing the West over the sanctions against Russia, China's President Xi Jinping has not stepped in to help Moscow.
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Amid sustained repression, Xi calls for minorities in China to 'stick toge
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Beijing [China], March 7 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged the minorities in the country to forge "ethnic unity" and a sense of community for the Chinese nation even as new laws have been introduced to repress minorities' identity.
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Palestinian PM condemns killing of Palestinian child near Jerusalem
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Ramallah [Palestine], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned on Sunday the killing of a 14-year-old boy by Israeli soldiers in Abu Dis, a town southeast of Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported.
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13 soldiers killed in bus ambush in Syria's Homs: State media
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Damascus [Syria], March 7 (ANI/Xinhua): As many as 13 soldiers were killed on Sunday when their bus was ambushed in the countryside of the Syrian central province of Homs, state news agency SANA reported.
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