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Xi's article on socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics stresse
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 18 (ANI): An article by Chinese President Xi Jinping on socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics has stressed strengthening the legislations in key areas including national sovereignty and security, innovation, digital economy and artificial intelligence.
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S Korea reports record high of 109,831 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said Friday.
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Aussie states scrap most COVID-19 restrictions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney [Australia], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 restrictions across Australia's two most populous states are eased on Friday as cases continue to drop.
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Mass detention of Uyghurs by Chinese govt 'egregious form of settler colon
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Highlighting that the Chinese government has detained about 1.8 million Uyghurs since 2017, an anthropologist said that the mass detentions are part of China's settler colonialism and resource extraction in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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Swiss president tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has tested positive for COVID-19, said a government statement on Thursday.
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Goa schools to reopen for offline classes from Monday
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 17 (ANI): Goa government on Thursday announced the reopening of physical classes for students of classes I to XII from Monday as the COVID-19 cases have come down.
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Putin, Japanese PM discuss security talks, Ukraine over phone
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a phone conversation on Thursday to discuss the security talks between Russia and the West as well as the Ukrainian crisis.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator says deal 'closer than ever'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Vienna [Austria], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said Wednesday that Iran and relevant countries are "closer than ever" to reaching an agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal at the ongoing Vienna talks.
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World Bank 'funding campaign of repression' in Xinjiang, says report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): A new report by a Washington based think tank has accused the World Bank of "funding a campaign of repression" of Uygurs and other Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang province.
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9 killed in building collapse in Tehran
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least nine people were killed in a building collapse in the southwestern district of Iran's capital Tehran, according to local media.
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Israeli PM backs lifting COVID-19 restrictions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday backed lifting COVID-19 restrictions due to the recent decline in daily COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Taiwan reports 68 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan reported 68 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 14 of which were locally-transmitted confirmed cases, while the other 54 were imported, the island's disease-monitoring agency said.
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