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Indonesia's strong quake causes massive damage, 2 injured
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Over 900 houses and buildings were destroyed, and two people were wounded after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's capital Jakarta and its surrounding provinces on Friday, disaster agency officials said on Saturday.
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Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 2.7 million
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 20,036 new COVID-19 cases Friday noon, raising its national total to 2,706,977 cases with 31,306 deaths, according to local media CTV.
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Portugal logs highest daily COVID-19 deaths in 10 months
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal reported 34 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Friday, the highest daily toll since March 3, 2021. The country has had 19,237 fatalities since the start of the pandemic, Portugal's Directorate-General for Health (DGS) said.
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Bus accident claims 8 lives in east Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and another severely injured after a bus lost one of its tyres in motion and somersaulted several times on a highway in Nigeria's eastern state of Taraba, said the police on Friday.
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Myanmar reports 3 more Omicron cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported three more cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the tally to 66, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
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Indonesia reports 850 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Friday confirmed 850 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's tally of infections to nearly 4.27 million, according to the Indonesian Health Ministry.
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Putin to attend Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday.
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Philippines logs 37,207 new COVID-19 cases, highest since outbreak
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 37,207 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest one-day case count since the outbreak, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,129,512.
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Chinese mainland reports 143 locally transmitted coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 14 (ANI): The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 143 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday, reported Xinhua.
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Former Japanese PM Toshiki Kaifu passes away
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu passed away this month, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Friday.
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Germany's daily COVID-19 infection record hits new high
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Germany hit a new record of 81,417, around 17,000 more than a week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Thursday.
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'Whole South Africa playing against XI guys': Controversial DRS call irks
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], January 13 (ANI): Team India was visibly irked after a controversial Decision Review System (DRS) call which helped South Africa skipper Dean Elgar get his LBW decision overturned in the ongoing fourth innings of the Cape Town Test here at Newlands.
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