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Cuba detects its first Omicron infection
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Cuban state news agency ACN reported on Wednesday night.
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New Zealand launches smokefree action plan to curb smoking
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand on Thursday launched a smokefree action plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than five per cent for all population groups by 2025.
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US House passes bill to ban imports from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill by a vote of 428 to 1 banning imports from China's Xinjiang made with forced labour and threatening sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for persecuting the minority community.
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China is world's biggest captor of journalists: Reporters Without Borders
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 9 (ANI): At least 127 journalists are currently under detention in China for reporting on 'sensitive' topics, said Reporters Without Borders while adding that the country is the world's biggest captor of journalists.
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Pele returns to hospital after tumour removal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazilian football legend Pele has returned to the hospital to continue his treatment for a colon tumour.
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France faces new records in daily COVID-19 infections
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France on Wednesday saw a new daily record of infections since November 2020 with 61,340 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.
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Burkina Faso's prime minister dismissed
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, said a presidential decree published Wednesday evening.
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Israel extends quarantine length for Omicron patients
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's health ministry on Wednesday announced the extension of the quarantine period for those who tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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UK records more than 51,000 new coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 51,342 new COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,610,958, according to official figures released Wednesday.
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Indonesia reports 264 new COVID-19 cases, 16 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Wednesday confirmed 264 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,258,340, according to the country's Health Ministry.
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Tension grips Yemen's oil-rich Shabwa amid large demonstrations
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Tension continued to escalate on Wednesday as large Yemeni demonstrations were staged across the oil-rich southern province of Shabwa in the war-ravaged Arab country, a security official told Xinhua.
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UN chief asks for generous donations to global emergency response fund
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for generous donations to the world body's global emergency response fund.
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