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3 killed, 7 injured as quake hits Indonesia's Bali
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed and seven others suffered broken bones with another one still buried under the rubble of a building after a 4.8-magnitude quake damaged houses in Indonesia's resort island of Bali early Saturday.
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3 in 10 people globally do not have basic handwashing facilities at home:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Globally, around three in 10 people, or 2.3 billion, do not have handwashing facilities with water and soap available at home, said the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday.
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Iraqi president calls for calm amid dispute over election results
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraqi President Barham Salih on Friday called on objectors to Sunday's early election results to calm down and resort to law to preserve the country's stability.
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Can US ensure Taiwan's sovereignty without entering into war: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 16 (ANI): A threat looms around the US about a danger of war with communist China over Taiwan, reported local media.
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Georgia's COVID-19 cases top 6,50,000
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Friday reported 3,270 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 652,677, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
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UN funds conservation of indigenous knowledge, biodiversity in Kenya
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday disbursed 30 million shillings (about 270,500 U.S. dollars) to 12 community-based organizations for conservation of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge in Kenya.
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Finnish govt decrees nationwide use of COVID-19 passport
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland] October 15 (ANI/Xinhua) As of October 16, the European Union's (EU) Digital COVID Certificate - also known as the COVID-19 Passport - will be used nationwide in Finland, the country's authorities said on Friday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 8.41 mln
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,414,571 cases as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Singapore reports 3,445 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 3,445 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally in the country to 141,772, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.
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Four migrants dead, 21 missing as boat sank off Spanish coast
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Four migrants have died and another 21 people are still missing as the boat they were travelling with sank in rough seas on Thursday night, Spanish Maritime Rescue services confirmed Friday.
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Denmark to start offering COVID-19 booster shots to those over 65
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Aarhus [Denmark], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Denmark begins the second phase of its revaccination program next Monday in an effort to protect the vulnerable from COVID-19 infection, the Danish Health Authority (SST) said in a press release on Friday.
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COVID-19: Sri Lanka begins vaccinating senior school students
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan health authorities on Friday began administering the COVID-19 vaccines on school students between the ages of 18 and 19 with the Pfizer doses amidst a large-scale vaccination program ongoing in the country since January.
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