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ISL: Chennaiyin FC co-owner Abhishek Bachchan lauds decision of fielding s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Chennaiyin FC (CFC) co-owner and Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan welcomed the Indian Super League's (ISL) decision of fielding seven Indian players in the playing XI and believes it will encourage and provide a platform to more young Indian footballers to
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Philippines logs 5,414 new COVID-19 cases, death toll tops 23,000
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported Wednesday 5,414 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,332,832.
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More dead marine life washes ashore in Sri Lanka after burning of containe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The carcasses of five dolphins and 31 sea turtles had been found along the western coast of Sri Lanka after the burning of X-Press Pearl cargo ship in the seas off the Colombo Port, Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife Conservation said.
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6.1-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Wednesday, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency said.
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New York lifts COVID-19 restrictions, planning celebrations
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday announced the immediate lifting of major COVID-19 restrictions across the state as 70 per cent of adults in the state have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
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UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding of four others carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.
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3 soldiers killed in roadside bombing in eastern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Iraqi soldiers were killed Tuesday in a roadside bomb explosion in the eastern province of Diyala, a local source said.
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US COVID-19 deaths cross 600,000-mark
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States reached the grim milestone of 600,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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Population growth of Han faster than ethnic minority Uygur in China's Xinj
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): The Han population in China's western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, according to a report in South China Morning Post.
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Belgian Parliament passes motion recognising genocide against Uyghurs in C
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): The Belgian Parliament on Tuesday passed a joint motion recognising 'crimes against humanity' and a 'serious risk of genocide' being perpetrated against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, becoming the sixth parliament to acknowledge the genocide against Uyghur
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Thailand's COVID-19 cases surpass 200,000
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand's COVID-19 caseload topped 200,000 with 3,000 new cases reported on Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a new surge of infections.
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Japan's lower house votes down no-confidence motion against PM Suga's Cabi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted down a no-confidence motion against Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet jointly filed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and three other opposition parties
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