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18 terrorists killed, 9 injured in Afghanistan's Helmand
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 18 terrorists have been killed and nine others sustained injuries as security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in parts of the restive Helmand province Tuesday, said a statement of the provincial police.
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Czech Senate declares China perpetrating genocide on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], June 15 (ANI): The Czech Senate has voted unanimously on a motion labelling the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs Muslim and other ethnic and religious minorities as amounting to "genocide and crimes against humanity."
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House fire kills 6 in central Vietnam
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A house fire in central Vietnam's Nghe An province killed six people, local media reported Tuesday.
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Chile sees 6,234 new COVID-19 cases in single day
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile on Monday registered 6,234 new daily cases of COVID-19 and 97 more deaths in a day, raising the country's confirmed caseload to 1,482,663 and the pandemic death toll to 30,804.
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Brazil reports 827 more COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 827 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 488,228, the health ministry said Monday.
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One woman dead, three others injured as car rams into crowd in US Minneapo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A woman died and three people were injured when a car rammed into protesters in Minneapolis, US state of Minnesota, where a Black man was fatally shot this month during an attempted arrest, Minneapolis police said Monday.
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Gunmen kill 10 at bar in central Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Monday confirmed 10 people were killed at a local bar attacked by gunmen in the country's central state of Plateau.
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China's three-child policy won't prevent long-term trend toward lower annu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): China's recently-announced three-child policy will not help the country to drastically raise the birthrate, said a top Chinese economist, adding that the country will struggle to raise the retirement age by more than a couple of years by 2025.
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COVID-19: WHO urges countries to bridge 16 billion USD funding gap for ACT
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to close a funding gap of 16 billion US dollars for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator project, which aims to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to
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Five die in two aircraft crashes in Switzerland
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI/Xinhua): A glider and a small plane crashed in high mountains in eastern Switzerland on Saturday causing five deaths, local police said Monday.
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China's Guangzhou city postpones high school entrance exam over COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Guangdong [China], June 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Authorities in Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, announced Monday that the local senior high school entrance examination scheduled for June 20-22 would be postponed to July over COVID-19.
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Japan Airlines begins on-site vaccinations for employees
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan Airlines Co on Monday began providing on-site COVID-19 vaccinations for its employees, with the move coming a day after All Nippon Airways Co started its own inoculation drive becoming the first business in Japan to begin workplace vaccinations.
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