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US: 4 killed, multiple injured in eight-vehicle collision in Arizona
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Arizona [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people were killed and multiple others were injured Wednesday night in a crash involving a commercial truck transporting milk and seven other vehicles, authorities said Thursday.
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UK reports another 7,393 coronavirus cases
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London [UK], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported another 7,393 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,542,986, according to official figures released Thursday.
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3 killed in Houthi airstrikes in Yemen's Marib
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Aden [Yemen], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Yemenis were killed and nearly 16 others injured by airstrikes launched by the Houthi rebels against the country's oil-rich province of Marib on Thursday, a government official told Xinhua.
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Jharkhand cancels Class X, XII state board exams
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 10 (ANI): The Jharkhand government on Thursday cancelled state board exams for classes X and XII, in view of the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
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Uganda scraps controversial social media tax
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Kampala [Uganda], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda on Thursday scrapped the controversial social media tax in the 2021/2022 financial year budget.
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Namibian tribes file petition to UN over genocide deal with Germany
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Windhoek [Namibia], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of Namibian Ovaherero and Nama tribes on Thursday petitioned the United Nations (UN) to intervene over what they called an "unfair and botched" deal struck by the Germany and Namibian governments on the genocide between 1904 and 1908.
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Suicide car bombing kills 3 soldiers in northern Afghanistan
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Baghlan [Afghanistan], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Afghan soldiers and an assailant were killed and three soldiers wounded in a pre-dawn Taliban suicide car bombing in the country's northern province of Baghlan on Thursday, a local army source confirmed.
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Japan's expert panel approves plan to lift COVID-19 quasi-emergency in 3 p
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Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government's expert coronavirus advisory panel on Thursday approved a plan to lift the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in three prefectures on Sunday as scheduled, according to local media.
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Nigeria says Twitter seeking dialogue over ban
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Abuja [Nigeria], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian government on Wednesday said Twitter has made an approach for dialogue in a bid to resolve the issues leading to the suspension of its activities in the West African country.
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Global parliamentary alliance calls for reform of supply chains over force
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London [UK], June 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Group of Seven (G7) summit in UK, a cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) has called on G7 leaders to reform global supply chains in light of widespread forced labour abuses in Xinjiang region.
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Families of activists who flee China's Xinjiang pay a heavy price, says ri
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur diaspora, belonging to China's Xinjiang region, who speak publicly about the arbitrary detention of their family members or criticize human rights violations, face vague charges of terrorism by Chinese authorities, according to the Human Ri
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South African woman gives birth to 10 babies
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Johannesburg (South Africa) June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A South African woman gave birth to 10 babies at a local hospital on Monday night, said her family and the local government on Wednesday.
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