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5.0-magnitude quake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Caledonia [France], March 25 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted southeast of the Loyalty Islands at 07:08:07 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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H&M faces backlash in China for refusing to purchase cotton from Xinji
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 25 (ANI): Swedish multinational clothing retailer H&M is facing a backlash within China for refusing to purchase cotton producing in Xinjiang, where the Communist government is carrying out atrocities on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities; termed as "genocide" by
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Around 20,000 remain stranded by flooding in eastern Australia
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], March 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Around 20,000 people remained stranded by major flooding in eastern Australia on Thursday, with water levels yet to drop in some parts despite an end to the rain.
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Facebook disrupts Chinese hackers' operation targeting Uyghurs, journalist
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 25 (ANI): Facebook has taken action against a group of hackers in China who were targeting dissidents, mostly Uyghurs from Xinjiang province, the company's Cyber Espionage team said on Wednesday.
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UK records another 5,605 coronavirus cases, 98 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], March 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 5,605 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,312,908, according to official figures released Wednesday.
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Germany's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 75,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 death toll in Germany climbed to 75,212 as 248 new deaths were recorded in one day, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Wednesday.
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Oman reports 741 new COVID-19 cases, total up to 153,105
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omani Health Ministry on Wednesday announced 741 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the sultanate to 153,105, the official Oman News Agency reported.
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China ramps up rhetoric in sanctions' dispute with West
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has ramped up the rhetoric in its sanctions dispute with the US, European Union and their allies, saying the sanctions were imposed to smear China.
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Indonesia reports 5,227 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 118 new deaths
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,227 within one day to 1,476,452, with the death toll adding by 118 to 39,983, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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4 killed, dozens injured in bus attack in northeastern Kenya
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four passengers were killed and dozens of others injured early Wednesday when a bus ran over a roadside improvised explosive device in northeastern Kenya's Mandera County, local authorities said.
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3 die in quake in China's Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], March 24 (ANI): At least three people have died in a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that jolted Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang on early Wednesday morning.
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Members of European Parliament condemn human rights abuses in China
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 24 (ANI): The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Tuesday reiterated their serious concerns regarding human rights abuses in China, particularly the persecution of the Uyghur minority in the province of Xinjiang.
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