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UK MPs demand boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing 'genocide' in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 20 (ANI): Calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics have been intensifying steadily due to China's human rights abuses, particularly in the Xinjiang region against the Uyghur Muslims.
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Philippines logs 2,240 new COVID-19 cases, 239 more deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Saturday 2,240 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 559,288.
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Ghana records 556 COVID-19 cases in schools after reopening
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Accra [Ghana], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Ghana has recorded 556 COVID-19 cases in 139 schools since their reopening last month, Director General of the Ghana Health Service Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said Friday.
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S. Korea reports 446 more COVID-19 cases, 86,574 in total
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 446 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 86,574.
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Turkish police detain 9 IS suspects in Istanbul
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish police on Friday launched operations against suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) and detained nine suspects, local media reported.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases near 3.8 million
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Africa], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): African countries have reported 3,799,029 COVID-19 cases as of Friday evening, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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African Union urges Somalia political class to avoid narrow partisan polit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The African Union (AU) on Friday called on the entire Somalia political class to act in the interests of Somalia by avoiding narrow partisan political interests.
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Brazil registers 51,050 new COVID-19 cases, 1,308 more deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Feburary 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 51,050 new COVID-19 infections and 1,308 deaths from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the national counts to 10,081,676 and 244,765 respectively, the Health Ministry said Friday.
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France reports 24,116 new COVID-19 cases, 328 deaths
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Paris [France], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): With 24,116 new infections confirmed in the last 24 hours, France has counted an accumulative total of 3,560,764 COVID-19 cases as of Friday, according to data from the French Public Health Agency.
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1 killed, 1 injured after plane crashes at port of Los Angeles
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Los Angeles [US], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and another was injured after a small plane crashed into a semi-tractor trailer truck Friday noon at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, authorities said.
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Left Front's priority is to bat for China: BJP
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New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Hitting out at the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) for commemorating former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, BJP on Friday said the Left Front's priority is to "bat for China".
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Bangladesh's COVID-19 death toll rises to 8,337
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 406 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths on Friday taking the tally to 542,674 and death toll to 8,337, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
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