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Portugal to prioritize vaccination, economic and social recovery during EU
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Friday that priorities during his country's presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) would be the "success of the vaccination" against COVID-19 and the "economic and social recovery of Eur
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Ireland takes up seat on UN Security Council
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Ireland took up its seat as an elected member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for a two-year term starting from Jan. 1, 2021, said the country's Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
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US COVID-19 cases top 20 million
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 20 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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Israel vaccinates over 10 per cent of population against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus in Israel has reached more than 950,000, the state's Ministry of Health said on Friday.
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes, says sp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Scores of Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Nigerian military in the country's restive northeastern state of Borno, an official said on Friday.
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DPRK celebrates New Year with performance in central Pyongyang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A New Year performance was given at Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Thursday night with tens of thousands of people standing in the cold to embrace the New Year.
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Africa CDC envisages most African countries will receive COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director John Nkengasong on Thursday said he envisages most African countries will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines by the second half of 2021.
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Transitional Malian President pledges to hold 'unquestionably clean' elect
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Mali's transitional President Bah N'Daw pledged Thursday to hold "unquestionably clean" elections to complete the country's political transition, according to his New Year's message to the nation.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands region
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Kermadec [New Zealand], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted the Kermadec Islands region at 0120 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Myanmar President vows to carry on recovery plans to mitigate Covid impact
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar President U Win Myint pledged on Friday to continue the implementation of economic response and recovery programs to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Taiwan confirms second coronavirus variant case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan has confirmed the second case infected with a new variant of the coronavirus, according to the island's epidemic monitoring agency.
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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