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Some 100 people arrested a day in London for domestic violence during coro
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): In the six weeks up to April 19, officers across London had made 4,093 arrests for domestic abuse offences -- nearly 100 a day on average -- and domestic abuse calls have risen by around a third in the last six weeks, Xinhua news agency reported citing data from
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British PM Boris Johnson to return to work on Monday
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work in 10 Downing Street on Monday, about two weeks after leaving a London hospital in his fight against the novel coronavirus, Xinhua news agency stated after citing British media reports on Saturday night.
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Parts of Europe re-open for business as first step towards 'new normal' po
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 15 (ANI): As many countries in Europe believe they are seeing a flattening of the coronavirus curve or a plateau, a gradual re-opening of businesses is taking place, albeit, with caution, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Swearing in ceremony of 3 Israeli lawmakers amid coronavirus scare
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Mar 16 (ANI): Three Israeli lawmakers were sworn into the new parliament on Monday afternoon, without the formation of a new government after the elections again produced inconclusive results, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Police shoot dead man holding 3 persons hostage in autonomous Chinese regi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Police officers in the autonomous Chinese region of Inner Mongolia in the north of the country have shot dead an armed man who was holding three people hostage, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police.
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Iraq: IS attack in Salahudin leaves 4 policemen dead
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 22 (ANI): Four policemen were killed in an attack by terrorists belonging to the Islamic State group at a police outpost in Iraq's central province of Salahudin on Saturday, a security source told Xinhua news agency.
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4 killed, 6 injured in Somali hotel attack
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somali], Dec 11 (Sputnik/ANI): At least four people were killed and six others were injured in an attack by militants on a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu on Tuesday evening, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a police source.
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Iraq: Gunmen open fire on demonstrators in Baghdad; 16 killed, 47 injured
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 7 (ANI): The death toll in an attack by unidentified gunmen on demonstrators in a rally in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Friday rose to 16, a security official told Xinhua news agency, adding that as many as 47 people were injured in the incident, some of whom are in critical
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Iraq: 6 killed in three blasts across Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 27 (ANI): At least six people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries in three separate blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, an official at the country's Interior Ministry told Xinhua news agency.
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Xinhua condemns vandalisation of its Hong Kong bureau
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 3 (ANI): Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency on Saturday strongly condemned what it called "savage behaviour" of the protesters in Hong Kong after its Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau office building was vandalised during the anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous
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26 children killed in Liberia school fire
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Monrovia [Liberia], Sept 18 (ANI): At least 28 people, including 26 children, lost their lives after a fire broke out in a school near the Liberian capital on Wednesday, an emergency official told Xinhua news agency.
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3 killed following riot between soccer fans in Honduras
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tegucigalpa [Honduras], Aug 19 (ANI): At least three people lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when clashes broke out between fans of rival soccer clubs in the Honduran capital on Saturday night (local time), Xinhua news agency reported.
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