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Aussie states scrap most COVID-19 restrictions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney [Australia], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 restrictions across Australia's two most populous states are eased on Friday as cases continue to drop.
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Swiss president tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has tested positive for COVID-19, said a government statement on Thursday.
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Putin, Japanese PM discuss security talks, Ukraine over phone
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a phone conversation on Thursday to discuss the security talks between Russia and the West as well as the Ukrainian crisis.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator says deal 'closer than ever'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Vienna [Austria], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said Wednesday that Iran and relevant countries are "closer than ever" to reaching an agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal at the ongoing Vienna talks.
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9 killed in building collapse in Tehran
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least nine people were killed in a building collapse in the southwestern district of Iran's capital Tehran, according to local media.
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Israeli PM backs lifting COVID-19 restrictions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday backed lifting COVID-19 restrictions due to the recent decline in daily COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Taiwan reports 68 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan reported 68 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 14 of which were locally-transmitted confirmed cases, while the other 54 were imported, the island's disease-monitoring agency said.
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Chile declares state of emergency in north due to migratory crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Santiago [Chile], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Wednesday declared a constitutional state of emergency in four northern provinces, granting special powers to the Armed Forces to control irregular migration along the border.
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Gunmen attack kills 5 soldiers in Yemeni oil field
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Aden [Yemen], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five Yemeni government soldiers were killed Wednesday in an attack launched by unknown gunmen against an oil field in the country's oil-rich province of Marib, a security official told Xinhua.
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Ukraine hit by unprecedented cyberattacks: minister
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], February 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The cyberattacks that hit Ukraine's government websites and banks on Tuesday were the largest in the country's history, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said on Wednesday.
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Dutch govt lifts most COVID-19 measures as country returns to "normal"
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], February 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers on Tuesday announced a "return to normal" in the Netherlands by lifting most measures against the spread of COVID-19.
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European embassies in Kiev remain operational: EU ambassador
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], February 15 (ANI/Xinhua): European Union embassies in Ukraine remain operational, said the EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas.
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