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S.Korea reports 68,632 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 68,632 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 19,077,659, the health authorities said Friday.
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Over 1,000 killed in Spain's heatwave
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Spain's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,047 people died in this year's second heatwave as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days.
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Lebanese President urges IMF to conclude aid deal with Beirut
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conclude the aid agreement with the crisis-ridden country, saying Lebanon has been adopting the needed structural reforms.
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Turkey says deal on Ukraine's grain exports to be signed in Istanbul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): An agreement for shipping grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea will be signed on Friday with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkiye, the Turkish presidency said on Thursday.
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COVID-19 case count exceeds 30 million in Germany
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany registered 136,624 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the total count to over 30 million cases. Thursday's figure was around 16,000 less than a week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has said.
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AfDB approves 5.4 million USD to boost food security in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The African Development Bank (AfDB) through its concessional arm, the African Development Fund, has approved a 5.4 million US dollar grant to support the building of urgently needed food security in Somalia.
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5.9-magnitude quake hits 53 km south of Keng Tung, Myanmar: USGS
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 53 km south of Keng Tung, Myanmar at 17:07:26 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
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US weekly jobless claims hit new eight-month high amid economic slowdown
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Initial jobless claims in the United States last week rose to 251,000, hitting a fresh eight-month high and indicating the labour market might be cooling, the US Labor Department reported on Thursday.
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Iran urges US to stop 'excessive demands' about reaching nuke deal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday urged the United States to stop "excessive demands" about reaching an agreement in the talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal, according to the foreign ministry's website.
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Japan reports record high COVID-19 cases as 7th wave sweeps nation
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan on Thursday reported 186,246 new daily COVID-19 cases, as cases hit a record high nationwide for the second straight day, with infections in the capital Tokyo jumping to the highest ever daily tally.
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UN high-level meeting mobilizes support for Africa's sustainable developme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Africa came under the spotlight at a special high-level dialogue held Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, which was aimed at mobilizing greater support for advancing the continent's sustainable development.
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Nord Stream 1 resumes gas deliveries to Germany after maintenance
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Gas deliveries through the German-Russian pipeline Nord Stream 1 resumed on Thursday morning after 10 days of maintenance, the German news agency dpa reported.
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