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World Petroleum Congress starts in US Houston amid Omicron concern
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Houston [US], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Petroleum Congress, the largest triennial gathering for the industry, kicked off Sunday in Houston, the largest city of south-central U.S. state Texas, amid the shadow of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of gl
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Four people die in small plane crash in US California
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed Saturday evening in Visalia, a city 320 kilometres north of Los Angeles.
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Adama Barrow re-elected as Gambian president
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Banjul [Gambia], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Alieu Momar Njie, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia, declared on Sunday that Adama Barrow, the leader of the National People's Party (NPP), as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday.
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Yemen's currency sees sharp decline as years-long conflict drags on
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen] December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Yemen's national currency on Sunday fell to its lowest level against all other international currencies in years on Sunday, as the war-torn country's years-long military conflict deepens.
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Turkey confirms 19,357 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Sunday reported 19,357 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 8,901,117, according to its health ministry.
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Omicron cases in UK rise by 50 per cent in one day
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): A further 86 cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been reported in Britain, taking the total to 246, British health authorities confirmed Sunday.
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Traffic accident kills 6 in north China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shijiazhuang [Beijing], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Six people were killed on Sunday morning when a minivan fell into a river in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
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Iran reports 3,109 daily COVID-19 cases, 61,34,465 in total
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry on Sunday reported 3,109 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infection to 61,34,465.
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Israel calls world powers to take 'hard line' toward Iranian nuke talks
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged on Sunday world powers to "take a hard line" toward Iran in the negotiations on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Philippines logs 603 new COVID-19 cases, 156 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 603 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,834,775.
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New Zealand reports 108 new cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 108 new cases of COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake rattles southern Philippines
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
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