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Philippines imposes travel ban on South Africa, Botswana over new COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines has imposed travel restrictions on travelers from South Africa, Botswana, and their neighbouring countries "effective immediately" due to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant, a government official said on Friday.
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New COVID-19 variant confirmed in Belgium
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): A new COVID-19 variant known as B.1.1.529 has been confirmed in Belgium, Belgian Minister of Health and Social Affairs Franck Vandenbroucke said on Friday.
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Some 1,000 refugees in Belarus ready to return to Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Roughly 1,000 Iraqi refugees in Belarus have expressed their readiness to return home, and a group of refugees returned to Iraq by plane from Minsk airport on Wednesday, reported Belarusian media.
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Mongolia adds 586 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia registered 586 new local infections of COVID-19 and five more deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the respective totals to 381,318 and 1,908, the country's health ministry said on Friday.
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New Zealand Police, defence force required to get vaccinated against COVID
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The New Zealand Police and all New Zealand Defense Force staff have become the new groups required to be vaccinated in preparation for the transition to the new COVID-19 Protection Framework on December 3.
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Hong Kong reports 4 new imported COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported four new imported cases of COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total tally to 12,421.
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UNESCO member states adopt first global agreement on AI ethics
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The first ever global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) was presented by Audrey Azoulay, director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Thursday.
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52 killed in Russian mine accident
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 52 people, including six rescuers, were killed after smoke occurred in a coal mine in Russia's Kemerovo Region on Thursday.
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Indonesian police arrest 24 people related to terror financing
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Indonesian National Police announced Thursday that its counter-terrorism squad dubbed "Densus 88" had arrested a total of 24 people related to fundraising for the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group.
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OCHA condemns killing of school children, teacher in Cameroon's restive An
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of school children and a teacher in Cameroon's restive English-speaking region of Southwest.
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UK coronavirus cases top 10 mln
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 10 million coronavirus cases have been recorded in Britain since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official figures released on Thursday.
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At least 43 people killed, 46 villages burned, looted in Sudan's Darfur re
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 43 people were killed and 46 villages were burned and looted in Sudan's West Darfur State, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan (OCHA) said on Thursday.
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