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10 killed after vehicle falls into ravine in PoK
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): Ten people were killed and scores others injured after a passenger van fell into a ravine in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Wednesday, Xinhua News reported citing local media.
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COVID-19: Anorexia up 60 pc among youth in Japan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of young people diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia in Japan newly increased around 60 per cent in fiscal 2020 compared with a year earlier, likely due to growing anxiety and pressure amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported
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7 killed after tire blowout sends car into canal in SW Cambodia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): All seven people in a car were killed after the tire blowout sent their car off the road where it plunged into a canal in Southwestern Cambodia, the National Police reported on Wednesday.
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New Zealand's unemployment falls to record low
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand's unemployment has fallen to its lowest level on record, matching that in December 2007, as the government's actions to support the economy during the pandemic resulted in higher wages and more people in work, Deputy Prime Minist
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5.7 magnitude quake hits Fiji Islands
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 3.19 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Malaysia reports 5,071 new COVID-19 infections
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua) Malaysia has reported another 5,071 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 2,481,339, according to the health ministry.
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Ireland's daily COVID-19 cases top 3,000
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Ireland's daily COVID-19 cases on Tuesday surpassed the 3,000 mark for the first time since mid-January of this year, official data showed.
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Death toll rises in 21-storey building collapse in Nigeria rises to 20
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the collapse of a 21-storey building in the city of Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, on Monday rose to 20, as more dead bodies have been recovered, with scores of people remaining unaccounted for, an emergency management official
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Turkey detains 27 Islamic State suspects
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish police detained ten Iraqi nationals in an operation against the Islamic State (IS) group in Samsun province of the Black Sea region, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday.
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Myanmar reports 1,074 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The total count of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar rose to 502,024 on Tuesday after 1,074 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Over 40 tonnes of Afghan pine nuts arrive in Shanghai
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 40 tonnes of pine nuts from Afghanistan arrived at a Shanghai airport on Monday, marking the resumption of Sino-Afghan agricultural trade, which had been interrupted by the regime change in Afghanistan.
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Taiwan to cut hotel quarantine for Lunar New Year
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan will reduce mandatory quarantine in epidemic prevention hotels to ten days from the current 14 days for the Lunar New Year holiday, said the island's disease monitoring agency.
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