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Uzbekistan contacts Taliban on border security issues
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Uzbekistan has maintained close contact with representatives of the Taliban Movement in Afghanistan on border security issues, said the Uzbek Foreign Ministry in a statement on Tuesday.
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South Korea reports 2,111 COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated people
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea confirmed a total of 2,111 "breakthrough" COVID-19 infections, which refer to people who tested positive after a full vaccination, the health authorities said Tuesday.
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Death toll from Turkey's flash floods rises to 74
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 74 people died and 47 others went missing in severe floods and mudslides in the Black Sea region of Turkey, the country's disaster agency said on Monday.
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Brazil reports 434 more COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 434 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 569,492, the health ministry said on Monday.
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Israel reports 9,379 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 9,379 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 948,058.
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Gas leak blast injures 22 in Mexico City
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mexico City (Mexico), August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 22 people were injured, one of them seriously, after a gas leak explosion ripped through a residential building in Mexico City on Monday, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said.
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Haiti quake death toll reaches 1,419
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 17 (ANI): The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday climbed to 1,419, Xinhua reported citing authorities.
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UN chief saddened by loss of life in Turkey floods, mudslides
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed his sadness over the loss of life and damage to infrastructure due to floods and mudslides in northern Turkey following the recent devastating wildfires in the country.
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21 killed in road accident in north Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 21 people were killed on Sunday when a bus and a truck fell into a broken culvert on a road in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa, according to local police.
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Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 1.45 mln
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's new COVID-19 cases continue rising, bringing the cumulative total to 1,451,211 cases, including 26,700 deaths, as of Sunday afternoon, according to CTV.
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Turkey reports 18,847 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Sunday registered 18,847 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,078,653, according to its health ministry.
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Sri Lanka imposes night curfew as COVID-19 spreads
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday announced that a nationwide curfew would come into effect from Monday night until further notice as the number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 350,000-mark.
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