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28 killed, 79 injured in fuel tank explosion in northern Lebanon
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 28 people were killed and 79 others injured on Sunday early morning in a fuel tank explosion in the town of Tleil in Lebanon's northern district of Akkar, the National News Agency reported.
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China reports 24 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 24 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.
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11 dead after being swept into sea in east China
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Eleven people were confirmed dead after they were swept into the sea area off Zhangzhou City in east China's Fujian Province, local government said Saturday.
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Israel reports 5,622 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 5,622 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 934,896.
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Turkey reports 19,949 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday registered 19,949 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,059,806, according to its Health Ministry.
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22 killed, 14 injured in armed attack in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 22 persons were killed and 14 more injured in an armed attack in central Nigeria's Plateau state Saturday morning, according to the state police.
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UK records another 29,520 coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 29,520 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,241,011, according to official figures released Saturday.
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Blast strikes security patrol in Yemen's Aden, 2 killed
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): A huge blast struck a patrol of the newly-recruited security forces in the country's southern port city of Aden on Saturday, leaving two soldiers killed, a government official told Xinhua.
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Pakistan reports 4,786 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Pakistan reported 4,786 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday, as the country's overall confirmed cases rising to 10,94,699, including 9,83,754 recoveries.
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Afghanistan's displaced people head into large cities for safety
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
United Nations [US], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghans displaced by fighting stream into Kabul and other large cities, some renting, many staying with family and friends, others camping in the open, a UN spokesman said on Friday.
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COVID-19 cases surge in Australian state with tougher restrictions announc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW), the worst-hit in the country's current COVID-19 outbreak, reported 466 new local cases on Saturday, a new peak and a nearly 20-per cent jump from Friday's 390 cases.
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Canada sees jump in new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's seven-day moving average of 1,609 new COVID-19 cases reported daily (Aug. 6-12) is an increase of 70 percent over the previous week, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday.
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