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UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops 4 m
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US] July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday repeated his appeal for a global vaccination plan to boost vaccine equity as deaths from COVID-19 topped 4 million worldwide.
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Argentina sees 457 more COVID-19 deaths, 19,423 new cases of infection
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina registered 457 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the total death toll from the pandemic to 97,439, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
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IMF calls for urgent action to address worsening 'two-track' recovery amid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): As Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors are set to gather later this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday called for urgent action to address a worsening "two-track" recovery.
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Israel reports 486 new COVID-19 cases, 844,378 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 486 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 844,378.
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Kuwait reports 1,585 new COVID-19 cases, 369,227 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kuwait City [Kuwait], July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Kuwait registered on Wednesday 1,585 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total infections in the country to 369,227, the Kuwaiti Health Ministry said.
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5.3 magnitude quake hits seas off Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.3 magnitude earthquake jolted the seas near eastern Taiwan's Hualien County at 724 pm on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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Sri Lanka bans all public gatherings as COVID-19 cases soar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan authorities have banned all public gatherings including protests as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise throughout the country, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
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Indonesia reports record daily COVID-19 cases at 34,379, deaths at 1,040
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta (Indonesia) July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Wednesday recorded 34,379 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike and bringing the total tally to 2,379,397, the Health Ministry said.
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15 terrorists killed as Taliban attack on Afghanistan's Taluqan city repul
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taluqan [Afghanistan] July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Taliban attack on Taluqan city, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, has been repulsed and the terrorists fled away after leaving 15 bodies behind, the provincial government said in a statement on Wednesday.
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UN chief concerned about unrest in Eswatini
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday voiced concern over the recent developments in the Kingdom of Eswatini, notably clashes between security forces and demonstrators that have led to deaths and injuries, said his spokesman.
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Sudan marks notice by Ethiopia on Nile dam as 'useless'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Khartoum (Sudan) July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Sudan said on Tuesday that the notification it received from Ethiopia over the second filling of a huge dam on the Nile River is useless without a negotiated deal among related countries.
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Iraq reports record 8,818 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 8,818 COVID-19 infections, the highest daily record, raising the nationwide caseload to 1,388,323.
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