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Suicide car bombing kills 3 soldiers in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghlan [Afghanistan], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Afghan soldiers and an assailant were killed and three soldiers wounded in a pre-dawn Taliban suicide car bombing in the country's northern province of Baghlan on Thursday, a local army source confirmed.
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Japan's expert panel approves plan to lift COVID-19 quasi-emergency in 3 p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government's expert coronavirus advisory panel on Thursday approved a plan to lift the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in three prefectures on Sunday as scheduled, according to local media.
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Nigeria says Twitter seeking dialogue over ban
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian government on Wednesday said Twitter has made an approach for dialogue in a bid to resolve the issues leading to the suspension of its activities in the West African country.
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South African woman gives birth to 10 babies
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Johannesburg (South Africa) June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A South African woman gave birth to 10 babies at a local hospital on Monday night, said her family and the local government on Wednesday.
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18 killed in north Nigeria road crash
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Eighteen people were killed in a road crash involving two commercial buses in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa on Wednesday, the police said.
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Roadside blast kills 3 in Kenya's border region
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mandera [Kenya], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three people were killed and two others injured in a roadside blast on Wednesday evening in northeast Kenya's Mandera county, the police and local officials said.
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UK reports highest daily coronavirus cases since February with 7,540 new i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain has reported another 7,540 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest number since late February, according to official figures released Wednesday.
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Russia records over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has reported another 10,407 COVID-19 cases in the past 24-hour period, the highest number of daily infections since March 7, 2021, according to the official data released Wednesday.
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Israeli strikes kill 11 military personnel in Syria
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli strikes targeting areas in central and southern Syria overnight killed 11 military personnel, a war monitor reported Wednesday.
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Lockdown to be lifted on Australia's second largest city
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The two-week lockdown of Melbourne, the second most populous city of Australia, will end on Thursday midnight as the state recorded only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
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French Open: Tsitsipas sees off Medvedev to set up semi-final clash with Z
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Fifth seed Stefano Tsitsipas reached the French Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year after beating second seed Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(3), 7-5 on Tuesday night.
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Tokyo Olympics: Overseas media to be strictly monitored by GPS
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Overseas media personnel will be strictly monitored after entering Japan for the Olympic Games to ensure they have no contact with the public, Tokyo Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto has said.
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