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China: 8 confirmed dead in Shanghai factory fire
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people, including two firefighters, have been confirmed dead in a fire that broke out at a factory in Shanghai Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday.
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S.Korea reports 797 more COVID-19 cases, 117,458 in total
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 797 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 117,458.
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UN agency voices concern over shutdown of major Libyan oil port
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday expressed concern over the recent shutdown of a major oil port by the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC).
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Chile reports 6,832 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile reported 6,832 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, reversing a five-day consecutive decline in new cases, the health ministry said Thursday.
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Brazil sees 45,178 more COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Thursday reported 45,178 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its total caseload to 14,167,973.
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Far-right Israelis, Palestinians, police clash in Jerusalem
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Thursday night among right-wing Israeli, Palestinian protesters and the police.
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Three rockets land near Baghdad airport in Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Katyusha rockets were fired at the Baghdad International Airport area without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said on Thursday.
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Ecuador registers 2,550 COVID-19 cases in one day
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador's ministry of health reported on Thursday 2,550 new COVID-19 cases and 120 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 365,393 cases and 12,915 deaths.
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Car explosion kills one, injures another in Uzbekistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A compressed methane gas tank installed in a car has exploded, killing a man and injuring another at a gas station in southern Uzbekistan's Qashqadaryo Region, the Uzbek Emergency Ministry said on Thursday.
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Ethiopia records 1,329 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia registered 1,329 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 246,484 as of Wednesday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said.
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At least 4 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso ambush
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four soldiers lost their lives and two others were injured in an attack by gunmen on Wednesday in north-central Burkina Faso, security sources told Xinhua.
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Yemen's Houthis claim fresh drone attack at Saudi airbase
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed they hit a military target in the King Khalid Airbase in Saudi Arabia's southwestern city of Khamis Mushait with a bomb-laden drone before dawn on Thursday.
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