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Ethiopia, partners launch USD 30 million initiative to reduce maternal mal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian government and its partners have launched a new multi-sectoral nutrition initiative that envisages reducing maternal malnutrition, child wasting and stunting in the country.
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Protests hit Libyan cities over political deadlock, deteriorating living c
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Protests broke out Friday in several Libyan cities over the country's political deadlock, with demonstrators demanding all existing political bodies dissolve and presidential and parliamentary elections be held as soon as possible.
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Aussie researchers warn of 'long COVID' threat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): As COVID-19 restrictions gradually ease across Australia, health professionals expressed concerns over a "very big wave" of people with long COVID.
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Israeli strike injures two civilians in coastal Syrian village
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Two civilians were wounded at dawn Saturday by an Israeli strike targeting areas in the northwestern province of Tartous, a military statement said.
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Typhoon Chaba makes landfall in China's Guangdong
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Guangzhou [China], July 2 (ANI): Chaba, the third typhoon of the year, made landfall in the coastal area of Maoming City in south China's Guangdong Province at around 3 p.m. Saturday, Xinhua reported.
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Five killed, 49 injured as three quakes rock Southern Iran
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five people were killed and another 49 injured as three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 shook Iran's southern Hormuzgan province early on Saturday, the Fars news agency quoted an emergency official as saying.
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Afghanistan: Grenade attack on religious school injures 8
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Eight people were injured after unknown elements threw a hand grenade into a religious school in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing local media.
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Hamas welcomes UN report that calls for lifting Israeli siege on Gaza
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gaza [Palestine] July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Friday welcomed a UN report that called for the immediate ending of the siege that Israel has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since 2007.
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New Zealand reports 6,460 community cases of COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 6,460 community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.
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COVID-19 infections on the rise in Germany due to BA.5 variant
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): COVID-19 infections have been steadily growing in Germany mainly due to the spread of Omicron variant BA.5, which now accounts for almost 66 per cent of all infections, according to data released on Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectio
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Italy's COVID-19 transmission rate rises for 4th consecutive week
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Italy's COVID-19 transmission rate has increased for the fourth consecutive week, according to a weekly government report released Friday.
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Brazil assumes rotating presidency of UN Security Council for July
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for July.
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