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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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Gas explosion kills 1 in Uzbekistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A gas explosion killed a girl in Khiva, a town in the north-western Khorezm region in Uzbekistan, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Friday.
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S Korea reports 674 more COVID-19 cases, 67,358 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 674 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 67,358.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Isangel, Vanuatu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Port Vila [Vanuatu Island], January 8 (ANI/ Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 146 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu at 05:01:04 GMT on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.
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UN chief appoints Perthes of Germany as top envoy for Sudan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Volker Perthes of Germany as his new special representative for Sudan and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the North African country.
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Australia's third-largest city enters 3-day lockdown following local mutan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane will enter a three-day lockdown from Friday afternoon after a local resident was found to be infected with the mutant strain of COVID-19.
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Morocco's COVID-19 tally rises to 448,678 with 1,597 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 448,678 on Thursday as 1,597 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.
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Israel tightens Covid-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel imposed new COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday night, tightening an ongoing nationwide lockdown.
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Chile's COVID-19 cases climb to 629,176, deaths reach 16,913
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile registered 3,685 cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 97 deaths from the disease in 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.
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Iran reports 6,360 COVID-19 cases, 1,268,263 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 6,360 daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,268,263.
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Afghanistan reports 120 COVID-19 cases, 53,327 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry reported 120 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total nationwide infections to 53,327.
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Brazil registers 1,242 COVID-19 deaths in last 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,242 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 198,974, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.
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