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Denmark to cut electricity tax to curb energy prices
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Denmark will temporarily reduce the tax on electricity starting from the fourth quarter of this year as a means of "compensation to citizens for its rising energy prices".
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One militant killed, two soldiers injured in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Yaounde [Cameroon], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Two soldiers have been injured and one Boko Haram fighter killed in clashes in Cameroon's Far North region, army and local sources said on Friday.
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5 killed in stampede trying to breach Morocco's border into Spanish enclav
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried on Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, causing a stampede that killed five of them, official news agency MAP reported.
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Singapore reports 6,516 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 6,516 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,397,074.
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French railway workers announce July strike
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Workers of France's national state-owned railway company SNCF will go on strike on July 6 to demand higher wages, French news daily Le Figaro reported on Friday.
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DPRK leader calls for bolstering military strength, self-defence capabilit
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has called on the Korean People's Army to "improve the absolute power and the military and technical edge," the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
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Somali president tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud confirmed Friday he tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a two-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Africa CDC warns spike in monkeypox cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) warned monkeypox cases are increasing across the African continent.
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Greece announces second COVID-19 booster for people over 30 as new cases r
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Greece is offering a second COVID-19 booster shot for people aged 30 and above beginning next week.
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Pakistan reports 309 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan reported 309 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health on Friday, Xinhua reported.
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China's forex market turnover down in May
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing[China], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): China's foreign exchange market saw a turnover of 15.95 trillion yuan (about 2.38 trillion U.S. dollars) in May, down from 17.14 trillion yuan in April, official data showed Friday.
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Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Severodonetsk: Regional governor
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukrainian forces were ordered to withdraw from Severodonetsk, the administrative center of the Ukraine-controlled part of the eastern Lugansk region, a regional governor said on Friday.
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