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Saudi Arabia assumes G20 presidency
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 2 (Xinhua/ANI): Saudi Arabia on Sunday assumed the G20 presidency and will hold the leaders' summit in Riyadh on November 21 and 22 next year, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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Death toll rises to 46 in Albania quake
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tirana [Albania], Nov 29 (Xinhua/ANI): The death toll in this week's powerful earthquake in Albania has climbed to 46, the country's defence ministry said on Thursday.
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Emergency response personnel working to douse fire at Texas chemical plant
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Houston [USA], Nov 29 (Xinhua/ANI): Emergency response crews on Thursday remained on site, working to manage the fire caused by explosions at a chemical plant owned by TPC Group in Port Neches, about 150 kilometres east of downtown Houston, in Texas.
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Iraq: 6 killed in three blasts across Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 27 (ANI): At least six people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries in three separate blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, an official at the country's Interior Ministry told Xinhua news agency.
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Haftar-led army announces 'no-fly zone' over western Libya
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Nov 24 (Xinhua/ANI): Libya's east-based rebel army, led by Khalifa Haftar, on Saturday announced a "no-fly zone" over western Libya, as an armed conflict between the army and the UN-backed government continues.
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Man shot dead by New Zealand police after 15-hour hostage incident
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Nov 24 (Xinhua/ANI): The New Zealand Police shot dead a man who held children hostage for 15 hours at a property in Bellevue, North Island, on Sunday.
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalised
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Nov 24 (Xinhua/ANI): US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to a hospital after experiencing "chills and fever," the court said on Saturday.
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8 Afghan security personnel killed after checkpoint stormed by armed insur
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nili [Afghanistan], Nov 24 (Xinhua/ANI): Eight security personnel were killed after armed insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Kajran district of the central Daikundi district on Sunday.
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China summons US embassy official over Senate passing of Hong Kong Human R
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 21 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Wednesday summoned William Klein, acting charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China, to lodge "stern representations and strong protest" against U.S. Senate's passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
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South Sudan, UN to immunise 1,44,000 people against cholera
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): UN agencies, in collaboration with South Sudan's health ministry, will launch a vaccination exercise on Monday targeting some 1,44,033 people against cholera in Renk, a county bordering the Blue Nile state in Sudan.
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Parliamentary elections underway in Belarus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): Belarus kicked off voting to choose members of its lower house of parliament on Sunday.
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7 dead, dozens injured after explosion causes building collapse in Banglad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): A gas line explosion caused the collapse of a building in Bangladesh's seaport city of Chattogram on Sunday morning, leaving at least seven people dead and over 25 injured, a police official said.
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