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South Korea's inflation expected to hit 14-year high in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's headline inflation is expected to hit a 14-year high this year on growing inflationary pressures both from the demand and the supply sides, a central bank report said Tuesday.
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Fiji reports more COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji has reported more COVID-19 cases over the past few days, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the island nation to more than 65,000 since March 2020 when it recorded its first confirmed case.
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New Zealand reports 5,630 new COVID-19 community cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand recorded 5,630 new community cases of COVID-19 with 17 more deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
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Israel accuses Iran of cyberattack triggering false alarm in Jerusalem
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Monday accused Iran of being behind a cyberattack the previous day that activated false rocket warning sirens in Jerusalem, state-owned Kan TV news reported.
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Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Security Council on Monday strongly condemned Sunday's attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, which left one peacekeeper from Guinea dead, as well as Saturday's attacks near Gao and near Bankass, in which dozens of civil
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Israel heading to new elections after shaky coalition collapses
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's fragile coalition government will vote to dissolve the parliament next week, announced Israel's Prime Minister's Office on Monday, sending the country to the fifth elections in three years.
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African leaders call for immediate ceasefire in Congo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): African leaders on Monday directed an immediate cessation of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property as well as mass displacements.
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Namibia tightens security at Etosha National Park as poachers continue to
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Windhoek [Namibia], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Namibia's Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta on Monday said the country has moved to make security adjustments to close any loopholes in flagship Etosha National Park, to ensure that poaching incidences do not occur again.
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UN envoy urges Libyan rival parties to bridge 'outstanding issues'
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Libya advisor urged the rival factions in Libya to meet within 10 days at an agreed-upon location to bridge "outstanding issues" as their final round of negotiations ended in Cairo with no breakthrough on Monday.
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1 dead, 8 injured in overnight New York City shootings
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 20 (ANI): A 21-year-old man died and eight others were injured early Monday in a shooting in New York city of the United States, Xinhua reported citing local police officials.
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Philippines health official says COVID-19 cases start to peak
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila[Philippines], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The steady uptick in the COVID-19 infections in the Philippines signals the start of the peak of cases, the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday.
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Myanmar reports four new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar has reported four new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 613,494, according to the Health Ministry.
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