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Israel launches missile strikes on military sites in Syrian capital
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli forces launched missile strikes from Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and targeted military sites south of the capital Damascus on Monday night, the Syrian army said in a statement.
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S. Korea reports 6,172 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 7 (ANI): South Korea reported 6,172 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 18,174,880, Xinhua reported, citing the health authorities on Tuesday.
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Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into human trafficking crisis: U
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into a human trafficking crisis, warned Pramila Patten, the UN secretary-general's special representative on sexual violence in conflict, on Monday.
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Australians losing millions to explosion in cryptocurrency, investment sca
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): A new report from Australia's peak competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has shown that Australians have lost more than double to scams in the first four months of 2022 than the previous year.
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Queen Elizabeth II vows to keep serving after 70-year reign
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of the United Kingdom (UK), on Sunday vowed to keep serving the people after celebrations for her 70 years of reign.
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3 Kenyan police officers wounded in roadside blast in border region
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Garissa [Kenya], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Three police officers were wounded on Sunday when the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device in Garissa, a county in northeast Kenya that borders Somalia.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Rocket strikes on Kyiv continue, 1 injured in recent a
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 5 (ANI): In a rocket strike on Ukraine's capital on Sunday morning, one person suffered injuries, Xinhua reported, quoting Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.
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Jordan signs agreements for exploration of copper, gold
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Jordan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources signed agreements with a Jordanian and a Turkish company to explore copper and gold respectively in the kingdom on Sunday, the ministry said in a statement.
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6.3-magnitude quake hits Rat Islands of Aleutian Islands, Alaska: USGS
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
San Francisco [California], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Rat Islands of Aleutian Islands, Alaska, at 23:38:12 UTC on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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At least 3 dead, 10 more injured in Philadelphia shooting
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three people were killed and more than 10 others injured late Saturday night when a gunman opened fire on a large crowd in downtown Philadelphia, the largest city in the eastern U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Philippines raises alert level at volcano southeast of Manila
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday raised the alert level for Bulusan volcano from zero to one after the volcano in Sorsogon province, southeast of Manila, spewed a grey plume about a kilometer high into the sky.
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UN chief urges businesses to prioritize sustainability ahead of World Envi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 4 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged businesses worldwide to prioritize sustainability ahead of World Environment Day, which falls on June 5 annually.
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