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New York City lifts COVID-19 alert level to 'high'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): New York City, the largest city in the United States, raised its COVID-19 alert level from "medium" to "high" on Tuesday, as infections continue to go up in recent weeks.
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Germany pushes towards energy independence from Russia
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The German government's new plan seeks to encourage all segments of society to use energy more efficiently in order to reduce the country's dependence on Russian fossil fuels by next winter.
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Racism in South Africa: White student urinates on belongings of black stud
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The "racist incident" in which a student from a top South African university near Cape Town urinated on the belongings of a fellow student has led to widespread attention and condemnation in the country.
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Mongolia pledges all possible support to meet domestic food demand
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia will provide domestic producers with all support possible to fully secure the domestic demand for food, President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh said Tuesday.
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Over 260 Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers have been evacuated from the Azovstal plant in the embattled city of Mariupol, the government-run news agency Ukrinform reported Tuesday, citing Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar.
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Fevered persons in N Korea total 1.48 mln with 269,000 more cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of fevered persons in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has reached 1.48 million on Monday with around 269,000 more cases of fever, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
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French President Macron appoints Elisabeth Borne as new PM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday named Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister.
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African countries report 4,604 new COVID-19 cases: Africa CDC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The African continent reported 4,604 new COVID-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Monday evening.
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Somali lawmakers proceed to final third round to elect new president
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Somalia is proceeding to the third and final round of voting for the election of the nation's tenth president after the previous two rounds of voting by lawmakers failed to elect a new president.
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Sweden, Finland proposed talks with Turkey over joining NATO: FM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden and Finland proposed to work with Turkey on the "security guarantees" that Ankara has demanded over their plans to join NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday.
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Myanmar reports 4 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 613,140, according to the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
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1 killed, 5 injured in Indonesian oil refinery fire
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and five others wounded as an oil refinery operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said.
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