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16 Million under lockdown in Chinese city Amid new covid outbreak: Report
Beijing: Around 16 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu will be effectively under lockdown from Thursday as authorities…
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3 Cops Charged For Shooting Child In Canada
Montreal: Three Canadian law enforcement officers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of an 18-month-old baby,…
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Saudi Arabian court sentences woman to 45 years in prison for social media posts
Riyadh: A Saudi Arabian court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly harming the country…
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China faces UN heat over Uyghur torture
United Nations: The UN has accused China of “serious human rights violations” in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse…
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Russian oil chief dead
MOSCOW : Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital…
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1st Alaskan native elected to US Congress
Washington: Sarah Palin has lost a special US Congressional election in Alaska in a district that was Republican-held for nearly…
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Portugal Min quits after pregnant Indian tourist dies
Lisbon: Portuguese Health Minister Marta Temido quit on Tuesday hours after a 34-year-old pregnant Indian tourist died while being shifted…
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Typhoon to hit Japan’s Okinawa
Tokyo: Super Typhoon Hinnamnor, currently several hundred kilometers to the east of Okinawa is threatening Japan’s southern islands and is…
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Pakistan fears major disease outbreaks after severe floods
Islamabad: Pakistan health officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in the aftermath of biblical flooding that displaced millions…
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IAEA mission ‘on its way’ to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuke plant
Vienna, Aug 30: A team of experts from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is on its way to…
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