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Singapore:  A 41-year-old Indian national died after he fell into the sea off Jurong Island in Singapore, which has reported a record number of workplace deaths this year. The fatal accident took place when the man was doing scaffolding…
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Beijing:  China's protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down, the media reported. A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some…
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London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the so-called "golden era" of relations with China is over as "we need to evolve our approach" towards Beijing. He made the remarks while addressing Lord Mayor's Banquet in London on…
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Geneva:  To avoid racist stereotypes and stigmatisation, the WHO has recommended that the monkeypox virus be renamed "mpox". Both names -- mpox and monkeypox -- will be used simultaneously for one year while the latter is phased out, the…
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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, erupted on Sunday night for the first time in nearly 40 years, the U.S. Geological service’s (USGS) volcanic activity service said. According to reports, the eruption began in…
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Shanghai:  Hundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over Chinas stringent Covid restrictions continued for a third day and spread to several cities, in the biggest test for President Xi Jinping since he…
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Moscow:  Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin said that continued Russian attacks on critical infrastructure across the war-torn nation amount to genocide, adding that strikes on key facilities targeted "the full Ukrainian nation" and…
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In a recent incident, a plane crashed into electricity pole, knocking off the electricity supply of around 80,000 residents in the US. The accident took place on November 27, in the Maryland region of the US. The small plane that crashed…
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New Delhi:  Protests against Chinese government's strict Covid measures have intensified with people taking to the streets against President Xi Jinping's harsh zero-Covid policy. Thousands of protesters turned out in Shanghai, where…
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Beijing:  Protests against Covid restrictions in China appear to have intensified in the wake of a fire which killed 10 people in an apartment block in Urumqi, local media reported. Thousands of people took to the streets of Shanghai to…
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Moscow:  A 5.4 magnitude quake hit Russia's Severo Kurlisk town on Sunday, as per United States Geological Survey (USGS). The temblor, that hit the region around 10:29:55 (UTC+05:30), was epicentred at 49.521 degrees North latitude and…
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Mogadishu: Over 100 al-Shabab militants were killed during planned operations by Somali National Army and its international partners at the border of Middle Shabelle and Hiran regions of central Somalia, a senior government official…
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Seoul: South Korea's new Covid-19 cases came in the 50,000 range on Saturday for the third day in a row, continuing the recent mild resurgence on the back of the winter virus wave. The country reported 52,788 new COVID-19 infections,…
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Colombo: Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that he will take all possible measures to ensure uninterrupted power supply by January next year. Wijesekera said this on Saturday. Sri Lanka has been experiencing…
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Lima: Peruvian President Pedro Castillo appointed Betssy Chavez as new prime minister, replacing Anibal Torres, who resigned Thursday after Congress rejected a requested confidence vote. Chavez, who had previously served as minister of…
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