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Australia records deadliest day of pandemic with 80 deaths
Canberra: Australia on Friday reported its deadliest day of the pandemic with 80 coronavirus fatalities, as an outbreak of the omicron variant continued to take a toll. But Dominic Perrottet, premier of…
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New Zealand to provide further help for tsunami-hit Tonga
Wellington: New Zealand is giving an additional NZ$2 million ($1.35 million) in humanitarian funding for Tonga as the island nation recovers from last week’s massive volcanic eruptions and tsunami, senior officials said on…
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Russia will have to pay heavy price if it invades Ukraine: Biden
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that Russia will have to “pay a heavy price” if its military units move across the Ukrainian border which will be considered an “invasion”. On…
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Russia announces sweeping naval drills amid Ukraine tensions
Moscow: Russia on Thursday announced sweeping naval drills in several parts of the world this month, and claimed the West is plotting provocations in neighbouring Ukraine where the Kremlin has been accused…
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US: Swift, severe response if Russia sends troops to Ukraine
Berlin: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Thursday that there would be a swift, severe response from the United States and its allies if Russia sends any military forces into Ukraine.…
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Netherlands: Museums, orchestras turned into salons to protest against COVID-19 restrictions
Museums and concert halls were turned into salons in the Netherlands on Wednesday in protest against the COVID-19 restrictions passed by the Dutch government. According to the government’s restrictions, museums, bars, cafes,…
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Emirates to again fly Boeing 777 to US as 5G rollout slowed
Dubai: Long-haul carrier Emirates said Thursday it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the US after halting its use of the aircraft there over concerns new 5G services in America could…
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan may visit Ukraine on February 3
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may visit Ukraine on February 3, Turkish TV Channel CNN Turk said. Earlier Erdogan’s Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin had said the Turkish leader’s visitto Ukraine was being…
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Turkey, Serbia agree to solve Bosnian crisis through cooperation
Ankara: Turkey and Serbia have agreed to bring together leaders of Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs in a bid to solve the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.“Let’s…
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Tonga volcano relief efforts face challenges: United Nations
United Nations: Relief efforts following the Tonga volcano eruption face the challenge of severed communications, falling ash closing the major airport and strict anti-Covid measures, UN officials said. They said the casualty toll…
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Spaniard recognized as world’s oldest man dies at 112
Madrid: Santiago de la Fuente, a 112-year-old Spanish man, who was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest man in September last year, has died at his home in…
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Indonesian parliament passes law to relocate capital to Nusantara
Jakarta: Indonesian lawmakers passed a law on the relocation of the nation’s capital to the island of Kalimantan, which shares borders with Malaysia and Brunei, from the most populated island of Java. The…
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Blinken to meet with senior Russian as Ukraine tensions soar
Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the US and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the…
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Global Covid caseload tops 333.5 million
New Delhi: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 333.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.55 million and vaccinations to over 9.68 billion,…
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Volcanic ash delays aid to Tonga as scale of damage emerges
Wellington: Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption and…
