Sat 04 July 2020: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – The total number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asian countries has reached 161,441 as of Saturday, including 4,593 fatalities and 91,833 recoveries. The latest figures showed 3,143 new cases and 63 fatalities over the last 24 hours, with most cases reported in Indonesia and the Philippines. Indonesia, […]
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FILE PHOTO Sat 04 July 2020: Blast targets security convoy in relatively safe central Daikundi province KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A roadside blast in central Afghanistan on Saturday killed at least two security forces and injured four others, an official confirmed. According to Sher Jan, district governor in the relatively safe Daikundi province, the incident […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: More than 394,000 people have recovered from infection in country NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Saturday reported its biggest single-day spike of 22,772 coronavirus cases and 442 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. The coronavirus positive cases now stand at 648,315, while 18,655 people have died of COVID-19, the disease […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: China vowed to gradually phase out the slaughter and sale of live poultry at food markets, in a move welcomed by animal rights activists amid the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came as China stepped up inspections of wholesale food markets and outlawed the sale and consumption of wildlife, after a recent […]
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Fri 03 July 2020: India on Thursday reiterated that the final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine, Anadolu reports. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said: “Our position on this is very clear and I would like to reiterate that the final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations […]
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Fri 03 July 2020: China has promised to take “all necessary countermeasures” if the United States pressed ahead with legislation penalising banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijing’s draconian new national security law on Hong Kong. The warning on Friday came after the US Senate unanimously approved the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, sending […]
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Thu 02 July 2020: Pakistani authorities renewed the detention orders Thursday for four men whose convictions in the kidnapping and killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl had been overturned, meaning they will remain jailed at least three more months, an official said. A Karachi court sparked outrage in April when it acquitted British-born militant Ahmed Omar […]
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Thu 02 July 2020: Russia slams ‘external interference’ in relations between China and Hong Kong MOSCOW (AA) – Russia on Thursday defended China’s law on Hong Kong slamming “external interference”. Speaking at a video conference in Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the situation in Hong Kong “a purely internal affair” of China. “If […]
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Thu 02 July 2020: Grieving boy’s image stormed Internet after his grandfather, according to family, was killed by government forces SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Disturbing images of a toddler sitting on the chest of his slain grandfather in the Indian-administered Kashmir have stirred a debate, with former government officials, journalists and analysts saying […]
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Thu 02 July 2020: Miners were collecting jade stones in Hpakantarea of Kachin state when muddy landslide buried them, officials say YANGON, Myanmar (AA) – More than 100 miners were killed in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the country’s emergency services reported on Thursday. The landslide in the state of Kachin […]
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