UK to withdraw some embassy staff from Ukraine amid growing threat from Russia

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JAN 25: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) took the decision of withdrawing some UK Embassy staff and dependants from Kyiv in response to the growing threat from Russia, UK's...

42 killed, 76 injured in Afghanistan due to heavy snowfall

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JAN 24: At least 42 people have been killed and 76 wounded following heavy snowfall in Afghanistan, local media reported on Monday. The State Ministry in Disaster Management affai...

16 killed in nightclub fire in Cameroon

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Cameroon's government said Sunday that 16 people were killed in a fire caused by fireworks in a nightclub in the capital Yaounde, the tragedy occurring as the nation hosts the...

Thousands protest in Belgium against COVID-19 rules

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BELGIUM, Jan 24: Thousands of demonstrators marched through Brussels on Sunday to protest anti-coronavirus rules as the Omicron wave causes infections to reach record highs.  ...

US orders families of embassy staff to leave Ukaine

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WASHINGTON DC, Jan 24: The US has ordered the relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave amid rising tension in the region, reported BBC. The State Department...

Britain classifies new form of Omicron as "variant under investigation"

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UK, Jan 22: A new form of Omicron named BA.2 has been designated a "variant under investigation," with 426 cases of the Omicron variant sub-lineage confirmed in the United Kingdom...

India adds 3,33,533 new cases, 525 deaths in last 24 hours; daily positivity rate at 17.78%

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JAN 23: India registered 3,33,533 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, slightly lower than the previous day, showed the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday morning. The...

Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally

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JAN 23: The Foreign Office took the unusual step of naming former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev as a potential Kremlin candidate. Russia has moved 100,000 troops near to its...

Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir stable after latest hospital admission

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JAN 23: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is in a stable condition after being admitted to a specialist heart hospital for the third time in just weeks, his daughter...

Five things to know about Italy's presidential vote

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Italy's parliament starts voting Monday for a new president -- a process that could take several days and, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi tipped for the job, risks destabilising the...

Disaster for Russia if it invades Ukraine, warns Biden

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JAN 21: US President Joe Biden recently said that Russia will be held accountable if it invades Ukraine amid rising tensions between the two countries. "Russia will be h ...

At least two dead, 22 injured by bomb in Pakistan's Lahore: officials

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LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan 21: At least two people were killed and 22 wounded on Thursday by a bomb blast in a busy shopping district of the Pakistani megacity of Lahore,...

India reports over 2.8 lakh new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate at 15.13 percent

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JAN 20: India reported 2,82,970 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 15.13 percent, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.  ...

UK supplied Ukraine thousands of light anti-tank missiles amid tensions with Russia

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Jan 20: The British government has said that it supplied Ukraine with several thousands of light anti-tank missiles amid tensions with Russia, reported Sputnik. James Heappey, UK ...

India's COVID-19 tally rises to 37,901,241

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NEW DELHI, Jan. 19: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 37,901,241 on Wednesday, including 282,970 new confirmed cases registered during the past 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the...