Updated: May 21, 2021 05:13 IST
London [UK], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that the United Kingdom will work with the World Health Organization, other partners and nations to develop an advanced international pathogen surveillance network to identify COVID-19 variants and emerging diseases.
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London [UK], May 21 (ANI): Prince William on Thursday accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of contributing significantly "to the fear, paranoia and isolation" felt by his late mother, Princess Diana, in the years prior to her death.
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Washington [US], May 21 (ANI): People in more collectivist cultures were more likely to wear masks than people in relatively individualistic cultures, new research has found.
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Washington DC [US], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden and his South Korea counterpart Moon Jae-in on Friday will meet in person on Friday to discuss a range of issues, including denuclearizing the Korean peninsula and relations with China.
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Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): Chinese metropolises are releasing their population data after the seventh national census, and the figures show considerable variation in the age composition in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the Global Times reports.
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Brazzaville [Congo], May 21 (ANI): Africa's rollout of coronavirus vaccines is being undermined by supply shortages and financial difficulties, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): The Taliban has maintained "close ties with al Qaeda" and is "very likely preparing for large-scale offensives" against population centres and Afghan government installations, an intelligence agency of the United States federal governm
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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 21 (ANI): The Security Cabinet of Israel has approved a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to local media reports.
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Munich [Germany], May 21 (ANI): A total of 55 activists in exile have called for "urgent coordinated action" to suspend all bilateral extradition agreements between the EU Member States and China, to "protect the freedom of movement, association, and speech for all."
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Vilnius [Lithuania], May 21 (ANI): The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a UN probe of the internment camps in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
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New York [US], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Top United Nations officials on Thursday renewed their calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
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Brussels [Belgium], May 21 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted to freeze the legislative process for ratifying the EU's investment pact with China, until Beijing lifts sanctions against EU lawmakers, in retaliation for the condemnation of huma
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London [UK], May 20 (ANI): Members from several political organisations like UKPNP, JKNAP, and JKLF collectively held a demonstration in front of Pakistan High Commission, London, for the release of Tanveer Ahmed, a British journalist of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK)
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Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): After releasing its 2020 census, China is adjusting the birth data for 2011 to 2019, saying that it was based on a small sample of the total population.
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Seoul [South Korea], May 20 (ANI):A type of bacteria that causes plague has been detected by South Korean food regulators in the delicacy kimchi exported from China.
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Kathmandu [Nepal], May 20 (ANI): After Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli failed to prove majority in the Parliament, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, upon recommendation of the Cabinet, has called on parties to prove majority and claim over the premiership.
Read MoreUpdated: May 20, 2021 23:04 IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): University students across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have termed the provincial government's decision to impose a province-wide dress code as an act of moral policing and question the government's move of imposing this regressive policies.
Read MoreUpdated: May 20, 2021 23:04 IST
Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): After Beijing's surprise announcement that it would become carbon neutral by 2060, one of the most pressing challenges for China to meet its pledge to pivot towards renewables is overhauling its electricity grid that is the world's largest
Read MoreUpdated: May 20, 2021 22:53 IST
Canberra [Australia], May 20 (ANI): The price of iron ore in Australia has surged to an all-time high level and market shares in the mining companies are hitting new highs amid growing tension with China.
Read MoreUpdated: May 20, 2021 22:39 IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Syrian ambassador to Lebanon demanded on Thursday that the government punish those who attacked Syrian refugees heading to the embassy in Beirut to vote in the presidential election.
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Tokyo [Japan], May 20 (ANI): The headquarters of the government of Japanese city's Gifu and a television station in Osaka Prefecture were among the targets of a major series of cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 in which the Chinese military is believed to have been involved
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