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Myanmar's military leader declares himself Prime Minister, says elections
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 2 (ANI): Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing declared himself prime minister of the country on Sunday saying he plans to be in charge for two years during an extended state of emergency before holding an election in 2023, reported The Hill.
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Japan declares state of emergency till August 31 to prevent spread of COVI
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Tokyo [Japan], July 31 (ANI): Japan on Saturday declared a state of emergency to Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa Prefectures and applied priority measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures till August 31.
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Japan expands state of emergency from Tokyo to other prefectures
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Tokyo [Japan], July 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government declared Friday to expand the COVID-19 state of emergency to Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama, as well as the western prefecture of Osaka, after the country confirmed over 10,000 cases for the first time on Thursday.
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Tokyo's daily COVID-19 cases surpass 3,000 for 1st time
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Tokyo [Japan], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo reached 3,177 for the first time in a single day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday.
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Tokyo to be under COVID-19 state of emergency for duration of 2020 Olympic
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Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday made a decision to place Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency for the duration of the upcoming Olympics to curb a recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Another state of emergency possible, says Japanese minister Nishimura
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Tokyo [Japan], June 27 (ANI): Referring to the signs of the COVID-19 outbreak in Tokyo, Japan's Economic Revitalisation Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi, who is in charge of the country's coronavirus response, said that the government is ready to take further measures, including declaring anothe
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Japanese Health Minister Tamura says govt may declare another state of eme
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Tokyo [Japan], June 25 (ANI): Japanese Health Minister Tamura Norihisa on Friday said the government may declare another state of emergency for Tokyo if there is a further spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Japan to lift state of emergency except in Okinawa
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Tokyo [Japan], June 18 (ANI): The Japanese government has officially decided to end the coronavirus state of emergency on Sunday for nine of the 10 prefectures covered. Seven of the nine prefectures will then have focused restrictions through July 11.
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Japan's expert panel approves plan to lift COVID-19 quasi-emergency in 3 p
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Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government's expert coronavirus advisory panel on Thursday approved a plan to lift the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in three prefectures on Sunday as scheduled, according to local media.
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Latest violence in Sudan's Darfur sparks displacement crisis
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Khartoum [Sudan], May 30 (ANI): The latest conflict in Sudan's West Darfur state has claimed the lives of at least 130 people, prompting the Sudanese government to declare a state of emergency in the region and sparking a displacement crisis in the area.
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Japan's prefecture governors want state of emergency to be extended
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Tokyo [Japan], May 26 (ANI): Japan's prefecture governors want the state of emergency to be extended as serious coronavirus cases remain high and the medical system is feeling the pinch as the government struggles to ramp up a slow start to its vaccination programme.
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Japan mulls extending current state of emergency as Tokyo reports 535 new
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Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Tokyo reported 535 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the government mulls extending the current state of emergency in the capital and other prefectures.
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