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Neighbors call on Myanmar's junta to free detained leaders, end use of lethal force
Mar 03, 2021 09:25Myanmar's neighbors have called on the junta in the country to release former de facto Leader Aung San Suu Kyi and end the use of lethal force against anti-coup protesters.
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UK applies to join Asia-Pacific trading bloc on Brexit anniversary
Jan 31, 2021 16:16A year after officially leaving the European Union (EU), the UK is set to apply to join a free trade area with Asia and Pacific nations on Monday (February 01), with negotiations expected in the spring.
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Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass 81.3mn amid fast spread of new variant
Dec 29, 2020 16:02The new coronavirus has now infected over 81.3 million people and killed more than 1.7 million others across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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AFC Champions League: Ulsan Hyundai beat Persepolis 2-1 in final
Dec 20, 2020 06:16Persepolis of Iran have been made to wait for at least another year to lift the trophy in the AFC Champions League after suffering a narrow 2-1 defeat at the hands of Ulsan Hyundai.
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Latest on pandemic: Countries move to impose new restrictions as cases surge
Oct 28, 2020 12:19The number of people who have been afflicted with COVID-19 has now passed 44 million around the world, and the number of related fatalities is almost 1.16 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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Hamed Lak chosen the best 2020 ACL (West) goalkeeper
Oct 26, 2020 06:46Persepolis football team custodian Hamed Lak was chosen as the best AFC Champions League 2020 (West) goalkeeper.
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Global coronavirus deaths pass 'agonizing milestone' of 1 million
Sep 29, 2020 12:31The global death toll from COVID-19 has risen past 1 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy, overloaded health systems and changed the way people live.
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Persepolis edges Al-Sadd to reach 2020 ACL quarters
Sep 28, 2020 07:01Persepolis football team from Iran defeated Qatari giant Al-Sadd 1-0 to book a place at the 2020 AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
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Imam Hussein, martyred for justice
Aug 30, 2020 10:27Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam, and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I.
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Latin America passes 250K COVID-19 death toll amid warning of poverty surge
Aug 21, 2020 12:02The number of coronavirus fatalities across Latin America has surpassed the 250,000 mark as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the region that has become the world’s worst-hit so far.