Europe

UK to issue fishing licenses to 25 more European ships

London [UK], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom will grant 25 more European vessels fishing licenses following talks between UK Environment Secretary George Eustice and EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, the UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said Saturday.

2021-12-11T19:04:42.549885+00:00 IST

G-7 foreign ministers exchange views on Beijing Winter Olympics amid calls for boycott

Liverpool [UK], December 11 (ANI): The Group of Seven industrialised nations' Foreign Ministers exchanged their views on the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics amid the echoing call to boycott the games, Kyodo News reported citing a Japanese delegation source.

2021-12-11T17:33:21.198445+00:00 IST

Japanese FM, Blinken vow to boost alliance capabilities to counter China's growing assertiveness in Indo-Pacific region

London [UK], December 11 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and agreed to strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of their countries' alliance to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, local media reported.

2021-12-11T17:24:13.383276+00:00 IST

Thousands of people protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Vienna

Vienna [Austria], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Thousands of people took to the streets of Vienna on Saturday to protest the government's COVID-19 restrictions, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

2021-12-11T16:11:22.113913+00:00 IST

G-7 foreign Chiefs hold meeting amid China's growing aggression

London [UK], December 11 (ANI): Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven nations (G7) on Saturday started a two-day meeting in the UK as the world's leading democracies are increasingly being confronted by authoritarian governments like China.

2021-12-11T15:58:56.254225+00:00 IST

Ukrainian, French presidents discuss security issues over phone

Kiev [Ukraine], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss Ukraine's security situation, Zelensky's press service reported Friday.

2021-12-11T13:26:34.247787+00:00 IST

Russia has no plans to attack Ukraine: Kremlin

Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is not planning an attack on Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Greek TV channel ANT1 in an exclusive interview.

2021-12-11T12:06:09.448152+00:00 IST

Russia confirms 30,288 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours

Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 30,288 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,986,967, the federal response center said on Saturday.

2021-12-11T09:23:36.311061+00:00 IST

UNHRC asks Pakistan to not discourage victims of enforced disappearance from lodging complaints

Geneva [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI): On World Human Rights Day, a group of UN experts called on Pakistan to halt the approval of an amendment to a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances that would harshly penalise families and other sources for reporting alleged cases.

2021-12-11T06:39:35.583057+00:00 IST

UN agency records over 4,400 migrant deaths worldwide in 2021

Berlin [Germany], December 11 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that over 4,470 migrants have died in 2021 on their way across borders, exceeding last year's figures by more than 200.

2021-12-11T03:03:03.242242+00:00 IST

French President Macron pledges to help Ukraine preserve its territorial integrity, sovereignty

Paris [France], December 11 (ANI): In a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday pledged France's determination to help Kiev preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

2021-12-10T23:54:44.608463+00:00 IST

UK records highest daily coronavirus cases since early January

London [UK], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reports 58,194 new coronavirus cases, reaching levels not seen since early January, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,719,165, according to official figures released Friday.

2021-12-10T18:44:59.656938+00:00 IST

Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet discusses wide-ranging issues during Winter Session meet

Bern [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): The Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet met and discussed action plans for Tibet on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Winter Session of the Swiss Parliament, said Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

2021-12-10T17:05:00.645568+00:00 IST

Vienna: Members of Tibetan community protest against human rights violations by China

Vienna [Austria], December 10 (ANI): On World Human Rights Day, members of the Tibetan community in Vienna on Friday organised a protest march against the Chinese Community Party (CCP) for violating human rights in the country.

2021-12-10T15:33:01.826608+00:00 IST

Pakistani man receives life sentence for brutal murder of his compatriot in Crete

Athens [Greece], December 10 (ANI): A 36-year-old Pakistani man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his 24-year-old compatriot with a hammer in October 2018.

2021-12-10T06:45:55.811725+00:00 IST

COVID-19 in Bulgaria: Cured ones surpass the new cases in last 24 hrs

Sofia [Bulgaria], December 10 (ANI/Novinite): 98,509 are the active cases of coronavirus in the country. This is indicated by a reference on the website of the Unified Information Portal.

2021-12-09T23:07:33.249702+00:00 IST

Anti-India discourse keeps Pakistan military establishment all-powerful, says expert

Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 10 (ANI): Dr Dorothee Vandamme, Lecturer at Universite Catholic de Louvain, said that anti-India discourse is what keeps the Pakistan military establishment all-powerful.

2021-12-09T22:37:28.442302+00:00 IST

WHO says global inequities prevent elimination of HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria

Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Economic and health inequalities remain a major obstacle toward achieving global and national targets in eliminating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report released on Thursday.

2021-12-09T17:12:45.867162+00:00 IST

Russia reports 30,209 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has reported 30,209 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 9,925,806, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday.

2021-12-09T12:04:31.975900+00:00 IST

Russia to launch third Angara-A5 Heavy rocket on December 23

Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian heavy-lift rocket Angara-A5 will be launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country's northwest on December 23, marking the third of 17 such launches scheduled to take place before 2028, a source in the rocket and space industry told Sputnik.

2021-12-09T11:43:23.895397+00:00 IST

AUKUS formation creates preconditions for spread of nuclear technologies: Russian Military

Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov called on Thursday the formation of the trilateral bloc between Australia, the US and the UK, dubbed AUKUS, a destabilizing factor, as it creates preconditions for the spread of nuclear technologies through the creation of a nuclear submarine fleet in Australia.

2021-12-09T10:28:52.392816+00:00 IST