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Turkey confirms 40,596 new COVID-19 cases

Istanbul [Turkey], April 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday reported 40,596 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,905 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 4,591,416, according to its health ministry.

2021-04-24T19:50:42.048597+00:00 IST

Ukraine says membership in EU, NATO 'matter of time'

Kiev [Ukraine], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukraine's accession to the European Union and NATO is a question of not if but when, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said during the meeting with his Georgian counterpart, David Zalkaliani, in Romania.

2021-04-24T14:37:41.412041+00:00 IST

COVID-19: Germany limits passenger traffic with India

Berlin [Germany], April 24 (ANI): Germany has announced temporary limitations on the passenger traffic with India as the country is witnessing a record rise in coronavirus infections amid the second wave.

2021-04-24T14:07:56.764240+00:00 IST

DOTO: Tale of dubious database that spreads misinformation against India

Athens [Greece], April 24 (ANI): Document of the Oppressed (DOTO) which claims to be a non-profit documentation center which documents hate crime against religious minorities specifically in India, runs a vicious agenda to fool general public by providing them with misinformation, according to Pentapostagma.

2021-04-24T10:51:46.158644+00:00 IST

France will 'never give in to Islamist terrorism,' says Macron after policewoman stabbed to death

Paris [France], April 24 (ANI): An anti-terrorism investigation has been launched in France after a policewoman was stabbed to death in Paris commuter town in Rambouillet by a 36-year-old Islamist terrorist from Tunisia on Friday.

2021-04-24T03:25:16.800292+00:00 IST

Turkey reports 49,438 new COVID-19 cases

Istanbul [Turkey], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Friday reported 49,438 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,089 symptomatic patients, raising the total number in the country to 4,550,820, according to its health ministry.

2021-04-23T22:51:42.241612+00:00 IST

EU doubts Syria's Presidential election in May will be free, fair

Brussels [Belgium], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union takes note of Syria's plan to hold a presidential election on May 26 but doubts this will be a free and fair vote, EU foreign policy spokesperson Peter Stano told Sputnik on Friday.

2021-04-23T11:07:20.060952+00:00 IST

Pro Uyghur body hails UK parliament for passing motion saying China committing 'genocide'

Munich [Germany], April 23 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has hailed the unanimous passing of the genocide motion in the British House of Commons after legislators in the UK unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown on Uyghurs in its northwest region of Xinjiang a "genocide".

2021-04-23T10:56:33.897744+00:00 IST

Swedish LGBT activist convicted of raping four migrants

Stockholm [Sweden], April 23 (ANI): A former Swedish LGBT activist has been convicted of raping four migrants during his work on Thursday.

2021-04-23T09:32:35.962879+00:00 IST

Germany agrees to buy 30 million doses of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Berlin [Germany], April 23 (ANI): Germany on Thursday agreed to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19.

2021-04-23T05:47:31.628588+00:00 IST

French PM says 3rd COVID-19 wave 'seems to be behind,' but risk remains high

Paris [France], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France appears to have descended the peak of the third coronavirus wave, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday, adding that vigilance must prevail as COVID-19 variants were still spreading.

2021-04-22T20:56:11.366872+00:00 IST

UK declares China's crackdown on Uyghurs as 'genocide'

London [UK], April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a "genocide", joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing's actions against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region.

2021-04-22T17:35:47.897384+00:00 IST

Germany to spend on climate goals in developing countries: Merkel

Berlin [Germany], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will increase its climate financing to developing countries by USD 4 billion by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a US-sponsored virtual climate summit on Thursday.

2021-04-22T16:34:40.657042+00:00 IST

UK PM extends support to Biden's emissions target commitment, calls it 'game-changer' for world

London [UK], April 22 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that President Joe Biden's announcement to commit the United States to a roughly 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is a "game-changer" for the world.

2021-04-22T16:21:40.311243+00:00 IST

China, Middle East dominate 2020 list of top state executioners: Report

London [UK], April 22 (ANI): While the year 2020 witnessed an overall decrease in the number of global death penalties, some countries increased the number of executions they carried out amidst the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by a rights group.

2021-04-22T11:29:14.103880+00:00 IST

Russia registers 8,996 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Moscow [Russia], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 8,996 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 8,271 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,736,121, the coronavirus response center said on Thursday.

2021-04-22T09:02:36.645163+00:00 IST

IAF Chief Bhadauria visits Rafale Conversion Training Center, Bordeaux- Merignac

Paris [France], April 22 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff on Thursday who is on a five-day visit to France on an invitation from Gen Philippe Lavigne, Chief of Staff visited Rafale Conversion Training Center (CTC), Bordeaux- Merignac and interacted with the IAF contingent at the CTC facility.

2021-04-22T03:37:02.791153+00:00 IST

Denmark loans unwanted 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Copenhagen [Denmark], Apr 22 (ANI): The Danish Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that Denmark will loan unwanted 55,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the neighbouring German border state of Schleswig-Holstein.

2021-04-22T02:45:10.777422+00:00 IST

20 people detained at unauthorised rally of Navalny supporters in Moscow

Moscow [Russia], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Around 20 people have been detained at an unauthorised rally in support of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny in Moscow, the Public Observation Commission told Sputnik.

2021-04-22T01:02:18.949836+00:00 IST

Italian police arrest accomplice of 2016 Nice attacker

Paris [France], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian police have arrested an accomplice of the terrorist who perpetrated the 2016 truck ramming attack in the French city of Nice, as per media reports.

2021-04-22T00:15:46.951254+00:00 IST

UN experts call for evacuating Russian activist Navalny over heath concerns

Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical "evacuation" from Russia, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said.

2021-04-21T17:18:04.984460+00:00 IST