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Queen Elizabeth II thanks public for 'Support and Kindness' on 95th birthday

London [UK], April 21 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II marked her 95th birthday on Wednesday in a low-key fashion at Windsor Castle, just days after the funeral of Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years and thanked the public for their "support and kindness" as she mourns his death.

2021-04-21T14:12:47.771208+00:00 IST

World records 5,236,922 new Covid cases over past seven days, WHO calls it 'highest-ever'

Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A record-setting 5,236,922 new COVID-19 cases were registered over the past seven days globally, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) data published on Tuesday.

2021-04-21T13:35:52.224371+00:00 IST

COVID-19: France to impose 10-day quarantine for travellers from India

Paris [France], April 21 (ANI): France will impose a 10-day quarantine for travellers arriving from India in the coming days to prevent the spread of a COVID-19 variant found in India, the country's government spokesperson announced on Wednesday.

2021-04-21T13:21:20.153066+00:00 IST

Media watchdog calls China as biggest jailer of journalists

Paris [France], April 21 (ANI): China continues to take internet censorship, surveillance and propaganda to unprecedented levels making it one of the world's worst countries for journalists and the 'biggest jailer' of scribes, according to a latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

2021-04-21T12:35:11.769083+00:00 IST

UK to host in May first in-person G7 foreign ministers meeting since 2019

London [UK], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The first in-person meeting of G7 foreign ministers since April 2019 will be held in London between May 3-5 under strict COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing guidelines, the UK Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab, told UK Parliament on Tuesday.

2021-04-20T15:21:54.192697+00:00 IST

UK to launch new global partnership to fight future pandemics

New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The UK Government on Tuesday will launch a new Pandemic Preparedness Partnership (PPP) to save lives from future diseases and prevent another global pandemic, the British High Commission (BHC) has said.

2021-04-20T13:43:50.422807+00:00 IST

World's costliest painting Salvator Mundi is a fake Leonardo da Vinci, claims documentary

Paris [France], April 20 (ANI): A new French feature-length documentary on the Salvator Mundi, the costliest painting, seems to have solved one of the key mysteries surrounding the enigmatic and controversial painting: why it never appeared in the Musee du Louvre's blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci show.

2021-04-20T06:29:25.680644+00:00 IST

Canada allots USD 80.93 billion budget toward pandemic recovery plan

Ottawa [Canada], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government has allotted USD 80.93 billion (C$101.4 billion) over the next three years towards recovery from the economic devastation inflicted upon the country the coronavirus pandemic, the country's 2021 federal budget revealed.

2021-04-19T22:05:08.060933+00:00 IST

UK to add India on COVID-19 travel 'red list'

London [UK], April 19 (ANI): The United Kingdom is adding India to its travel "red list" on a precautionary basis after reporting 103 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India, health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday.

2021-04-19T16:00:19.172440+00:00 IST

UK human 'challenge trial' launches to study COVID-19 reinfection

London [UK], April 19 (ANI): A year-long trial launched Monday to study how the immune system reacts in people contracting coronavirus for the second time.

2021-04-19T15:34:50.825177+00:00 IST

Germany's Greens pick Annalena Baerbock as candidate for Chancellor

Berlin [Germany], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): German green political party Alliance-90/The Greens has chosen its co-leader Annalena Baerbock as its candidate for German chancellor in the upcoming elections, Robert Habeck, the party's second co-leader, said on Monday.

2021-04-19T15:07:28.728041+00:00 IST

Study of combined use of AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines to launch in Spain

Madrid, April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Clinical trials on the combined use of two vaccines, AstraZeneca and Pfizer, are set to begin in Spain, Raquel Yotti Alvarez, director of the Carlos III Health Institute, announced on Monday.

2021-04-19T15:07:00.640271+00:00 IST

Huawei may have listened in phone calls on Dutch mobile network

Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 19 (ANI): The Chinese telecoms equipment supplier Huawei was able to monitor all the phone conversations made through the Netherlands's largest mobile network, reported Dutch News citing Dutch newspaper Volkskrant.

2021-04-19T14:47:03.297264+00:00 IST

EU to reinforce strategic focus for cooperation in Indo-Pacific region, says Council amid China threat

Brussels [Belgium], April 19 (ANI): The European Union should reinforce its strategic focus, presence and actions in the Indo-Pacific with the aim of contributing to the stability and security of the region, based on the rule of law, human rights and international law, said the European Council on Monday.

2021-04-19T12:34:32.706917+00:00 IST

Will the sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility harm both Iran's nuclear program and the JCPOA?

Nicosia [Cyprus], April 19 (ANI): A day after the Iranian government unveiled its new uranium enrichment centrifuges in the Natanz nuclear plant, on April 11 the facility was sabotaged by an explosion causing damage both to the central power and the emergency power cable as well as to an unknown number of centrifuges in the facility.

2021-04-19T06:35:25.519547+00:00 IST

Franco-Indian partnership in full swing, relations between Paris-Islamabad at lowest: Analyst

Paris [France], April 19 (ANI): From one extreme to the other. In India, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is welcomed with open arms. In Pakistan, France advises its nationals to leave.

2021-04-19T05:06:22.689785+00:00 IST

'India is very committed' on climate action, says Macron

Washington DC [US], April 19 (ANI): Stressing on the need for innovation on the issue of climate change, French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday lauded actions taken by India to tackle the climate crisis, saying that New Delhi is "very committed" to the cause.

2021-04-18T21:35:27.135900+00:00 IST

UK demands private medical care for jailed Russian activist Navalny

London [UK], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Foreign Office has demanded that Axey Navlealny, a jailed Russian opposition activist, be granted access to private medical care amid reports that his health has deteriorated.

2021-04-18T20:19:59.834166+00:00 IST

UK records another 1,882 coronavirus cases, 10 deaths

London [UK], April 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 1,882 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,387,820, according to official figures released Sunday.

2021-04-18T16:59:03.735393+00:00 IST

Russia sees US trace in expulsion of diplomats from Czech Republic, says Foreign Ministry

Moscow [Russia], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The expulsion of Russian diplomats from the Czech Republic is the continuation of a series of anti-Russian actions and one cannot but see a US trace in this, the Russia Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

2021-04-18T13:27:56.768524+00:00 IST

Religious party TLP fuels anti-France violence in Pak, French embassy advises its nationals to leave country

Paris [France], April 18 (ANI): Religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) played a major role in fomenting this week's anti-French protests in Pakistan, considering the situation, France's embassy on Saturday told French nationals to leave the country over safety fears.

2021-04-18T03:52:02.537282+00:00 IST