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RDIF proposes Pfizer conduct joint trials with Sputnik Light as booster shot

Moscow [Russia] August 11 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has proposed that US drugmaker Pfizer start joint trials with Sputnik Light as a booster COVID-19 vaccine shot, the RDIF said on Wednesday.

2021-08-11T15:15:47.719072+00:00 IST

India-Russia joint training Exercise INDRA 2021 is underway

Volgograd [Russia], August 11 (ANI): India-Russia joint training Exercise INDRA 2021 is underway at Prudboy Ranges, Volgograd in Russia to enhance interoperability between the two armies, according to an official release on Wednesday.

2021-08-11T14:33:29.007923+00:00 IST

Sputnik V jab 83 per cent effective against Delta variant, says Russian health ministry

Moscow [Russia] August 11 (ANI): Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is around 83 per cent effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Wednesday citing data collected by the health ministry.

2021-08-11T11:06:38.658150+00:00 IST

'Unacceptable and unjust': Trudeau condemns China's sentencing of Canadian citizen

Ottawa [Canada], August 11 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday condemned China's conviction and sentencing of its citizen Michael Spavor.

2021-08-11T08:50:33.028006+00:00 IST

Canada condemns China's conviction, sentencing of its citizen Michael Spavor

Ottawa [Canada], August 11 (ANI): Canada on Wednesday condemned China's conviction and sentencing of its citizen Michael Spavor in "the strongest possible terms."

2021-08-11T06:52:09.961614+00:00 IST

China sentences Canadian businessman to 11 years in prison for spying

Beijing [China], August 11 (ANI): Canadian Michael Spavor, detained by China in 2018, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court in Liaoning Province on charges of espionage, local media reported.

2021-08-11T04:16:02.914672+00:00 IST

25 soldiers, 7 residents killed in Algeria's wildfires

Algiers [Algeria], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed on Tuesday as they attempted to extinguish the wildfires raging in the northeastern provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia, the Algerian Defense Ministry said.

2021-08-10T22:45:17.685686+00:00 IST

Eighteen Algerian soldiers die fighting wildfires in mountains

Algiers [Algeria] August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Eighteen Algerian soldiers have died while trying to put out wildfires in the country's mountains, media reported on Tuesday.

2021-08-10T20:11:45.312065+00:00 IST

Zuma's corruption trial case postponed to September

Johannesburg, [South Africa], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): South African former president Jacob Zuma's corruption and money laundering trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal was postponed to September 9 and 10 this year due to his hospitalization, said Judge Piet Koen Tuesday.

2021-08-10T18:36:11.405385+00:00 IST

Seven people killed in Algeria wildfires: Official

Algiers [Algeria] August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Seven people have died in wildfires in Algeria's Tizi Ouzou province as the flames rage across the North African country, the head of the provincial forestry department said on Tuesday.

2021-08-10T13:33:42.332059+00:00 IST

Peru's new prime minister under investigation for money laundering, says report

Lima [Peru], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office has included newly-appointed Prime Minister Guido Bellido in its probe into the financing of the ruling Free Peru party's campaign, looking into his possible role in committing and coordinating corruption offenses, the Comercio newspaper reported.

2021-08-10T08:40:47.197831+00:00 IST

Israel to send help to fight wildfires in Greece

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel intends to send three planes to help Greece extinguish forest fires in addition to 15 Israeli firefighters who are already assisting the efforts, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told his Greek counterpart.

2021-08-10T06:35:49.301005+00:00 IST

Australian state sees worst day with highest new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

Sydney [Australia], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) saw another disastrous day with a record daily high of 356 new local cases and four deaths on Tuesday.

2021-08-10T05:52:44.502163+00:00 IST

Suitcase designed by BTS will be displayed in shop window of Louis Vuitton

Seoul [South Korea], August 10 (ANI/Global Economic): Louis Vuitton unveiled a shop window art showing suitcases designed by its global ambassador BTS.

2021-08-10T02:11:28.483469+00:00 IST

Oil-rich Sudan begins to sense exploitation meted out to them by Chinese

Khartoum [Sudan], August 10 (ANI): China has provided numerous interest-free loans and grants to the Sudanese government for diverse projects, but the country has now begun to sense the exploitation being meted out to them by the Chinese.

2021-08-09T22:35:56.490022+00:00 IST

12 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in ambush

Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], August 9 (ANI): Twelve soldiers were killed in an ambush on Sunday in northeast Burkina Faso, communication minister Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement on Monday.

2021-08-09T11:38:54.468064+00:00 IST

MEA Secretary East meets SAARC Secretary-General Esala Ruwan Weerakoon

New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Riva Ganguly Das on Monday met Esala Ruwan Weerakoon, the 14th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary-General who is on his customary introductory visit to India.

2021-08-09T09:27:11.359693+00:00 IST

Australian PM's special trade envoy calls for trade deal with India, says China exploited West's goodwill

Sydney [Australia], August 9 (ANI): Trade deals are about politics as much as economics, a swift deal between India and Australia would be an important sign of the democratic world's tilt away from China, said Australian Prime Minister's Special Trade Envoy Tony Abbott.

2021-08-09T07:46:31.833106+00:00 IST

Samsung is expected to sell 8 million foldable phones in and 23 million in 2023

Seoul [South Korea], August 9 (ANI/Global Economic): Samsung Electronics is predicted to gain overwhelming advantage in the foldable phone market, which is expected to grow rapidly. It is a result that Samsung has continued to release foldable phones, lead related technologies and pre-occupy the market shares.

2021-08-09T06:20:41.644902+00:00 IST

Is the newly inaugurated Iranian President Raisi going to follow more hardline or pragmatic policies?

Nicosia [Cyprus], August 9 (ANI): With pomp and ceremony,ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in last Thursday in Tehran as Iran's eighth President, in the presence of more than 100 representatives of various countries and organizations. Raisi, a protege of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had easily won the presidential elections in June, after an engineered process that guaranteed his victory, as almost all credible opponents were disqualified. Hard-liners now control the entire political system in Iran, and the question is whether Ebrahim Raisi will follow a more hardline foreign and domestic policy or a more pragmatic one?

2021-08-09T03:19:27.635060+00:00 IST

At least 21 people killed, some 20 injured in communal riots in Chad

N'Djamena [Chad], August 9 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 21 people have been killed and some 20 more injured in communal riots in the western part of Chad, media reported.

2021-08-08T23:20:38.333177+00:00 IST