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At least 19 COVID-19 strains identified in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], June 15 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 19 variants of coronavirus have been identified in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biologic research center, said in a statement.

2021-06-16T23:55:29.911031+00:00 IST

COVID-19: Israel issues 'severe' warning against travel to UAE

Jerusalem [Israel], June 17 (ANI): In a bid to combat a fresh surge in COVID cases, Israel has issued a "severe" travel warning to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adding the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit.

2021-06-16T22:54:17.223386+00:00 IST

'Cannibal of Las Ventas': Spanish man jailed for killing, eating his mother

Madrid [Spain], June 17 (ANI): A Spanish national has been jailed for 15 years and five months for killing and eating his mother in the country's capital Madrid.

2021-06-16T22:25:09.545914+00:00 IST

Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli troops over attempted attack

Tel Aviv [Isreal], June 17 (ANI): Amid rise of tensions between Israel and Palestine, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have shot a Palestinian woman dead allegedly for attempting to carry out a car-ramming attack in the northeast of Jerusalem.

2021-06-16T21:27:53.134840+00:00 IST

Thousands of Greeks protest against labour reform in Athens

Athens [Greece], June 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Thousands of Greeks took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday to protest a controversial labour reform that the parliament is expected to vote on in the evening.

2021-06-16T19:12:33.945729+00:00 IST

Three killed in plane crash in eastern DR Congo

Kinshasa [Congo], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed in a plane crash Wednesday at Kavumu airport in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Radio Okapi, an UN-run radio station.

2021-06-16T12:24:34.496445+00:00 IST

Ghana on high alert for possible bandits attack from Burkina Faso

Accra [Ghana], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Ghanian police were placed on a high alert following reports that suspected bandits are planning to attack communities in Northern Ghana along the border with Burkina Faso, a police statement said Tuesday.

2021-06-16T09:04:24.294547+00:00 IST

Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori claims fraud in runoff election

Lima [Peru], June 16 (ANI): Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on Wednesday claimed fraud after election authorities on Tuesday said that leftist Pedro Castillo won 50.12 per cent of the ballots, against 49.87 per cent for her.

2021-06-16T07:38:21.827223+00:00 IST

Eritrean forces should withdraw from Tigray without further delay: UK Envoy to UN

Tigray [Ethiopia], June 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Eritrean troops must withdraw from the Tigray region in Ethiopia without delay, Dame Barbara Woodward, UK Ambassador to the United Nations told reporters.

2021-06-16T03:00:08.308761+00:00 IST

Israel launches air strikes on Gaza Strip, first time after declaration of ceasefire last month

Tel Aviv [Isreal], June 16 (ANI): The Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after Palestinians in the besieged enclave sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel, as per Israel’s military and witnesses in Gaza.

2021-06-16T00:45:54.501671+00:00 IST

3 soldiers killed in roadside bombing in eastern Iraq

Baghdad [Iraq], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Iraqi soldiers were killed Tuesday in a roadside bomb explosion in the eastern province of Diyala, a local source said.

2021-06-15T22:19:36.423956+00:00 IST

Brazil expects first Sputnik V deliveries in early July: Governor

Mexico City [Mexico], June 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The first batches of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine are expected to be delivered to Brazil in early July, Camilo Santana, governor of the Brazilian state of Ceara, announced on Tuesday.

2021-06-15T22:19:17.939989+00:00 IST

Experts highlight possibility of Chinese espionage in Canada after firing of scientists from lab

Toronto [Canada], June 15 (ANI): After two scientists were fired from Canada's National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg in January - a case that has attracted Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation - national security experts believe that the case raises the possibility of Chinese espionage.

2021-06-15T14:27:56.739245+00:00 IST

Chile sees 6,234 new COVID-19 cases in single day

Santiago [Chile], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile on Monday registered 6,234 new daily cases of COVID-19 and 97 more deaths in a day, raising the country's confirmed caseload to 1,482,663 and the pandemic death toll to 30,804.

2021-06-15T03:36:49.595871+00:00 IST

Brazil reports 827 more COVID-19 deaths

Brasilia [Brazil], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 827 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 488,228, the health ministry said Monday.

2021-06-15T01:57:53.766792+00:00 IST

Israel drops indoor mask requirement as daily COVID cases decline

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 15 (ANI): Israel has allowed people to go maskless indoors from Tuesday, as the coronavirus cases in the country are decreasing.

2021-06-15T01:12:04.043590+00:00 IST

NATO treaty 'rock solid, unshakable', says Biden in show of unity ahead of meeting with Putin

Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): In a show of unity ahead of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) treaty is rock solid and unshakable.

2021-06-14T23:42:43.634554+00:00 IST

Terrorists carry out 38 attacks on Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone

Aleppo [Syria], June 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 38 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing.

2021-06-14T23:29:52.179765+00:00 IST

Biden urges Americans to get vaccinated against COVID 'as soon as possible'

Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): Raising concern over the COVID-19 situation in the country, US President Biden on Monday (local time) urged Americans who have not yet gotten vaccinated against the coronavirus to do so as soon as possible, pointing that the country has lost nearly 600,000 lives lost domestically from the infection.

2021-06-14T22:37:35.905883+00:00 IST

Gunmen kill 10 at bar in central Nigeria

Abuja [Nigeria], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Monday confirmed 10 people were killed at a local bar attacked by gunmen in the country's central state of Plateau.

2021-06-14T21:44:11.024385+00:00 IST

COVID-19: WHO urges countries to bridge 16 billion USD funding gap for ACT Accelerator

Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to close a funding gap of 16 billion US dollars for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator project, which aims to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines left unanswered by participants in the 47th G7 summit in the United Kingdom.

2021-06-14T20:16:19.405898+00:00 IST