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Canada targeting January for start of COVID-19 vaccine delivery

Ottawa [Canada], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government is targeting January as the starting point for COVID-19 vaccine delivery throughout the country, Canada's Vaccine Distribution Czar Major General Dany Fortin said during a press conference.

2020-12-04T02:33:05.750607+00:00 IST

Death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 175,000 mark

Brasilia [Brazil], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 755 to 175,270 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Thursday.

2020-12-04T02:32:41.628408+00:00 IST

Worldwide COVID-19 cases surpass 65 million-mark

Maryland [US], December 4 (ANI): The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 65 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University's data.

2020-12-04T01:00:27.925351+00:00 IST

OPEC+ agrees to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day in January

Vienna [Austria], December 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries decided at a meeting on Thursday to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January 2021.

2020-12-04T00:39:33.166062+00:00 IST

Egypt's COVID-19 daily infections exceed 400 for first time in 4 months

Cairo [Egypt], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Egypt confirmed on Wednesday late night 421 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 116,724, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry.

2020-12-03T10:32:19.098109+00:00 IST

Brazil to receive 15 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in Jan-Feb

Brasilia [Brazil], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The first batch of 15 million doses of Oxford University and AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine will be shipped to Brazil in January and February, Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said.

2020-12-03T05:35:53.620259+00:00 IST

India, Suriname hold 7th Joint Commission meet, both sides review bilateral ties

New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The 7th India-Suriname Joint Commission Meeting (JCM), was held virtually on December 2 where both sides underscored the importance of this mechanism in deepening political dialogue, reviewing bilateral ties, and exchanging views on regional and multilateral cooperation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said.

2020-12-03T00:40:31.740681+00:00 IST

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be made available across UK from next week: PM

London [UK], December 2 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday hailed the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for formally authorising the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and said that the vaccine will be available across the UK from next week.

2020-12-02T09:28:27.873208+00:00 IST

Venezuelan President Maduro ready to step down if Opposition wins Parliamentary elections

Caracas [Venezuala], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has signaled readiness to resign if the opposition forces win the upcoming parliamentary vote.

2020-12-02T06:50:56.141574+00:00 IST

COVID-19 deaths in Argentina reach 38,928

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported 198 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the national total to 38,928, the country's Health Ministry said Tuesday.

2020-12-02T06:02:26.272643+00:00 IST

Israel's Gantz says his party to vote for dissolving Parliament

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Benny Gantz, the Israeli defense minister and leader of a ruling coalition party, Blue and White, said on Tuesday that tomorrow his party would vote in favour of dissolving the country's parliament over inability to pass a budget.

2020-12-01T21:42:04.188372+00:00 IST

Saudi Arabia denies role in assassination of Iranian nuke scientist

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir denied on Tuesday any role of his country in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

2020-12-01T20:30:02.869058+00:00 IST

Georgia reports 3,759 new COVID-19 cases

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia reported 3,759 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing its total to 139,343, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).

2020-12-01T16:44:43.073958+00:00 IST

Colombia reports 8,430 more COVID-19 cases

Bogota [Colombia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia reported 8,430 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,316,806, Colombian health authorities said om Monday.

2020-12-01T04:03:46.118207+00:00 IST

Zimbabwe's COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000 mark

Harare [Zimbabwe], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Zimbabwe reported 84 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the national tally to 10,034, said the Ministry of Health and Child Care.

2020-12-01T03:22:08.447974+00:00 IST

US, EU should join forces to check China's influence, says report

Washington DC [US], December 1 (ANI): The United States and Europe must decide how they will ensure the international system will adhere to its values in the face of China’s unfair trading practices, murky investment, and political interference, according to a report by the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  

2020-11-30T22:32:39.065006+00:00 IST

Iranian Commander killed by drone strike at Syria-Iraq border

Tehran [Iran], December 1 (ANI): Days after Iran's nuclear arms program scientist was assassinated, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards has been killed in a drone strike near the Syria-Iraq border.

2020-11-30T21:59:58.597829+00:00 IST

Mexico reports more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases

Mexico City [Mexico], November 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico's Health Ministry reported 6,388 more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the national count to 1,107,071.

2020-11-30T06:38:36.733413+00:00 IST

Brazil surpasses 6.3 million COVID-19 cases

Brasilia [Brazil], November 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 24,468 new cases and 272 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its national caseload to 6,314,740 and death toll to 172,833, the Health Ministry reported Sunday.

2020-11-30T02:37:45.139090+00:00 IST

7 dead, nearly dozen injured in road accident in Northwestern Peru

Mexico city [Mexico], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least seven people died and another 11 were injured in a car accident in Peru's Pataz Province, the Peruvian Exitosa Radio reports.

2020-11-30T02:09:26.913681+00:00 IST

India to host SCO Heads of Government meet today

New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): India is set to host the 19th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in a virtual format on Monday, which will be chaired by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, the Ministry of External Affairs has said.

2020-11-29T23:57:01.998726+00:00 IST