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Saudi Arabia, Turkey suspend international travel over new coronavirus str
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Saudi Arabia is closing its land borders and suspending international flights for one week following the discovery of a new coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports citing an internal ministry so
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Asian Games: Doha to host 2030 edition, Riyadh gets 2034
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], December 16 (ANI): Doha, capital of Qatar, will stage the 2030 Asian Games while the 2034 edition will be hosted by Riyadh, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Wednesday.
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Over 100,000 people signed up for Covid vaccination in Saudi Arabia on Day
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia have signed up for the coronavirus vaccination on the opening day of vaccination registration, the Saudi Health Ministry said.
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Saudi Arabia denies role in assassination of Iranian nuke scientist
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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G20 leaders commend Japan's determination to host Olympic, Paralympic Game
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the world's leaders on Sunday voiced their support for the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 at the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit.
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'India to host G20 summit in 2023'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 23 (ANI): India will now host the Group of 20 Summit in 2023, a year later than what was decided earlier, the grouping leaders announced on Sunday.
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Aatmanirbhar Bharat will be strong pillar of resilient post-COVID world ec
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, post the G20 Riyadh Summit, said that an Aatmanirbhar Bharat will be a strong pillar of a resilient post-COVID world economy and global value chains.
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G20 vows to 'spare no effort' to ensure universal access to COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The G20 countries have vowed to make efforts to ensure universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, a final statement adopted on Sunday after a two-day G20 summit said.
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Putin compares nature of COVID-induced global economic crisis to Great Dep
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 21 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday at the G20 summit called the economic crisis caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic 'a major world crisis' since the Great Depression.
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PM Modi, Chinese President Jinping on same platform again, this time at G-
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 21 (ANI): As COVID-19 ravages across the globe, this year's G-20 Summit began via videoconferencing on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump among several oth
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Saudi Arabia commits USD 500mln to COVID-19 vaccine development
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Saudi Arabian government has committed more than $500 million to funding efforts to develop and produce a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus disease, the country's health minister, Tawfig Al Rabiah, said ahead of the G20 S
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Mumbai airport: Ethiopian Airlines flight with 'hydraulic leakage' makes e
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 8 (ANI): An Ethiopian Airlines freighter flight landed and parked safely in Mumbai Airport on Sunday after a full emergency was reported due to a hydraulic leakage.
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