Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is considering the procurement of Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, but does not exclude the option of receiving it from Russia as a donation, Nigerian Ambassador in Moscow Abdullahi Shehu told Sputnik in his first interview since t
Tokyo [Japan] December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 100 million Japanese have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, with vaccination thus reaching 79% of approximately 126 million Japanese, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing Wednesday's data from the government website.
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): The so-called honour killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation with the latest being an incident where a woman was shot dead outside the judicial complex in Peshawar.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 8 (ANI): Lakhmehar Pardesi, who scored her maiden win on the Women's Pro Golf Tour earlier this year, was at the top of the leader board at the end of the first round of the 14th Leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Tollygunge Club.
New Delhi [India] December 6, (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (Russia's sovereign wealth fund) has said that it strives to expand the partnership between Russia and India in the fight against COVID by providing the one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine and Sputnik M vaccine (for adolescen
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Two newborns in Brazil were given coronavirus vaccine shots by mistake and had to be hospitalized, Brazilian media report.
Tokyo [Japan], December 6 (ANI): Japan to lessen the present vaccine interval of eight months between the second and third COVID-19 vaccine shots, in the wake of rising Omicron scare.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 4 (ANI/Xinhua): An Israeli man was severely injured on Saturday in a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Israeli police.
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): A corporal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot himself with the Insas rifle issued to him and died at the Air Force Station, Bawana.
Manama [Bahrain], December 3 (ANI): India's Ananya Bansal won the country's first medal - silver, in Shotput in the F20 category at the 2021 Asia Youth Paralympic Games.
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is launching hundreds of family vaccination clinics across the country to provide locations where families can get COVID-19 vaccine and booster doses all in one place, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
Berlin [Germany], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The outgoing German chancellor and her successor announced sweeping new restrictions for the unvaccinated and backed mandatory anti-coronavirus shots on Thursday.