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COVID-19: No approval yet to use Chinese vaccine Sinopharm on Sri Lankans
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 1 (ANI): Vaccination of Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka with the Sinopharm vaccine is set to start from next Monday. This comes after a consignment of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines given by Beijing reached Colombo on Wednesday, the Colombo Page reported.
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Attacks on civilians in Mozambique's Palma heinous: UN
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The attacks that reportedly killed dozens of people, including civilians in a Palma hotel in Mozambique, are heinous acts, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
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China appears to have block encrypted messaging app Signal
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): China appeared to have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal, adding it to the long list of foreign platforms not accessible in the Asian country due to the Great Firewall.
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WHO says experts will likely present report on COVID-19 origins next week
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Independent experts of the World Health Organization (WHO), who have recently been on a mission in China, will most likely present their report about the origins of the coronavirus next week, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said.
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Refugee centers in Ethiopia's Tigray at risk of disease outbreaks: UNICEF
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethopia], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): There are widespread concerns that overcrowding at refugee centers and lack of health facilities will drive disease outbreaks in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region, a UNICEF spokesman told Sputnik.
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US reinstates sanctions against Israeli businessman Gertler
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): The United States administration revoked a President Donald Trump-era license that exempted Israeli businessman Dan Gertler from sanctions over suspected corrupt deals with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), State Department spokesman Ned Price announced.
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UN calls on ASEAN states to leverage Myanmar military junta to protect peo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 6 (ANI): The United Nations is calling on the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to exert pressure on the Myanmar military, which recently overthrew the civilian government, to protect the human rights and freedoms of the citizens, David
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14 killed in avalanche in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Badakhshan [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Fourteen villagers were killed and three others wounded after an avalanche struck a far-flung area in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Thursday, a local government spokesman confirmed.
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Kremlin sees new US, EU sanctions on Russia as interference in internal af
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Kremlin sees the new US and EU sanctions on Russia as interference in the country's internal affairs, as all the accusations related to opposition figure Alexey Navalny's case are absurd, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
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US to evaluate Saudi arms sales on case-by-case basis
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will evaluate arms sales to Saudi Arabia on a case-by-case basis through a process led by the National Security Council, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
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Expect productive peace talks with Afghan govt in Doha, say Taliban
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Doha [Qatar], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban are counting on productive peace talks with the Afghan government in Qatar though the sides are still discussing the exact topics of negotiations, the official spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, Mohammad Naim, told Sputn
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Awami National Party hold protests demanding safe return of missing person
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded the government to ensure the safe return of persons who have been forcibly disappeared, including Asad Khan Achakzai, a spokesman of ANP Balochistan.
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