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UK's Johnson urges people to get COVID-19 vaccine in Christmas message
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday urged people in the United Kingdom to get a COVID-19 vaccine as a Christmas present to their "family and the whole country," amid an unprecedented surge of infections caused by the Omicron variant of the corona
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Israeli Prime Minister invites new Austrian Chancellor to visit his countr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has held the first phone conversation with new Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and invited him to visit Jerusalem, the office of the Israeli prime minister said.
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US eases quarantine time for health care workers with COVID-19 due to staf
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an updated guidance that shortens the amount of time health care workers who test positive for the novel coronavirus must quarantine due to staffing shortages in US hospitals.
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US, UK top diplomats discuss response to 'Russian aggression' toward Ukrai
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss on Thursday discussed a potential response to the alleged Russian aggression toward Ukraine, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
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Blinken, NATO chief discuss readiness for talks over Russia-Ukraine tensio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg concerns over Russia's military activity near Ukraine, but conveyed the United States' readiness to engage in dialogue to resolve the issue, State Departmen
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Senior US official says no evidence Ukraine escalating tensions with Russi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A senior Biden administration official said on Thursday that there is no evidence indicating Ukraine is escalating tensions with Russia.
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We must proceed based on current reality, says Vladimir Putin on Taliban g
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 23 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the international community must proceed from the current realities in regard to a possible recognition of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, reported Sputnik.
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UK Home Minister condemns anti-semitic attack in North London
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Home Minister Priti Patel on Thursday condemned a "seriously disturbing" anti-Semitic attack in north London, and said she was in close contact with the Metropolitan Police and a charity protecting the Jewish community in the UK.
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US jobless claims at 205,000 for last week, unchanged from previous period
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): US jobless claims came in at 205,000 for last week, unchanged from the previous week's revised level, as the employment market continued to consolidate after a stretch of dynamic recovery from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Labor Departme
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Belgium confirms decision to stop nuclear power reactors by 2025: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Belgian ruling coalition confirmed its decision to cease operation of all nuclear reactors in 2025 following negotiations on Thursday, and intends to invest in small modular reactors instead, Belgian media reported.
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UK Labour Party calls for 'more clarity' over possible further COVID-19 re
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Labour lawmaker and shadow culture minister, Lucy Powell, on Thursday asked the government for "more clarity" over what data it is looking at in order regarding further possible COVID-19 social restrictions to tackle the spread of the Omicron varian
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Putin says COVID-19 herd immunity stands in Russia at 59.4pc
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized vaccine skeptics on Thursday, saying that herd immunity to COVID-19 in the country was slightly under 60%, saying that it was "low" and that Russians needed at least an 80% herd immunity to be safe from t
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