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Denmark authorizes COVID-19 vaccination for 5-11 year-olds
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Danish Health Authority has given the go-ahead to the vaccination of children aged 5-11 against COVID-19, Deputy Director General Helene Probst said on Friday.
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Iran to take serious part in Vienna JCPOA negotiations
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Despite the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Tehran will be seriously involved in the Vienna negotiations over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program on November 29, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Ami
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Ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant appears partly melted
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) plans to begin renovation works at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after finding that a frozen wall designed to stem the flow of groundwater around the reactor appears to be partly melted, media reported on
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Japanese Government will press ahead with relocation of US airbase in Okin
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government will not change its plans to relocate the United States Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (MCAS Futenma) in Okinawa, as the current location poses a threat to the base, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday.
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Russia reports 34,690 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 34,690 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,502,879, the federal response centre said on Friday.
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Ex-head of Brazilian Olympic Committee gets 30 years in prison for corrupt
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, 79-year-old Carlos Arthur Nuzman, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in prison for buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympic Games, media reported on Friday.
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Germany logs record 76,414 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has registered 76,414 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking thus the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, Robert Koch Institute said on Friday.
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11 mine rescuers remain in hospitals after Listvyazhnaya mine accident: Go
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Eleven mine rescuers remain in hospitals after an explosion at the Listvyazhnaya mine, Governor of the Kemerovo Region Sergey Tsivilev said on Friday.
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WHO calls meeting on Friday over COVID strain found in South Africa, Botsw
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting Friday to discuss the potentially rapidly spreading COVID strain found in South Africa and Botswana, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.
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Swedish Parliament to vote on Andersson again on Monday after surprise res
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swedish parliament will decide on Monday whether Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson should become the nation's first female prime minister after the first vote ended in a flop.
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Russian, Belarusian fighters jointly patrol Belarus border: Defence Minist
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Su-30SM fighters of Belarus and Russia conducted air patrols along the border of Belarus on Thursday, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said.
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Instagram chief to testify in US Congress on harm to youth from platform
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, will appear before the US Senate, the upper chamber of the Congress, in the second week of December for the first time and testify regarding reports on the negative influence of the social network on teenagers, t
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