Moscow [Russia], November 24 (ANI): Russia's Health Ministry will register the Sputnik vaccine for children aged 12-17 on Wednesday, with shots expected to be available at the end of December.
Beirut [Lebanon], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanon is interested in the participation of Russian companies in the restoration of the port of Beirut, Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib told Sputnik.
Seoul [South Korea], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea on Wednesday recorded 4,115 positive COVID-19 cases, the highest number since the start of the pandemic, the Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported.
Moscow [Russia], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The current payment for gas from Moldova has not yet been received, while the payment deadline after the notification made by Gazprom expires on Wednesday, Sergey Kupriyanov, Gazprom's spokesman, said.
Tokyo [Japan], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially announced the decision to unseal part of the state oil reserves in response to a US request.
Washington [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspect in the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy, Darrel Brooks, has been charged with five counts of first degree intentional homicide, with a sixth to be added, and faces up to life imprisonment for each.
Washington [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The revival of global air travel to pre-pandemic levels requires that governments develop practical and predictable measures to mitigate the threat of COVID-19, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday.
Washington [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US President Barack Obama has been nominated for the Grammy award for his audio book "A promised Land in the category Best Spoken Word Album, the Recording Academy said in a statement on Tuesday.
Geneva [Switzerland], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Erecting walls to restrict the flow of migrants from Belarus will not solve the border crisis, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Moscow [Russia], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Transnational IT giants Google, Twitter and Meta (formerly Facebook) received a total of eight new administrative protocols in Russia for failure to remove banned content from their platforms, a Moscow court told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Vilnius [Lithuania], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday having delivered a note of protest to the Belarusian Embassy over Minsk's plans to launch the second unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant.
Brussels [Belgium], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission said on Tuesday it proposed to create a legal framework in the EU to counter the use of migrants for political purposes.