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Brazil logs over 21.93 million COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 14,598 to 21,939,196 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.
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Germany ready to provide observers for Libya's elections on December 24: M
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany is ready to provide observers for Libyan elections on December 24 to ensure transparency of the process, Chancellor Angela Merkel said during the press conference following the Paris Summit on Libya.
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Britney Spears' conservatorship terminated after 13 years
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny freed pop star Britney Spears from the conservatorship of her father James Spears during a court hearing, Sputnik citing NBC News reported.
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UNSC extends peacekeeping mission in CAR for 1 year, Russia, China abstain
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday extending for another year the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), with Russia and China abstaining.
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France urges Russia to use ties with Minsk to resolve migrants border cris
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly urged their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting in Paris to use their close ties with Minsk to resolve the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish
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UN says released staffer in Ethiopia detained again, 9 others remain in de
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
United Nations, November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian authorities have detained again a United Nations staff member who was arrested and released earlier, while nine other local employees still remain under arrest, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Friday.
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Poland sees Russian Paratroopers' exercises in Belarus as threat
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland sees exercises in Belarus by Russian paratroopers as a threat, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said on Friday.
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US imposes sanctions on 2 individuals, 4 entities in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has imposed sanctions related to the situation in Ethiopia against two individuals and four entities, including against the Eritrean Defense Forces, the US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Friday.
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Russian Paratroopers complete Airborne assault drills in Belarus
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A subdivision of the Russian Airborne Forces has worked out a practical landing in Belarus, the tasks of the exercise have been completed in full, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
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NATO Secretary-General, EU defence chiefs to meet Tuesday for informal tal
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will have informal talks with EU defence ministers over lunch in Brussels on Tuesday.
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Kremlin aware of planned bill on mandatory use of QR codes in shops
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Kremlin is aware of the federal response center's initiative to develop legislation regulating the use of QR health codes in shops, transport and cafes amid the coronavirus pandemic, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
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Blinken says US ready to use various tools to address Belarus' use of migr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is prepared to use "various tools" at its disposal in response to Belarus using migration as a political weapon, US State Secretary Antony Blinken said on Friday.
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