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Cuba threatens to sue Facebook over political manipulation
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Cuban foreign minister threatened on Wednesday to take legal action against Facebook, alleging that the social media network ignored groups trying to manipulate public opinion on the island.
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Russia will not take part in US-organized Ministerial Meeting to combat pa
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia will not take part in a virtual ministerial meeting convened by the United States to combat the COVID-19 pandemic due to the organizational difficulties and tight schedule of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and wishes the participant
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US charges 3 with USD 3.5mn fraud using fake political action committee: J
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Three men who operated two fraudulent political action committees (PACs), private organizations that raise money to influence elections or legislation, face multiple charges in unsealed indictment, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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Biden vows to strike back at price gouging in US energy sector
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to strike back against what he described as "price gouging" in the energy sector after a key inflation gauge grew at its fastest in three decades, driven by fuel prices that have more than doubled from the
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Meta partners with Microsoft to integrate Workplace, teams platforms
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is integrating its Workplace platform with Microsoft's Teams platform in order to enhance communication between workers, Meta's head of Workplace, Ujjwal Singh, said on Wednesday.
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US weekly jobless claims hit new pandemic-era low of 267,000: Labor Dept
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US jobless claims hit a new pandemic-era low of 267,000 last week in continued recovery from the nearly two-year-long coronavirus crisis, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
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Germany ready to provide humanitarian aid to migrants at Belarusian-Polish
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany is ready to provide humanitarian support to migrants stranded at the Belarusian-Polish border, German interior ministry spokesman Steve Alter said on Wednesday.
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EMA starts analyzing use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday that it had begun analyzing the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6 to 11 years old.
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Johnson to attend COP26 in Glasgow later on Wednesday: Spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson later on Wednesday plans to make a second visit to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) currently being held in Glasgow, his office told Sputnik.
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Polish government warning Minsk about possible full blocking of border tra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland warned the Belarusian authorities about the possibility of fully suspending all traffic across the border, Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller told the Wirtualna Polska online news outlet.
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Pfizer asks Japan to approve COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech have filed an application with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for approval of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
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Russia records 38,058 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 38,058 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 39,160 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 8,911,713, the federal response center said on Wednesday.
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