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US raises travel advisory for Ethiopia to Level 4
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The US State Department in a statement said it raised the travel advisory for Ethiopia to level four, warning the American public not to travel to the country.
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Ethiopia declares state of emergency to protect civilians from Tigray rebe
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian cabinet has declared a state of emergency across the country as part of measures to protect the civilian population from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), national media reported on Tuesday.
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UK's Johnson slams current target on sustainable aviation fuel
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday slammed current targets on aviation sustainable fuel as "pathetic" and claimed the sector can do better than that to reduce carbon emissions.
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CIA Chief to meet with Russian government officials in Moscow on Nov 2-3
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): CIA Director William Burns will hold a number of meetings with Russian government officials in Moscow on November 2 and 3 to discuss bilateral relations, the US Embassy in Moscow told RIA Novosti.
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Russia registers 39,008 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 39,008 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 40,402 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 8,593,200, the federal response center said on Tuesday.
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US in touch with Russia, UAE to restore civilian government in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is in contact with several countries, including Russia and the United Arab Emirates, to restore a civilian government in Sudan, US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman said on Tuesday at a briefing.
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Japan to allocate up to USD 10bn to support Asia's decarbonization
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan plans to allocate up to $10 billion within the next five years to support effort toward Asia's decarbonization and to double its financial aid to foreign countries' fight against climate change and natural disasters to $14.8 billion, Prime Minis
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Brazil registers lowest number of COVID-19 deaths since April 2020
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], October 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil registered on October 31 the lowest daily average of deaths from COVID-19 practically since the disease was detected in the country in February 2020, the Brazilian scientific institution Oswaldo Cruz Foundation said.
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Taliban deny reports of former govt security personnel joining IS
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 2 (ANI): The Taliban has denied reports that former Afghan security forces have joined the ranks of the Islamic State terrorist group, Sputnik reported citing Tolo News on Tuesday.
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Over 100 world leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030 at COP26
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Leaders of more than 100 countries representing over 85 per cent of the world's forests will commit to end deforestation by 2030 under the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP2
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Russia likely to export new S-500 missile systems to India, China
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia may supply its cutting-edge S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems to India and China in the future, Dmitry Shugaev, the director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), has said.
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UK Brexit Minister accepts France's invitation to discuss fisheries row in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK's chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, has accepted the invitation of France's secretary of state for European Affairs to discuss the fisheries dispute between the two countries, a UK government spokesman has said.
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