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Russia confirms new single-day record of 37,141 COVID-19 cases: Response C
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered a new single-day record of 37,141 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, up from the previous record of 36,339 cases confirmed the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 8,168,305, the federal response center said on Friday.
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Russian security service foils terror attack at transport infrastructure f
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Federal Security Service said on Friday that it foiled a terrorist attack that a supporter of the Islamic State terrorist organization planned to stage at transport infrastructure facilities in the Stavropol region.
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EU wants to accelerate recognition of COVID-19 certificates with third wor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): EU leaders support easing COVID-19 movement restrictions and plan to accelerate work on the mutual recognition of COVID-19 certificates with third countries, the European Council said on Friday.
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7 people killed in Ryazan region plant fire: Russia's emergencies ministry
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Seven people were killed in the fire at a plant in Russia's Ryazan region, while the fate of nine more individuals remains uncertain, a spokesman for the ministry of emergency situations told Sputnik on Friday.
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Pentagon confirms failed test for hypersonic weapons development, initiate
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Defence had an unsuccessful test related to its hypersonic weapons' development after a missile booster failed to work, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik.
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Pentagon chief may have 'overplayed' role in promoting Ukraine NATO bid
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin may have gone too far in publicly voicing strong support for Ukraine joining NATO during a visit to Kiev, analysts told Sputnik.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil rises by 16,853 to over 21.69mln
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 16,853 to 21,697,341 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.
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Haitian police chief steps down as crime wave hits country
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Haitian police chief Leon Charles has resigned as the number of kidnappings and killings has surged in the country over the recent months, sparking mass protests, Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced on Thursday.
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No plans for US to unfreeze $9.5bln of Afghanistan's financial reserves: I
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that there are no plans for the United States to unfreeze estimated USD 9.5 billion of Afghanistan's financial reserves, Sputnik reported.
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Israeli NSC head secretly visits Paris to defuse tensions over Pegasus spy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel's National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata secretly visited Paris in an attempt to defuse tensions between Israel and France over the alleged use of Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli firm NSO Group to hack the phones of the French Presi
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Thirty Nigerian students abducted by bandits in June released
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Gunmen in Nigeria freed another 30 Kebbi State college students who were kidnapped in June, Yahaya Sarki, the spokesperson to Kebbi State Governor, said on Thursday.
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Turkey arrests 15 suspected Mossad spies: report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], October 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey arrested 15 people suspected of working for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, the Istanbul public prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
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