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Iranian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff to visit Russia next week
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Iranian Armed Forces Shief of the General Staff Mohammad Bagheri will visit Russia, Reza Khosravi Moghadam, military attache at the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, said on Friday.
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Russia hopes AUKUS will adhere to nuclear nonproliferation obligations
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia hopes that the participants to the AUKUS alliance will strictly adhere to their commitments in the field of nuclear nonproliferation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told UK Ambassador to Moscow Deborah Bronnert.
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China launches manned spacecraft Shenzhou 13 to National Orbital Station
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 15 (ANI): Changzheng-2F, the Chinese launch vehicle, with manned spacecraft Shenzhou-13 was launched to the Tiangong orbital station on Friday, Sputnik reported.
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US has candid, direct information sharing with Russia on cybersecurity
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States already has candid and direct discussions and information sharing with Russia on ransomware and cybersecurity issues, which is why Moscow was not invited to the first round of the global Counter-Ransomware Initiative meetings earli
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WHO calls for global investment in hand hygiene in underdeveloped countrie
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A global investment of just USD 1 per person in hand hygiene annually could prevent thousands of deaths in the least developed countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Blinken to visit Ecuador, Colombia to discuss Anti-Narcotics Cooperation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ecuador and Colombia on October 19-21 to discuss a range of issues, including countering drug trafficking and tackling irregular migration, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday.
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World Bank says 100 mln people facing extreme poverty in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): An estimated 100 million people experienced extreme poverty this year largely in the so-called middle-income countries (MICs) as a result of the economic crisis brought about by the measures implemented to address the novel coronavirus pandemic, the
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France concerned by violence in Beirut, calls on Lebanon to prioritize ref
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): France is concerned by a recent outburst of violence in Lebanon and calls on the parties to exercise restraint and focus on necessary reforms to curb the ongoing crisis in the country, the French Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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UN 'extremely' saddened by murder of UK Conservative politician Amess
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is saddened by the killing of UK Conservative lawmaker David Amess who died earlier on Friday after being stabbed at his regular constituency surgery in Essex, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
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US court to hold status conference for case of Novatek CFO Gyetvay on Dec
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A status conference will be held for the tax evasion case against the CFO of Russian energy company Novatek, Mark Gyetvay, on December 16, court documents filed on Friday said.
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Russia will soon begin supplies of EpiVacCorona vaccine to Venezuela
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is planning to begin supplying the EpiVacCorona COVID-19 vaccine to Venezuela soon, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said on Friday.
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Perpetrator of archery attack in Norway may suffer from mental illness - P
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kongsberg [Norway], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The individual behind the deadly archery attack in Norway's Kongsberg is likely suffering from a mental disorder, and is now being held in a secure medical facility, the police said on Friday.
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