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11 die in illegal gold mining in Angola's Huambo province in past 3 months
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Huambo [Angola], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 11 people have died over the past three months in central Angola's Huambo province due to illegal mining, especially gold, local police announced here Saturday.
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Suspicious behavior from passenger forces plane to make emergency landing
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): An American Eagle flight operated by Republic Airways had to make an emergency landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport after a passenger's suspicious behaviour.
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Fire at oil depot in Moscow region
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A fire has erupted at an oil depot in the Moscow region, about 62 miles west of the Russian capital, local emergency authorities told Sputnik.
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Czech opposition begins coalition talks after winning legislative polls
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The leader of the liberal Czech alliance Together announced on Saturday he was in talks with the third-placed Pirates/Mayors on forming a coalition government after beating the ruling ANO party.
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Austrian chancellor to stand down amid corruption probe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced that he will resign and suggested that Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg take his place.
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Exit poll confirms Babis' projected victory in Czech legislative polls
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' ANO party is projected to win a narrow victory over opposition rivals in the two-day legislative elections, an exit poll out Saturday showed.
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Trump says Michigan Rally will seek 'forensic audit' of 2020 election
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US President Donald Trump has called a rally for Tuesday in an effort to again revisit the results of last year's presidential election won by his Democrat rival, Joe Biden.
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Czechia's ruling party leading parliamentary election as votes counted
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Prague [Czechia], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Republic's centrist ruling ANO party led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis is in the lead in the parliamentary elections with 30.8 per cent after 1 per cent of the ballots were counted, the Czech Statistical Office said on Saturday.
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Swedish King calls for caution after COVID-19 limits lifted
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The king of Swedes said on Saturday that the government might have acted too fast in lifting COVID-19 curbs, after Sweden scrapped limits on public gatherings.
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Six people with Russian passports detained in Turkey for alleged espionage
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish police have detained six people with Russian passports who allegedly plotted an attack on foreigners and tried to obtain classified data, the CNN Turk broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing law enforcement sources.
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Russia records 29,362 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia recorded 29,362 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, up from 27,246 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 7,746,718, the federal response center said on Saturday.
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Toll from building's collapse in Georgia's Batumi reaches 5
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Batumi [Georgia], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died as a result of the collapse of a residential building in the Georgian resort town of Batumi, has reached five, media reported on Saturday.
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