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Brazil's COVID-19 tally reaches 20.49 million
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 36,315 to 20,494,212 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.
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Afghanistan: Abdullah urges Taliban to protect social justice
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI/Sputnik) - The Head of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, has met with a senior Taliban delegation (designated terrorist and banned in Russia) in Kabul and urged them to ensure social justice in the country.
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Putin, Macron exchange views on internal Ukrainian crisis: Kremlin
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, exchanged views on the internal Ukrainian crisis and expressed concern about the continuing tension, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this year
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has issued an alert to parents and healthcare providers for an expected outbreak of the polio-like disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the next four months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a release
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Death toll of earthquake in Haiti rises to 2,189
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died as a result of the earthquake in Haiti, has risen to 2,189, an American news agency reported, citing the country's civil protection agency.
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COVID-19 cases in Brazil rise by 41,714 to over 20.45 mln
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 41,714 to 20,457,897 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.
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UN adopts resolution to hold peacemakers' killers accountable
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on member states to hold the killers and perpetrators of violence against the world body's peacekeepers around the world accountable, the global body announced o
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Afghan Defence Minister urges Interpol to arrest Ghani for treason
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi called on Interpol on Wednesday to arrest President Ashraf Ghani, who abdicated and fled from Afghanistan, for "selling out the motherland."
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Evacuation of Dutch citizens from Kabul fails due to limited US-allotted t
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Netherlands has been unable to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan as the US military has not given its plane enough time in Kabul's airport for people to board, acting Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said on Wednesday.
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Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine shows 93.5 pc efficacy in Paraguay
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 18 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Wednesday announced the data from Paraguay regarding the one-shot Russian Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrating high safety profile and a 93.5 per cent efficacy.
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Taliban open fire on people rallying in support of national flag in Nangar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Members of the Taliban opened fire on people rallying in support of the Afghan national flag in the eastern Nangarhar province, a local source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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EASA recommends commercial operators to suspend flights in Kabul airspace
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium] August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recommends commercial operators not to conduct flights in the airspace of Kabul and Afghanistan in general until further notice.
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