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Greece to modernize air firefighting fleet in aftermath of blazes: Prime M
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece will invest 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) to modernize its aerial firefighting capabilities in the wake of massive wildfires that recently ripped through the country, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
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Peru's prosecutors open probe into prime minister on suspicion of terroris
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lima [Peru], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Peruvian prosecutor's office said it has launched an investigation into Prime Minister Guido Bellido and the leader of the ruling Free Peru party, Vladimir Cerron, on suspicion of terrorism.
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Taliban claim to have captured capital of Ghazni province
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban have captured the city of Ghazni, the capital of the eponymous province in Afghanistan's southeast, the Taliban's member Qari Yousaf Ahmadi said on Thursday.
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Russia records 21,932 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 21,932 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 21,571 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,534,791, the federal response center said on Thursday.
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Mexico's COVID-19 case tally tops 3 million
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Mexican Secretariat of Health has published new statistics on COVID-19, according to which the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 3 million.
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At least 8 survivors found at Mi-8 crash site in Russia's Far East
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eight survivors were found at the Mi-8 helicopter crash site in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Territory, the rest are still being looked for, a spokesman for the Vityaz Aero airline told Sputnik.
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Algerian President declares 3-day mourning for wildfire victims
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday announced a three-day mourning for the people who lost their lives in the wildfires that keep raging across the country.
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Zelenskyy, Merkel to discuss security guarantees linked to Nord Stream 2 o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine] August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on August 22 will discuss Berlin's guarantees to Kyiv in relation to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, Ukrainian presidential spokesperson Serhiy Nykyforov said on Wednes
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RDIF proposes Pfizer conduct joint trials with Sputnik Light as booster sh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 11 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has proposed that US drugmaker Pfizer start joint trials with Sputnik Light as a booster COVID-19 vaccine shot, the RDIF said on Wednesday.
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Japanese opposition demands parliamentary hearing on Sri Lankan woman's de
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Four opposition parties in Japan, the Constitutional Democratic, the Democratic Party for the People, the Communist and the Social Democratic, demanded that the case of the death of a Sri Lankan woman in the immigration center be brought before the parl
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Sputnik V jab 83 per cent effective against Delta variant, says Russian he
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 11 (ANI): Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is around 83 per cent effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Wednesday citing data collected by the health ministry.
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Russia records 21,571 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 21,571 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 21,378 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,512,859, the federal response center said on Wednesday.
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