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NATO chief says alliance worried about Belarus-Russia cooperation
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Russia], June 6 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is concerned about strengthening cooperation between Russia and Belarus and is ready to protect its allies in case of any threats.
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Malta-based pharma firm offers to provide 60 million doses of Sputnik V to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 4 (ANI): The Haryana government on Saturday informed that it has received an "expression of interest" from a Malta-based pharma company to provide up to 60 million does of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
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Brazil approves proposal to import Bharat Biotech's Covaxin with regulatio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Telangana] , June 5 (ANI): Brazil has approved the import of Bharat Biotech manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin into the country with regulations, informed ANVISA on Friday.
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Eight security force members killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Two police chiefs and six soldiers were killed in an attack by the Taliban in the Jugla district of the Baghlan province in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported on Saturday.
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Russia records 9,145 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 9,145 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, up from 8,947 the day before, which brought the cumulative total to 5,117,274, the federal response center said on Saturday.
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Brazil gives nod to use Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 5 (ANI): Brazil has authorised use of Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and became the 67th country in the world to opt for the Russian made vaccine, confirmed the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Saturday.
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G7 health ministers to strengthen cooperation against future pandemics
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Friday to speed up cooperation on vaccine and therapeutic trials to tackle COVID-19 and future pandemics, the UK government has announced after hosting a two-day meeting of the bloc's health ministers at the University of O
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DCGI grants SII permission to manufacture Sputnik V for specific regulator
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday granted the approval to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for the initial manufacture of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V for testing, examination, and analysis purposes with certain conditions at i
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Global Journalism community criticises Myanmar for jailing two scribes on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday accused the Myanmar military of jailing two journalists on trumped-up charges and demanded their release.
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UK, EU competition watchdogs investigate Facebook over possible anticompet
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK and the European Union competition regulators both announced on Friday that they are investigating Facebook to determine whether the online social media platform has unfairly used the data obtained from its advertising and single sign-on to gain adva
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Two arrested in Hong Kong for 'promoting' banned Tiananmen Square vigil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Honk Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister and member of the group behind the special administrative region's annual vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989, along with a delivery person, on suspicion of p
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Tokyo to send over 1.2 million free AstraZeneca vaccines to Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has expressed readiness to ship more than a million shots of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines at no cost to Taiwan as requested by the East Asian nation, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Friday.
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