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About 140 people missing after boat sinks in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 140 people went missing after an overcrowded boat carrying some 160 passengers capsized in Nigeria on Wednesday, media said.
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Pfizer to send 50 million COVID-19 vaccines to India with conditions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is likely to supply 50 million COVID-19 vaccines to India in 2021, albeit with a few conditions, sources told ANI on Wednesday.
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Opposition mayoral candidate shot dead at rally in central Mexico
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The candidate for mayor of the municipality of Moroleon in Mexico's Guanajuato state, Alma Rosa Barragan, was murdered on Tuesday night in a shooting attack in the middle of a campaign rally, while two other people were injured, the opposition Citi
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Sputnik V agreed to supply vaccine to Delhi; quantity yet to be decided: C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday informed that Sputnik V makers have agreed to supply vaccines in Delhi. However, the exact quantity of vaccines supply is yet to be ascertained.
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Russia expresses concern over situation in Yemen, working with all sides o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is concerned with the ongoing civil war in Yemen and is working with all sides in the conflict toward a peaceful settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.
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Three people detained in Italy over suspected role in cable car crash: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Italy's law enforcement agencies detained three persons after lengthy interrogations in the case launched after the cable car crash in the northern Piedmont region that resulted in 14 fatalities, a RaiNews24 broadcaster reported on Wednesday.
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Brazil's coronavirus death toll tops 450,000
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Brazil has exceeded 450,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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US, European allies denounce Syria's upcoming election as neither free nor
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The upcoming presidential election in Syria is neither free nor fair, the top diplomats of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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Gorbachev says Russia-US ties very bad now, 'but I am ineradicable optimis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said that relations between Russia and the United States were now in a very bad state, but in this regard he called himself an "ineradicable optimist" and recalled that their meetings with US President Ronald Re
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Mali's interim vice president says PM Ouane ousted for violating transitio
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], May 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Mali's Interim Vice President Assimi Goita has accused interim Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of violating the transition charter, which is why the interim president and prime minister were ousted.
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EU reaffirms commitment to two-state principle in Israel-Palestine conflic
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 25 (ANI/Sputnik): EU leaders welcome the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire and reaffirm their unwavering commitment to a settlement based on the so-called two-state solution formula, European Council President Charles Michel said on Tuesday.
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Algeria to gradually resume international flights from June 1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Algerian government has announced that it would gradually resume international air traffic starting from June 1, reopening its borders for the first time since March 2020, when they were closed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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