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Cable car crash kills 8 in northern Italy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A cable car crash in the region of Piedmont region in the north of Italy killed eight people, the rescue services told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Explosion at chemical factory in Central Iran leaves 9 injured
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): At least nine people sustained injuries in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Iranian central province of Isfahan, the Mehr news agency reported on Sunday, citing a source from the local emergency medical department.
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Hot air balloon crash in Ukraine's West kills one, injures five
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A hot-air balloon carrying people crashed during a festival in Ukraine's Khmelnytsky region, leaving one person killed and five others injured, the regional branch of Ukrainian National Police said on Sunday.
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DR Congo President interruping stay in Europe amid Nyiragongo volcano erup
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
North Kivu [Congo], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi en route to the country from Europe to oversee the relief efforts amid the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano.
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Moderna CEO advocates 3rd vaccine dose to protect people at risk
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Vaccination with a booster shot among as many people as possible is a good way to protect those most at risk against ever-emerging new coronavirus variants, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said on Sunday.
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Over half of Canadians have received at least first COVID-19 vaccine shot
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): More than half of Canada's population has received at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19, the CP24 television channel reports.
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People flee as Nyiragongo volcano erupts in eastern Congo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
North Kivu [Congo], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The civil defense forces of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are evacuating residents of Goma after the nearby Nyiragongo volcano started to erupt, North Kivu Governor, Lt. Gen. Ndima Kongba Constant said.
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Over 70 police officers have quit since storming of US Capitol in January
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 70 Capitol police officers have quit after the events of January 6, when a crowd of supporters of former US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to interrupt the vote count, the Politico reported
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France should avoid being dragged into US-China rivalry: Chief of Defense
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): France should avoid being drawn into the growing rivalry between China and the United States, which will become a central geopolitical confrontation of the future, General Francois Lecointre, Chief of the country's Defense Staff told a daily newspaper.
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Study finds 96 pc of COVID-19 patients have antibodies year after recovery
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A study by Japan's Yokohama City University showed that 96 per cent of people previously infected with COVID-19 still had antibodies a year after recovery, Kyodo News Agency reported.
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Over 13,000 coronavirus variants detected in Russia, says vaccine develope
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Novosibirsk [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian scientists have already identified more than 13,000 coronavirus mutations, but most of them do not have any significant impact on the course of the pandemic, Rinat Maksyutov, the director of the Vector research center that developed the Epi
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Production of Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine in India expected to start in Augus
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Saint Petersburg [Russia], May 22 (ANI): The production of the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine in India is expected to start in August, said Indian envoy to Russia, Bala Venkatesh Varma, adding that Russia has supplied over 2 lakh doses of the vaccine to India.
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