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COVID-19: Australia bans travel from India on pain of fines, jail time, sa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Australian citizens who are stuck in India and wish to return back home are at risk of facing fines of up to 66,000 Australian dollars (approximately USD 50,964) as Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says a travel ban will be put in place starting Mo
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Russia registers 9,270 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 9,270 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 8,731 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,814,558, the coronavirus response centre said on Saturday.
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Blinken condemns Russian entry ban for 8 EU officials
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 1 (Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has joined the European Union in its condemnation of the Russian decision to ban entry for eight officials of the European Union and EU countries but stressed that the Western countries still want more constructive relati
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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off Northeastern Japan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday off the northeastern coast of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
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Amid vaccine shortage, first lot of Sputnik V vaccines to land in India on
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The first lot of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia will arrive in India on Saturday. The rollout of the Russian vaccine is expected to augment India's third phase of the vaccination drive which also begins tomorrow.
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Netanyahu declares Sunday mourning day in Israel following deadly Meron tr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday a nationwide mourning day after the tragic events on Mount Meron, where 44 people were killed and 150 more injured in a stampede at Lag B'Omer celebrations.
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Russia registers 8,731 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 8,731 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,284 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,805,288, the coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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Russia preparing documents to register COVID-19 vaccine for animals abroad
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's Federal Center for Animal Health, which is subordinate to veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, is preparing documents to have its Carnivac-Cov vaccine against COVID-19 for animals registered abroad, an adviser to Rosselkhoznadzor chief annou
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13 Kyrgyz citizens dead, 121 injured in Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border confl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The recent escalation of tensions on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has left 13 Kyrgyz citizens dead, and 121 more injured, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health said on Friday.
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Turkey's new COVID-19 lockdown enters into force
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus-related lockdown announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came into force across the country on Thursday and will last through May 17, becoming the longest-running restriction since the onset of the pandemic.
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US troops start withdrawing from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has begun pulling out its forces from Afghanistan, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday.
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Assailant in kindergarten knife attack in Southern China has mental disord
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Guangxi [China], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The suspect who carried out the knife attack at a kindergarten in the city of Beiliu in southwestern China's Guangxi province has a mental illness, local police said on Thursday.
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