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Minneapolis Police Chief says officer Chauvin's actions not part of depart
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) chief Medaria Arradondo testified in court that former officer Derek Chauvin's actions were not mandated by any policies in the department when he apprehended George Floyd prior to his death.
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Over 80 cases of British Covid-19 strain confirmed in Russia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 6 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 80 cases of the British coronavirus variant have been registered in Russia, all of them are imported cases, Anna Popova, the head of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said.
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US, Arab countries commit to accelerating climate action
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and a number of Arab countries have agreed to accelerate climate action, US and Arab countries' senior officials said in a joint statement upon the conclusion of the United Arab Emirates Regional Climate Dialogue.
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More than 10 security officers killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 11 members of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces were killed with four injured in two different areas in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, security sources told local media on Monday.
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Earthquakes of upto 4.0 magnitude strike Los Angeles Area
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): A pair of earthquakes measuring up to 4.0 on the Richter scale rattled the Los Angeles area early Monday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Israeli President starts consultations with parties on government formatio
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel's President Reuven Rivlin began consultations on Monday with the representatives of the political parties in parliament to entrust one of them with forming a new government, as the country continues its months-long streak without a viable coal
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Moscow expresses security concerns in light of US, UK plans to deploy miss
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington's and London's plans to deploy ground-based short- and intermediate-range missiles in various regions across the world hinder the effort to prevent a large-scale escalation, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said o
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Poland's largest airport Evacuated Over bomb threat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The evacuation of passengers has started from the Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland's biggest airport, over a bomb threat, Dagmara Bielec-Janas, spokesperson for the Polish Border Guard, told reporters.
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Bulgaria's ruling party winning parliamentary elections with 25% of vote
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Bulgaria's ruling GERB party is winning the parliamentary elections with some 25 percent of the vote, Bulgarian National Television reported, citing exit poll data.
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Czech Republic to end COVID-19 State of Emergency on April 11
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus state of emergency currently imposed in the Czech Republic will end on April 11 as the government no longer intends to ask the parliament to extend it, Prime Minister Andrei Babis told reporters on Sunday.
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Number of people arrested at 'Kill the Bill' protest in London on Sat tops
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 107 people were arrested during the protest that took place in central London on Saturday against a bill that would give UK law enforcement agencies more powers to restrict peaceful demonstrations, the Metropolitan Police said on Sunday in an up
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Two rockets land in Iraqi Saladin Province near air base hosting US troops
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Two rockets have fallen down in the Iraqi governorate of Saladin near Balad air base, where US troops are deployed, a source in Iraqi security forces told Sputnik on Sunday.
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