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Johnson says UK looking forward to 'brighter days ahead' on Easter
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an Easter message on Sunday that the country is going to see "brighter days ahead" after a "very tough" pandemic year.
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Fishing boat crashes into ship off Indonesia's west Java, 17 missing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Seventeen people are missing after a fishing boat crashed into a bulk carrier near Indonesia's West Java island, national media reported on Sunday.
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Russia records 8,817 new COVID-19 cases in 24 Hours
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 8,817 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours bringing the cumulative total to 4,580,894, the coronavirus response center said on Sunday.
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Germany, France call for de-escalation of conflict in southeastern Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany and France are calling on the conflicting parties in southeastern Ukraine (Donbas) to de-escalate tensions amid an increase in ceasefire violations, the German and French foreign ministries said in a joint statement.
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Niger's President appoints Mahamadou as new PM
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Niger's newly-elected President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as Prime Minister.
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Egypt parades 22 ancient royal mummies to new resting place
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], April 4,(ANI/Sputnik): Egypt on Saturday moved 22 mummies of ancient kings and queens to their new resting place in an eye-catching stylized ceremony celebrating the nation's rich heritage.
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Swiss light virtual candles in tribute for Coronavirus victims
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss lit hundreds of virtual candles on Saturday to remember more than 9.7 million people who died during the COVID-19 pandemic and send a message of hope to the living.
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Palestinian leader extends State of Emergency until May amid COVID-19 surg
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gaza, April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has extended the year-long state of emergency for another month, media said.
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Suez Canal Authority says shipping backlog cleared
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): All vessels trapped at the entrance to Egypt's Suez Canal by the grounding of a giant container ship have passed through as of Saturday, the chairman of the waterway's authority said.
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EU welcomes US move to scrap Trump-era ICC sanctions
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to the international rules-based system by lifting Trump-era sanctions on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Saturday.
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Three dead, 4 injured in house party shooting in US state of North Carolin
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A shooting has broken out at a house party in the city of Wilmington in the US state of North Carolina, leaving three people killed and four others injured, the local police reported on Saturday.
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Mexico probes murder of 8 people beheaded in country's west
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Prosecutors in Mexico's western state of Michoacan are investigating the murder of eight people, whose decapitated bodies were found in the Aguililla municipality after suspected cartel warfare.
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