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Japan registers 1st possible case of mother-to-newborn COVID-19 transmissi
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Tokyo [Japan], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A newborn in Japan is believed to have contracted COVID-19 from the mother in what may be the first case of mother-to-baby coronavirus transmission in the country, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Monday.
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Biden says US 'must change laws that enable discrimination'
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Washington [US], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden says American laws need to be changed in order to root out racial discrimination.
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Qatar, Mauritania discuss possibility of resuming diplomatic relations
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Doha [Qatar], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The foreign ministers of Qatar and Mauritania, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, respectively, have discussed the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations severed in 2017, the Qatari Foreign Minister said.
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Blinken travels to Brussels to strengthen alliances with NATO, EU
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Washington DC [US], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Brussels, Belgium, on Monday to reaffirm America's commitments to its transatlantic alliances in meetings with NATO counterparts and the European Union leaders.
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Russia registers 9,299 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], March 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 9,299 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,632 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,456,869, the coronavirus response center said on Sunday.
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EU foreign policy chief calls on Turkey to reverse decision to leave Europ
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Brussels [Belgium], March 21 (ANI): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday called on Turkey to reverse its decision to leave the EU-backed Istanbul Convention on women's rights, reported Sputnik.
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Russia's Soyuz with 2 Galileo Satellites postponed till November
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Moscow [Russia], March 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The launch of a Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket with two Galileo satellites from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana has been put off from September until November, two space industry sources told Sputnik.
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Palestinian President gets coronavirus vaccine shot
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Gaza, March 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been vaccinated against COVID-19, the official WAFA news agency reports.
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Seven injured in earthquake off Japan's Miyagi
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Tokyo [Japan], March 21 (ANI/Sputnik): At least seven people have been injured as a result of the earthquake that hit the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi, NHK reported on Saturday, citing the national fire department.
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Blast kills 1, injures 11 at battery warehouse in Syria's Al Bab city
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Al Bab [Syria], March 20 (ANI/Sputnik): An explosion at a battery warehouse in the Syrian city of Al Bab near Aleppo left one person dead and at least 11 injured, a source told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Russia registers 9,632 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], March 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 9,632 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,699 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,447,570, the coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
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Japan wants to accept no more than 90,000 foreign citizens at Tokyo Olympi
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Tokyo [Japan], March 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government expects that the number of foreign citizens who will attend the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will not exceed 90,000, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
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