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2 killed, 1 injured in landmine blast in Syria's Hama Province
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Two people were killed and one was injured in a landmine explosion in the Salamiyah area, east of Syria's Hama, a local medical source told Sputnik on Friday.
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South Korea to extend current social distancing measures for 2 weeks
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea will extend its current social distancing measures for another two weeks over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Friday.
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Russia records 11,086 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's single-day increase in coronavirus cases fell to the lowest level since October 5 with 11,086 new cases confirmed (down from 11,198 the day before), the coronavirus response center said on Friday.
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Canadian govt 'concerned' by sexual assaults during hotel quarantine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government is concerned by the multiple sexual assaults involving travelers during COVID-19 quarantine enforcement, but will continue with the programs, cabinet ministers told the House of Commons.
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Toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 250,000 people
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,541 to 251,498 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Thursday.
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Clashes between protesters, police in Iraq leave 1 killed, 14 injured
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): One person died and 14 others were injured at an ongoing political protest in Iraq's southern Nasiriyah city as a result of clashes with law enforcement, Iraqi news agency Shafaq reported on Thursday, citing a source.
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Expect productive peace talks with Afghan govt in Doha, say Taliban
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Doha [Qatar], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban are counting on productive peace talks with the Afghan government in Qatar though the sides are still discussing the exact topics of negotiations, the official spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, Mohammad Naim, told Sputn
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S-400 missile system caught in traffic accident outside Moscow
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A vehicle of the Russian military's seminal air-defence system -- the S-400 Triumf missile systems -- was caught in a traffic accident on the Mozhayskoye Highway outside Moscow on Thursday.
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Japan mulls halting new assistance projects to Myanmar following military
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): The Japanese government is considering halting new assistance projects to Myanmar, where a military coup d'etat has taken place, Sputnik reported citing sources.
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Russia records 11,198 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus incidence keeps falling, as the single-day increase slashed to the lowest level since October 7 with 11,198 new cases confirmed (down from 11,749 the day before), the coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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North Korea's Kim appoints new Navy, Air Force Chiefs in 'generation shift
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for tougher discipline within the army and appointed new chiefs of the navy and the air force as he chaired an enlarged meeting of the central military commission, state media reported on Thursday.
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Australia passes law forcing tech giants to pay news publishers after Face
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Australian parliament has passed an amended version of the law forcing tech companies to share revenue with media businesses after the original variant triggered a backlash from Facebook, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced on Thursday.
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