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Macron favours appointing of UN Special Envoy for climate change
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday spoke in favor of appointing a UN special envoy for climate security to coordinate efforts against climate change.
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Australia amends Media Bargaining Law, says Facebook to restore news pages
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Facebook is going to unblock Australian news outlets on its platform after the government agreed to amend a proposed law forcing the tech giant to share revenue with media businesses, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday.
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Russia records 11,823 COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths in past day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has logged 11,823 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 12,604 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,189,153, the coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
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Trump slams Supreme Court for not shielding his tax records
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): US Former President Donald Trump issued a statement in which he slammed the US Supreme Court for not blocking New York prosecutors from obtaining his tax records.
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US Supreme Court agrees to review Trump's 'Public Charge' immigration rule
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Trump-era policy that denies permanent status to immigrants likely to use government benefits.
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US to lower flags on federal properties as COVID-19 deaths top half millio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden will order flags displayed on federal properties across the United States to be lowered at half staff in memory of the half a million Americans who died as a result of the COVID-19, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told repo
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Most people in UK don't trust Johnson can take England out of COVID-19 loc
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Only 24 per cent of people in the United Kingdom think Prime Minister Boris Johnson can safely take England out of its third COVID-19 lockdown, a new poll released ahead of Johnson's much-awaited announcement on a roadmap to normality has shown on Mond
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Russia records 12,604 COVID-19 cases, 337 deaths in past day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 12,604 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 12,742 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,177,330, the coronavirus response center said on Monday.
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At least 9 pilot whales dead in mass stranding in New Zealand's Golden Bay
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Wellington [New Zealand], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Forty-nine pilot whales have got stranded in shallow waters in New Zealand's Golden Bay and nine of them died, the country's Conservation Department said on Monday.
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Biden to hold candle lighting ceremony in memory of COVID-19 victims today
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Monday on the lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic and will hold a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at sundown together with the First Lady, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris and
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Algerian President announces government reshuffle
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday announced a government reshuffle and replaced several ministers, his office said.
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Bill Gates says deaths in US Texas caused by cheap power plants unable to
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has criticized US energy companies whose power plants were not able to operate in extremely cold weather in the US state of Texas and failed, causing blackouts that resulted in deaths of residents
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