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Minsk collected USD 375,000 from anti-govt protesters for damage
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Minsk authorities have collected about $375,000 from participants of anti-government unauthorized rallies for damage caused by their actions to the city, Vladimir Kukharev, the mayor of the Belarusian capital, said on Tuesday.
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Russia registers 15,019 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 15,019 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 15,916 the day before, taking the tally to 3,998,216, the coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
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Iran begins COVID-19 vaccination campaign with Russia's Sputnik V
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran embarked on the coronavirus immunization campaign on Tuesday with the rollout of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine.
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Greece receives first batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Athens [Greece], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece has received the first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and will begin vaccinations on February 15, the country's Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care Marios Themistokleous said at a ministry briefing.
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COVID-19 curfew in Netherlands extended until March 3
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Moscow [Russia], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The curfew in the Netherlands over the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has been extended until March 3, the country's government said in a statement.
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Israeli FM thanks US State Secy for support in ICC probe issue
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi held a phone conversation with US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Monday and expressed gratitude for Washington's support of Israel in the issue related to the attempts of the International Criminal Court
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UN Humanitarian Office to provide aid to 9.6 million people amid crisis in
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New York [US], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Up to 9.6 million vulnerable people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive urgent assistance as part of the 2021 humanitarian response plan for the country, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the D
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Germany, Poland, Sweden expel Russian Diplomats in retaliatory move
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Berlin [Germany], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany, Poland and Sweden expelled one Russian diplomat each on Monday in response to last week's expulsion of diplomats from Russia over their participation in unauthorized rallies.
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West trying to make Navalny almost key topic in dialogue with Russia: Lavr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The West is trying to make the Navalny topic almost the main one in the dialogue with Russia, giving Moscow an ultimatum demand to open a criminal case on the alleged poisoning, while actually hiding the key "evidence," Russian Foreign Minister Serg
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US Congressman Ron Wright dies after battle with COVID-19
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Washington [US], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): US Congressman Ron Wright, a Republican representing Texas' 6th congressional district, has died following a battle with COVID-19, his office said on Monday.
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UN experts disturbed by deluge of criminal cases against Thai monarchy cri
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A panel of UN human rights experts said on Monday they were alarmed by the increasingly severe use of an archaic law punishing insults to Thailand's royal family.
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Johnson confident in COVID-19 vaccines as South Africa pauses AstraZeneca
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London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is "very confident" about the effectiveness of all the COVID-19 vaccines that the country has approved for use so far, despite South Africa's decision to pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine over fears that it
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