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Estonia receives first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Estonia has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company along with Oxford University, the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs said on Sunday.
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Russia 'forced' to expel EU diplomats for going to illegal protests: Forei
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday defended the expulsion of three diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden for taking part in illegal protests, saying they forced Russia's hand.
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Pope reappears in Apostolic Palace window to address faithful for 1st time
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Pope Francis addressed the faithful with the Sunday prayer from the window of the Vatican Apostolic Palace for the first time since late December as Italy began gradually easing coronavirus-related restrictions.
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Russia registers 28 ceasefire violations in Syria over past day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 28 ceasefire violations over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has registered 19 truce breaches, the Russian Defense Ministry
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Afghan forces kill 15 Taliban terrorists in central Uruzgan province
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan security forces have killed 15 members of the Taliban movement during an operation in the country's central province of Uruzgan, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
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Russia registers 16,048 COVID-19 cases in past 24 Hours
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 16,048 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 16,627 the day before, taking the tally to 3,967,281, the coronavirus response center said on Sunday.
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2 Afghan soldiers, ex-security head killed in Taliban attack in Kunduz pro
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], February 7 (ANI): Two Afghan soldiers and a former director of the National Directorate of Security were killed in a Taliban attack in Kunduz province of Afghanistan, a source in the provincial council told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Protests in Chile's capital after death of street juggler in police firing
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Santiago [Chile], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters gathered on Plaza Nunoa in Santiago, the capital of Chile, after police shot dead a street performer in the resort town of Panguipulli, radio BiobioChile reports.
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Libyan National Army welcomes election of transitional executive authority
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has welcomed the election of a transitional executive authority in the country, LNA spokesman Maj. Gen. Ahmad al-Mismari said.
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African Union's executive leader Faki re-elected for another term
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has been re-elected for a second four-year term.
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Biden administration doesn't have much time to rejoin nuclear deal, says I
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 7 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's new administration does not have much time for taking positive steps towards re-joining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday, Sp
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ICC probe of alleged Israel's war crimes in Palestine 'pure antisemitism',
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the attempts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories and termed this behaviour "
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