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Thousands of chickens to be culled in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture amid bird
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): About 840,000 chickens will be culled in Ibaraki Prefecture amid the spread of bird flu in Japan, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
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Canadian PM calls Kamala Harris, raises issues of access to COVID-19 vacci
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Toronto [Canada], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his first phone call with US Vice President Kamala Harris raised the issues of access to COVID-19 vaccines and protectionism, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 225,000
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Brasilia [Brazil], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus death toll in Brazil increased by 595 in the past day to top 225,000, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement.
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Navalny's spokeswoman placed under house arrest
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Moscow [Russia], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): A Moscow court has placed Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, under house arrest for violating sanitary regulations at the unauthorized demonstrations, a court spokesperson told Sputnik.
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UK Foreign Secy Raab continues to express support for Belarusian Oppositio
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London [UK], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has once again voiced support for the Belarusian opposition, in a call with former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
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Coronavirus can be controlled, WHO Chief says, pointing to decrease in num
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The global decrease in the number of new emerging cases of COVID-19 suggests that the virus can be controlled regardless of its mutations, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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Japan may extend COVID-19 emergency in 10 prefectures until March 7
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Tokyo [Japan], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan is planning to extend the state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 prefectures, including Tokyo, until March 7, Japanese media reported on Monday, citing sources.
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UK buys another 40 million doses of French COVID-19 vaccine Valneva
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London [UK], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom secured on Monday 40 million extra doses of the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine candidate, taking to 100 million the total number of doses it has purchased from the French biotech company, the UK government announced.
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Russia registers 17,648 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 17,648 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 18,359 the day before, taking the tally to 3,868,087, the coronavirus response center said on Monday.
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Russia can go to court to protect Nord Stream 2 construction: Medvedev
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Moscow [Russia], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia can use judicial mechanisms to protect the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines, even though the stand of heads of state and business leaders is much more important in this context, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medve
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Russia hopes relations with EU will become warmer after Borrell's visit
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Brussels [Belgium] February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia hopes that relations with the European Union could become warmer following the upcoming visit of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Russia's permanent representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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