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600 firebombs, 16 grenades used during Tripoli riots
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters in Tripoli have used 16 grenades and 600 petrol bombs against police this week, the Lebanese Interior Ministry reported Sunday.
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Arrests made in Vienna as thousands protest against Coronavirus curbs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Viena [Austria], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Hundreds of police forces were deployed to central Vienna on Sunday to disperse a thousands-strong protest against coronavirus restrictions called by the right-wing Freedom Party.
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UK 'Great Reopening' campaign shares tips on how to flout virus curbs on b
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): An anti-lockdown movement in the United Kingdom has been circulating tips on how to sidestep restrictions on business, in a bid to kick-start a "Great Reopening" over the weekend.
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Dubai launches initiative to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dubai [UAE], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The UAE emirate of Dubai on Sunday announced creating a "logistics alliance" to speed up supplies of two billion doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease via the COVAX initiative.
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Brussels police suppress rally against strict anti-COVID-19 measures
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): An unauthorised protest against tougher measures to combat coronavirus was suppressed by police on Sunday in the center of Brussels, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Police continue detention of protesters at unauthorised rallies in Russian
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Police continue detaining protesters at unauthorised rallies across Russia in support of jailed opposition activist Alexey Navalny.
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Russia registers 18,359 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 18,359 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 19,032 the day before, taking the tally to 3,850,439, the coronavirus response centre said on Sunday.
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Bolivia to get about 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in February
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Bolivia expects to get nearly one million doses of coronavirus vaccines next month, Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced.
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70 children injured during days of protests in Lebanon's Tripoli
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Protests in Lebanon's second-largest city, Tripoli, have led to the injury of at least 70 children over the course of one week, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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Navalny's spokeswoman detained for violating sanitary rules
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Police have detained Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, for violating sanitary regulations at the unauthorized demonstrations held earlier this month, Yarmysh's lawyer said.
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Paris Police face internal probe after officer filmed beating protester
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Paris prefect has ordered an internal probe into the beating of a protester by an officer at Saturday's rally, a French news channel cited a police source as saying.
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Argentina extends social distancing measures for another month
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentina has decided to extend mandatory social distancing measures until the end of February to curb the further spread of the coronavirus, according to a decree issued by President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday.
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