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UN Chief says 2021 must be year to put world back 'on track'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that 2021 must be a year of changes that will return the world on the right path.
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Armed man arrested near US Capitol
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): An armed resident of the state of West Virginia has been arrested near the US Capitol, Washington DC Metropolitan Police spokesperson told Sputnik on Thursday.
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US State of South Carolina confirms two cases of S. African COVID-19 varia
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The US state of South Carolina has confirmed the first two known cases in the United States of the South African novel coronavirus strain, the state's Health Department said in a press release on Thursday.
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Valneva begins manufacturing candidate vaccine against COVID-19 in Scotlan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Pharmaceutical firm Valneva has begun manufacturing its candidate vaccine against COVID-19 at a site in Scotland, the UK government said on Thursday.
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Mexico City breaks daily record of COVID-19 death toll with 464 fatalities
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The capital of Mexico has registered 464 COVID-19 deaths over the past day, Mexico City Major Claudia Sheinbaum said.
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9 detained in Russia's Vladivostok over police disobedience
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): At least nine people were detained in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on charges of police disobedience during last weekend's protests, their lawyer, Polina Sidelnikova, told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Russia registers 19,138 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 19,138 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 17,741 the day before, taking the tally to 3,793,810, the coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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South Africa advises citizens against wrapping coffins of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): There is no need to cover the coffins of people who died of COVID-19 in plastic wraps or mark them with biohazard stickers prior to burial, the South African Department of Health said.
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Mexico's Foreign Minister gets 2nd negative COVID-19 test
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard, who is working from home due to having contact with coronavirus-positive President Manuel Lopez Obrador, announced on Thursday that his second PRC test returned negative.
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Philippines authorises emergency use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the emergency use of the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the AstraZeneca company, media reported on Thursday.
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Several suspected organisers of twin terrorist attacks in Baghdad detained
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Several people suspected of organising the recent twin terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have been detained, a member of the Iraqi parliament's defence and security committee said.
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We make independent policy decisions in defence, national security, says I
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 28 (ANI): Noting the importance of military-technical cooperation between New Delhi and Moscow, Indian Ambassador to Russia Bala Venkatesh Varma on Wednesday said India has an independent policy and makes every decision in the military sphere in accordance with th
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