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Turkey's Erdogan attends launch of first domestically built frigate
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey launched its first domestically built frigate Istanbul (F-515) on Saturday and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the launch ceremony.
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French health agency recommends spacing out vaccine doses to speed up roll
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France's national health agency HAS recommended on Saturday administering the second shot of an anti-coronavirus vaccine six weeks after the first one, up from three weeks for Pfizer and four for Moderna.
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Putin pays condolences over death of US talk show host Larry King
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences over the passing of iconic US talk show personality Larry King, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Saturday.
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Rouhani says Iran to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign soon
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday announced that the country will launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the near future and said that the use of foreign-made vaccines will be necessary, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
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Tunisia reimposes curfew over COVID-19 pandemic until February 14
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Tunisia decided to reintroduce a curfew to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic until February 14, local media reported Saturday.
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Russian health facilities to receive 17mn COVID-19 vaccine doses in Q1 of
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian medical facilities will receive more than 17 million coronavirus vaccine doses in the first quarter of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said Saturday.
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International Olympic Committee prepares for various scenarios ahead of To
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking into account various scenarios for holding the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and has a wide array of measures for a proper response, IOC President Thomas Bach said.
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Russia registers 20,921 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 20,921 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 21,513 the day before, taking the tally to 3,698,273, the coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
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Papua New Guinea hit by 5.7 magnitude earthquake
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday in the eastern part of Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said.
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Some 200 National Guard Troops deployed at US Capitol test positive for CO
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 200 members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, DC for the inauguration of President Joe Biden have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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'Some evidence' new UK-linked COVID-19 strain may increase degree of morta
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): There is evidence that the new variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in the UK last month, may be associated with a higher degree of mortality, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.
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Spain discarding thousands of Pfizer vaccine doses for lack of right syrin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Italy], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain does not have enough of the right syringes and needles to extract the sixth dose from a Pfizer anti-coronavirus vaccine vial, resulting in thousands of doses going to waste, doctors have complained.
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