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Russia ready to start delivering Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to Philippines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Ambassador to Manila Marat Pavlov held talks with Philippine Secretary of Health Francisco Duque on the potential use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian country, and told him that the Russian Direct Investm
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Russia records 21,887 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 21,887 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 21,152 the day before, taking the tally to 3,655,839, the coronavirus response centre said on Thursday.
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China registers 144 new COVID-19 cases, 113 asymptomatic infections
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Chinese health officials on Thursday registered 144 new COVID-19 cases in addition to 113 cases of asymptomatic infections detected over the past 24 hours.
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EU Parliament President invites Biden to speak at plenary session in futur
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): President of the European Parliament David Sassoli has congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their inauguration as president and vice president of the United States and invited the new US leader to speak at an EU Parliament session in the
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Biden appoints Dan Smith as acting secretary of state: White House
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden has appointed Dan Smith to temporarily serve as acting Secretary of State until nominee Antony Blinken is confirmed by the Senate, the White House said in a press release on Wednesday.
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US stocks hit record highs as Biden's presidency begins
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Stocks on Wall Street hit record highs on Wednesday as Joe Biden began his term as the 46th US president, promising to unite the country and restore its economy from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Julian Assange's mother disappointed Trump failed to pardon her son
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Julian Assange's mother on Wednesday voiced her disappointment at US President Donald Trump not pardoning the WikiLeaks founder before leaving the White House but said she was not surprised.
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Madrid blast injures at least 6 people
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspected gas blast in central Madrid has left at least six people injured, Spanish television channel La Sexta cited a witness as saying on Wednesday.
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Russia's chief rights official regrets absence of Russians in Trump's pard
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova told Sputnik on Wednesday that the absence of Russian nationals among convicts pardoned by outdoing US President Donald Trump was regrettable and pointed to the prevalence of narrow political interests over hum
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Russia registers 15 ceasefire violations in Syria, says Defense Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 15 ceasefire violations in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has registered seven truce breaches, the Russian Defe
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Nigeria prepares to get first 100,000 Pfizer vaccine doses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is getting ready to receive the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 in the coming weeks, Faisal Shuaib, CEO of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said.
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Russia registers 21,152 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 21,152 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 21,734 the day before, taking the tally to 3,633,952, the coronavirus response centre said on Wednesday.
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