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US Capital requests cancellation of public gatherings through January 24
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington, DC has asked the federal authorities to cancel all permits for public gatherings in the US capital beyond the presidential inauguration set for January 20 following the unrest on Capitol Hill last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tests positive for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), although he has no symptoms.
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Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V meets primary safety endpoint in phase-2 c
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 11 (ANI): The Russian made Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V has met the primary endpoint of safety in the phase-2 clinical trials in India and has been recommended to continue the clinical trial without any modifications, according to an official statement.
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Over 100,000 people vaccinated against COVID-19 in France in two weeks
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Paris [France], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 100,000 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in France over the past two weeks, media reported on Monday, citing sources in the French government.
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Russia registers 23,315 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 23,315 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 22,851 the day before, taking the tally to 3,425,269, the coronavirus response center said on Monday.
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Gunmen kill 6 national park rangers in DR Congo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Gunmen have killed six national park rangers and seriously injured another one in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Virunga National Park has said.
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N Korea's Kim Jong-un elected General Secretary of ruling Workers' Party
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea has elected Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un as the General Secretary of the party following the decision to change the party's Executive Policy Council into Secretariat, the state-run Korean Central
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Mexico detects first case of UK strain of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico has confirmed its first case of the UK strain of the coronavirus, Gloria Molina Gamboa, the secretary of health of the Tamaulipas state, said.
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At least 19 protesters arrested in Minsk on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 19 people were arrested in Minsk on Sunday for participating in unauthorized protests, the unregistered Viasna human rights center said.
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Production of Sputnik V to begin in Brazil on January 15
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil will begin manufacturing the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease on January 15, according to the vaccine's Twitter account.
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Kyrgyz presidential frontrunner Japarov vows to lead Kyrgyzstan out of cri
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Kyrgyz presidential election frontrunner Sadyr Japarov has promised to pull the country out of the crisis during the next two to three years.
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Africa's COVID-19 tally tops 3 million, deaths exceed 72,000
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has topped 3 million on Sunday, according to the African Union's health agency.
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