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UK court ruling against Assange's extradition victory for all journalists:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London, January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The decision of a UK court to block WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States is a victory for all journalists, the whistleblower's Ecuadorean lawyer, Carlos Poveda, told Sputnik on Monday.
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Niger announces 3-day national mourning after deadly attacks on 2 villages
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Niamey [Niger], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Niger's Interior Minister Alkache Alhada on Monday declared three days of nationwide mourning after terrorists attacked two villages in the west of the country killing about 100 people.
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Republicans, Democrats vie for US Senate control in Georgia Runoffs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The US state of Georgia holds on Tuesday two runoff elections for the Senate which will determine if the Republican Party can halt the Democratic bid to consolidate control over the executive and legislative branches of power.
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UK registers new single-day record of 58,784 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom on Monday registered yet another record daily increase of 58,784 COVID-19 cases, the government data showed.
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Georgia confirms first case of UK-linked coronavirus strain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Georgia has confirmed the first case of the new variant of COVID-19 that was identified in the United Kingdom, the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of the Georgian Health Ministry said on Monday.
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Mexican President offers political asylum to Assange
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum if the United Kingdom freed him from jail.
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'Best news': Assange's mother after UK court rules against extradition to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's mother Christine said Monday's decision by a UK court to block her son's extradition to the United States was the "best news".
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Covid-19: Bulgaria reports 4 cases of side effects from Pfizer/BioNTech va
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Four Bulgarians vaccinated against Covid-19 with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine developed mild to moderate side effects, Bulgarian Drug Agency executive director Bogdan Kirilov said on Monday.
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Germany to extend lockdown through January: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will extend a strict nationwide lockdown until the end of January in a bid to limit the surging spread of the coronavirus, media reported on Monday.
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Insider attack kills 9 police officers in Southern Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Nine Afghan police officers have been killed in an insider attack in the Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province here, a source told Sputnik on Monday.
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Covid-19: UK citizen from Oxford becomes world's first person to receive A
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UK citizen Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person in the world to be administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the UK National Health Service (NHS) in England said on Monday.
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Russia reports over 23,000 new coronavirus cases, 482 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus tally has increased by 23,351 cases over the past 24 hours, the government's coronavirus response center said in an update on Monday.
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