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UN Chief speaks to US officials before visits to Moscow, Kyiv
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke with US officials before heading to Russia and Ukraine, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Monday.
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Russia's new S-500 air defense system put into mass production: Developer
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's newest anti-aircraft missile defense system S-500 (Prometheus) has already been put into mass production and promises to become the basis of the Russian aerospace defense system, Yan Novikov, the head of the Russian defense technology company
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Death toll after research facility fire in Russia's Tver rises to 17
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll following a fire at the Central Research Institute of the Russian aerospace defense forces (NII) in Tver has increased to 17, the regional authorities said on Monday.
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Taiwan's Foxconn suspends operation of two factories in China due to COVID
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Apple's main supplier of electronic components, has suspended operations of two factories in the eastern city of Kunshan due to COVID-19 restrictions, Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported on
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French police open fire at vehicle that failed to stop for check; 2 people
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): French police opened fire at a vehicle in central Paris that did not follow an order to stop for a law enforcement check; two people were killed as a result, the Actu17 news portal reports.
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Police use tear gas against radicals protesting in Paris after election
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Clashes between radicals and law enforcement officers erupted in Paris after the announcement of preliminary presidential election results, with police having used tear gas against the demonstrators, a Sputnik correspondent reports.
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Bank of America blocks funds of Russian Consulate General in New York: Rus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The funds of the Russian Consulate General in New York at Bank of America have been blocked and the mission is operating on cash reserves, acting Consul General in New York, Vyacheslav Slavkin told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Voter turnout in French presidential runoff at 63.23pc: Interior Ministry
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Voter turnout in the second round of the French presidential election has reached 63.23 per cent as of 15.00 GMT, the French Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
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Red Cross calls for 'immediate and unimpeded' passage for civilians to lea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday called for an "immediate and unimpeded" humanitarian access for the evacuation of civilians and the wounded from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
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Switzerland bans Berlin from re-exporting ammunition for combat vehicles t
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has vetoed requests by German authorities to re-export to Ukraine ammunition used in German Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), a representative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) told Swiss media.
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UK Minister backs coal mine opening to cut energy dependence on Russia: Re
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, is supporting plans to launch the first coal mine in the United Kingdom in decades, aiming to curtail the dependence on Russian energy supplies, the Telegraph newspaper reporte
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Ten people rescued from Japanese cruise boat that went missing near Hokkai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese coast guard has rescued 10 people from a tourist boat that went missing off Japan's Hokkaido Island, the Japanese media reported on Sunday.
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