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Pilot dies as helicopter crashes in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): A helicopter has crashed in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka leaving the pilot dead, Japan's media reported on Thursday.
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4 injured by explosion at house in Latvia's Riga
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Riga [Latvia], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people injured by the Thursday explosion at a residential house in the Latvian capital of Riga has risen to four, a spokesperson for the ambulance service told Sputnik.
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Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intel on Chinese bounties
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US] December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Donald Trump administration is declassifying unconfirmed intelligence indicating that China has placed bounties on US troops in Afghanistan, the news website Axios reported citing two senior administration officials.
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Bitcoin hits all-time high above USD 29,000, later sinks below this level,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The world's most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has hit a new all-time high of more than USD 29,000, trading data shows.
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California confirms first case of new coronavirus strain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Health officials in the US state of California have confirmed a first case of the new mutated coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, Governor Gavin Newsom said.
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Terrorists carry out 17 attacks on Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Idlib [Syria], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 17 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Vyacheslav Sytnik, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a b
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Nashville bomber's girlfriend told police he was 'building bombs' in his R
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The girlfriend of the man who set off an explosion in downtown Nashville had told police more than a year ago that he was building bombs in his recreational vehicle, documents published by the city's police department showed.
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Johnson says UK at 'critical moment' as single-day rise to COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom is at a "critical moment" in the fight against COVID-19 as the single-day rise to the country's death toll neared 1,000 on Wednesday, the largest increase since April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
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Singapore man spying for China in US arrested
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Singaporean who spied on the United States for China was arrested on Wednesday by the Internal Security Department (ISD) upon his return to Singapore.
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Yemeni ambassador to Russia urges international community to condemn Aden
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Yemeni authorities are calling on the international community to condemn recent attacks in the airport of Aden targeting the country's new government, Yemeni ambassador to Russia Ahmed Salem Al-Wahishi told Sputnik.
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Czech Republic confirms new daily record of 16,329 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Republic has confirmed 16,329 new coronavirus disease cases, hitting a new single-day record, the health ministry said Wednesday.
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UK lawmakers approve post-Brexit partnership agreement with European Union
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Lawmakers in the UK House of Commons have voted in favor of implementing the country's future partnership agreement with the European Union in a vote on Wednesday.
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