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Norway extends air traffic suspension with UK until January 2 amid COVID m
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Norway's authorities have decided to extend air traffic suspension with the United Kingdom until at least January 2 due to risks associated with the discovery of a new coronavirus strain, the country's health ministry has said.
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Moscow expands list of UK nationals banned from entering Russia, says Fore
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday notified UK Ambassador to Moscow Deborah Bronnert about the expansion of the list of UK nationals who are banned from entering Russia, the ministry said.
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Japan's Ibaraki prefecture near Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): A magnitude 5.1 earthquake on Wednesday hit Japan's Ibaraki prefecture not far from Tokyo, the country's meteorological agency said.
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1 civilian killed, 3 soldiers wounded in Damascus missile attack
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): One person was killed and three soldiers were wounded in a missile attack on a Damascus suburb, Syria's state television reported, citing a military source.
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Coronavirus case tally in Portugal tops 400,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Portugal has exceeded 400,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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US State Dept approves sale of 3,000 bombs to Saudi Arabia
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The US State Department said in a statement that it has approved a possible sale of 3,000 small-diameter bombs to Saudi Arabia in a deal worth of USD 290 million.
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Biden says will speed up distribution of coronavirus vaccines across US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US President-elect Joe Biden said he has spoken to numerous state and local officials about speeding up the delivery of coronavirus vaccines across the United States.
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UK signs free trade agreement with Vietnam
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom and Vietnam signed an agreement on free trade, Trade Secretary Elizabeth Truss said Tuesday.
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Trump presses Senate Republicans to support USD 2,000 stimulus payments
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up calls on Republicans to approve USD 2,000 coronavirus stimulus handouts, repeal a law that protects big tech companies and stop alleged election fraud after the Senate leader promised the chamber w
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McConnell says US Senate will vote to override Trump veto of Defense Bill
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Senate will vote on Wednesday to override President Donald Trump's veto of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said during remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
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Worker of German care home stays in hospital after Pfizer vaccine overdose
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): An female elderly worker at a German care home who was mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/Biotech vaccine is still in the hospital, the Ostsee-Zeitung newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Afghan security chief warns Taliban may fight under another name after pea
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The director-general of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), Ahmad Zia Saraj warned on Tuesday that the Taliban movement was likely to continue its fight against the Kabul government using a new name even if the country achieves a
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