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Clashes in Southeastern Guinea leave 11 dead, 30 injured
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nzerekore [Guinea], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Inter-communal clashes between two ethnic communities in the southeastern Guinean city of Macenta has left 11 people dead and 30 wounded, Mohamed Ghare, the governor of the administrative region of Nzerekore, has said.
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Germany opposes easing COVID-19 restrictions for vaccinated people
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): German Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn has opposed on Monday the weakening of COVID-19-related restrictions for persons who have already been vaccinated against the virus.
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Russia records 27,787 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 27,787 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 28,284 the day before, bringing the total to 3,078,035, the federal response centre said on Monday.
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Japan halts entry of foreigners to 'protect' citizens amid fear of new vir
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan imposed new COVID-19 response measures that include a ban on entrance for non-resident foreigners from most countries until the end of January to "protect" citizens amid the spread of a new and more transmissible coronavirus variant, Japanese P
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Mexico to get about 200 mln doses of Covid vaccines next year, says Presid
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico expects to get deliveries of about 200 million doses of different coronavirus vaccines in 2021, Presidential spokesman Jesus Ramirez Cuevas said.
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Russian ship sinks in Barents Sea, fate of 17 people onboard unknown
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's Onega ship sank in the Barents Sea near the Novaya Zemlya archipelago with 19 people on board, of whom two were saved, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Monday.
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South Korea reports its first cases of new coronavirus variant
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has confirmed the first three cases of the new coronavirus strain in the country, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
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Police name Nashville bomber, say DNA taken from scene matches suspect's
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tennessee [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Investigators have confirmed that the remains found at the site of the Nashville, Tennessee downtown bombing that occurred on Christmas are those of the 63-year-old suspect, KTVZ TV reports.
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Bus crash in western Cameroon leaves 60 dead
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Yaounde [Cameroon], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 60 people are believed to have died in a bus accident in western Cameroon, the Camer.be news portal reports on Sunday.
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Moscow's COVID-19 death toll rises by 76 over past day to 10,989
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): A further 76 people have died from coronavirus-related complications in Moscow over the past 24 hours, taking the Russian capital's total death toll to 10,989, the city's coronavirus response center said on Sunday.
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Jordan confirms first two cases of new COVID-19 variant linked to UK
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two positive tests for a new coronavirus strain linked to the UK have been confirmed in Jordan, the country's health minister, Natheer Obeidat, told the Petra news agency on Sunday.
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Latvia registers record 44 COVID-19 deaths in single day
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riga [Latvia], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Latvia has registered 44 new fatalities linked to COVID-19, setting the all-time record, the country's Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) said on Sunday.
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