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Road accident in Russia's Ryazan region leaves 3 people dead, 12 more inju
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A road accident involving a bus took place on Friday in Russia's Ryazan Region, leaving three people dead and 12 more injured, the Emergencies Ministry said.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in S Korea rises to 54,770
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 1,241 to 54,770 over the past day marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Friday.
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Over 600,000 UK citizens receive first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 600,000 UK citizens have received the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Pfizer and BioNTech pharmaceutical companies, the Department of Health said.
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300,000 doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Argentina
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 24 (ANI): As many as 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Argentina on Thursday morning, following its approval by the government for emergency use.
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California becomes first US state to surpass 2 million COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Maryland [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): California has become the first US state where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 2 million, according to figures published by Johns Hopkins University.
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France dispatches firefighters with COVID-19 test kits to UK border amid b
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): France has deployed 26 firefighters with thousands of COVID-19 test kits to the port of Dover, a major transit hub between France and the UK, to help accelerate the passage for trucks blocked in the area due to fresh restrictions caused by the new coro
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Russia registers new single-day record of 29,935 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a new single-day record of 29,935 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 27,250 the day before, bringing the total to 2,963,688, the federal response center said on Thursday.
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EU, UK to continue work on trade agreement at night: European Commission
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union and the United Kingdom will continue the work on the post-Brexit trade agreement throughout the night, chief spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer said on Thursday.
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South Korean President approves new Health, Interior Ministers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korean President Moon Jae-in approved the appointment of a new minister of the interior and safety and a new health minister, as they successfully passed hearings to confirm their candidacies in parliament, the officials have already begu
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US urban anti-violent crime operation led to over 6,000 arrests
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Justice Department's urban anti-violent crime operation, known as Operation Legend, has led to more than 6,000 arrests in less than six months, Attorney General William Barr said in a press release.
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Over 15 mln Covid-19 vaccine doses shipped across US for immunization camp
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US authorities have shipped 15.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines across the United States with up to five million more are slated for delivery before year-end, Gen. Gustave Perna, who is in charge of the distribution campaign, told report
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Over 90 civilians killed in Ethiopia attacks
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethopia], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 90 civilians were killed as a result of a series of attacks by terrorists in western Benishangul-Gumuz regional state here, the national Addis Standard news magazine reported on Wednesday, citing eyewitnesses.
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