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Russian investigators resume probe into Nazi death squad's WWII atrocities
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's prosecution office for the Kuban region announced on Friday that it was resuming, after a 48-year suspension, the probe into Nazi Sonderkommando's massacres of civilians, committed in the region during World War II, in which former Schutzs
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India to produce 300 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 18 (ANI): India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021, Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said.
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Germany registers record 33,777 new COVID-19 cases over past day
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has confirmed 33,777 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, with the total count reaching 1,439,938, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday.
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UN human right experts call for inclusion of migrants in COVID-19 recovery
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Governments across the world should include all migrants and their families in national COVID-19 response and recovery plans, a group of human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement.
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France's coronavirus epidemic trend raises concern, says official
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Jerome Salomon, the French director for public health, said the evolution of the coronavirus outbreak in his country was concerning, after incidence almost doubled since last week.
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Children, lost in caves near Moscow, found alive
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Children who were lost in the Syany caves in Moscow Region's Domodedovo, were found, a spokesperson for the regional emergency services told Sputnik.
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UN allocates over USD 35 million to aid refugees leaving Tigray region
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated USD 35.6 million to provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the OCHA said in a statement on Thursday.
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Nearly 40 US states file new anti-trust lawsuit to end Google's 'illegal m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of 38 states has filed a new anti-trust lawsuit against Google aimed at ending the internet search giant's "illegal monopoly", New York Attorney-General Letitia James said in a statement on Thursday.
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EU expects Hungary to address asylum law breaches after court decision
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Brussels [Belgium], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission will reach out to Hungary to ascertain how it is going to address its violations of EU law on asylum in the wake of the Court of Justice's ruling on the matter, spokesman for home affairs Adalbert Jahnz said on Thursday.
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French Prime Minister tests negative for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Jean Castex, who decided to self-isolate as a possible contact case of French President Emmanuel Macron who had tested positive for Covid-19, had a negative test, the BFMTV broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing a source.
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Sputnik V vaccine over 95 per cent effective: Putin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 17 (ANI): Sputnik V, the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, is over 95 per cent effective, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
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Macron tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 17 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19, Sputnik reported citing French Presidency said on Thursday.
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