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Putin congratulates Biden on US election victory
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden after the US Electoral College confirmed the latter as the winner of the US presidential election; the Russian leader noted that bilateral cooperation would serve the inter
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Senior Russian lawmaker says US-Russia rivalry will continue under Biden
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): There will be no breakthroughs in the US-Russia relations under President-Elect Joe Biden as Washington's military and political rivalry with Moscow will continue, Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs commi
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Macron plans referendum to add climate clause to constitution
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron has announced his intention to hold a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments related to the fight against climate change.
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Greece welcomes US sanctions against Turkey
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Greek Foreign Ministry welcomed the imposition of US sanctions against Turkey for the acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence missile systems.
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UK Government to set new regulations for social media companies
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK telecommunication regulator, Ofcom, will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, suicide content, cyber-bullying and child abuse under a new bill to be presented to P
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Massive fire at depot in Egypt's Alexandria port extinguished: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A large fire that broke out at a depot in the port of the Egyptian city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast was extinguished more than six hours later, and an investigation into the incident began, al-Masry al-Youm reported.
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US upgrades COVID-19 travel health warnings for Georgia, Kosovo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI)/Sputnik): The US government has upgraded its COVID-19 travel warnings for US citizens and advises them not to visit Georgia and Kosovo, the Department of State said in a media note.
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No indication new COVID-19 variant in UK interferes with vaccine effective
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation is aware of reports that a new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom, although there is no evidence to suggest that the mutation will impact the effectiveness of vaccines against the diseas
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Turkey announces 4-day curfew over New Year's to combat COVID
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the introduction of a round-the-clock curfew in Turkey for the New Year holidays, from 9 pm on December 31 to 5 am on January 4.
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Africa can teach world about mass vaccination campaigns: WHO
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Africa has built more experience than any other continent in conducting large-scale health campaigns during the many past epidemics it had to face, inspiring confidence in its ability to manage the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, WHO He
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Israel to start phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccine trials in coming days, says De
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has successfully completed phase one of the domestic coronavirus vaccine trials and plans to start phase two of the clinical trials in the coming days, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Monda
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Sputnik V vaccine efficacy confirmed at '91.4 per cent' during Phase 3 tri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 14 (ANI): The efficacy of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has been confirmed to be 91.4 per cent, based on data analysis of the final control point of clinical trials, announced the Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct I
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