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Venezuelan President Maduro ready to step down if Opposition wins Parliame
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuala], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has signaled readiness to resign if the opposition forces win the upcoming parliamentary vote.
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Russia's permanent mission, Health Ministry to present Sputnik V vaccine a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's permanent mission to the UN and the Health Ministry will hold a presentation, which will provide detailed information on the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), mission spokesman Fyodor Strzhizhovsky told Sputn
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COVID-19 emergency situation regime extended in Latvia until January 11
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riga [Latvia], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The emergency situation regime has been extended in Latvia until January 11 as part of the coronavirus response, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said at a press conference.
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Cypriot President confirms readiness to resume talks on Cyprus settlement
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades received the UN Secretary General's special envoy on the Cyprus dispute, Jane Holl Lute, at the presidential palace on Tuesday evening and informed her of the Greek Cypriot readiness to attend an informal confer
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US Senators call for relief funds to address aftermath of Karabakh war
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): US Senators Bob Menendez and Rob Portman called for allocating budget funds to address a humanitarian crisis in South Caucasus caused by a military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Some 10,000 new COVID-19 deaths reported in US within week
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The total number of deaths related to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States has exceeded 270,000, the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University revealed.
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Wall Street stocks hit record highs on promise of coronavirus vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): US stocks have an early start to the so-called "Santa Claus" rally, typical for the month of December, as the top equities index S&P 500 and the technology benchmark Nasdaq hit record highs based on the promise of the upcoming coronavirus vaccines
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Israel's Gantz says his party to vote for dissolving Parliament
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Benny Gantz, the Israeli defense minister and leader of a ruling coalition party, Blue and White, said on Tuesday that tomorrow his party would vote in favour of dissolving the country's parliament over inability to pass a budget.
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Russian envoy says cooperation in countering COVID-19 priority area of bil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): After phase 2/3 clinical trials for Sputnik V commenced in India on Tuesday, Russian Ambassador Nikolay Kudashev said comprehensive cooperation in countering the spread of coronavirus is a priority area of the Russia-India bilateral and multilateral strat
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Russian Embassy's car blown up in Kabul, employees receive concussion
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The car of the Russian embassy in Kabul was hit by an improvised explosive device in the Afghan capital, employees received a slight concussion, Moscow demands a thorough investigation of the incident, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria
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Clinical trials of Sputnik V vaccine begins in India
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Phase 2/3 clinical trials for Sputnik V, the first registered Covid-19 vaccine from Russia commenced in India on Tuesday.
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Pfizer, BioNTech submit application to register COVID-19 vaccine in EU
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): German BioNTech biopharmaceutical company and its US partner Pfizer have submitted a formal application to register their vaccine against coronavirus in the European Union which, if approved, will allow EU nations to start vaccinating their populat
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