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Algerian President to return home in coming days after treatment for COVID
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has left a German hospital, where he was treated for the coronavirus disease for over a month and will come back to his country in the coming days, his office said.
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Israel hails Slovenia's decision to label Hezbollah as a terrorist organis
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel welcomes the decision made by the Slovenian government to label Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi has said, calling on the international community to follow suit.
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UN relief chief eyes USD 35 billion for 2021 humanitarian initiatives amid
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock on Tuesday said that the 2021 humanitarian budget needs USD 35 billion to cover aid for 160 million people in need worldwide.
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Turkish defence ministry announces signing deal with Russia on Karabakh mo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Turkish Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday that it signed an agreement with Russia on creating a joint monitoring centre in Nagorno-Karabakh to control implementation of the ceasefire.
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Russia registers 26,402 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 26,402 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 26,338 the day before, bringing the total to 2,322,056, the federal response centre said on Tuesday.
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Death toll from COVID-19 tops 173,000 in Brazil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil registered 21,138 new infections and 287 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising its national caseload to 6,335,878 and death toll to 173,120, the Health Ministry reported Monday.
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Croatian PM tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Belgrade [Crotia], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A repeated COVID-19 test of Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic was positive, the country's cabinet said.
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Satellite-controlled weapon used in killing of Iranian Nuclear Physicist
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The weapon used in the killing of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was satellite-controlled, Al-Alam TV reports citing an anonymous source.
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Wall Street's Dow notches biggest month since 1987 despite weak close on d
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New York [US], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Wall Street's broadest stocks gauge, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its biggest-ever monthly gain since 1987, lifted by a rash of positive news over COVID-19 vaccine news, although it settled the day's trade itself lower.
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UK's Johnson hopes regulator will approve COVID-19 vaccines before Christm
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he hoped that two promising coronavirus vaccine candidates would be approved shortly.
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Armenian President seeks Putin's help to bring Armenian servicemen held by
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Armenian President Armen Sargsyan has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to assist the return of Armenian captives who are held in Azerbaijan since the escalation of the Karabakh conflict, Sargsyan's office said on Monday.
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COVID-19 infection rate fell by 30 per cent in England during UK national
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The rate of COVID-19 infections fell by 30 per cent in England during the first three weeks of the second national lockdown imposed on November 5, according to a study by the Imperial College London released on Monday.
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