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30 Taliban members killed, 17 injured in clashes with Afghan forces in Eas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): 30 members of the Taliban movement, including six commanders, have been killed and 17 others were injured as a result of clashes in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman, the Afghan government army's eastern division, known as the 201 Selab
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Poland's COVID-19 death toll tops 17,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland's coronavirus-related death toll has surpassed 17,000 while the COVID-19 case tally is approaching one million, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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Indonesia sets new daily record of COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Indonesia has set a new single-day record of the number of COVID-19 cases, the Indonesian Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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UK secures another 2 million doses of Moderna vaccine against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The British government has secured another 2 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine and expects that around 3.5 million people will be able to get vaccinated, the government said in a Sunday statement.
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Russia registers 26,683 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 26,683 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,269,316, the federal response centre said on Sunday.
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Germany confirms over 14,000 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany registered 14,611 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, down from 21,695 a day ago, taking the total count to 1,042,700, the Robert Koch Institute said on Sunday.
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Three killed, one missing as floods hit Italy Sardina Island
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nuoro [Italy], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Floods in the Nuoro province of Italy's Sardinia island have left at least three people killed and one gone missing, local media reported on Saturday.
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Croatian Prime Minister to self-isolate after wife contracts Coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Zagreb [Croatia], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will self-isolate for over one week after his wife tested positive for COVID-19, the country's government has announced.
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UK, France Sign agreement to better tackle illegal migration via English C
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom and France have signed a new agreement on measures aimed at reinforcing the fight against illegal migration via the English Channel, specifically by increasing the number of French coastline officers and better equipping them, the UK
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Violent protests in France leave 37 police officers injured
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that 37 law enforcement officers have sustained injuries during the protests on Saturday against the new national security legislation.
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Syria Calls on int'l community to condemn killing of Iranian physicist, co
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said that the international community should condemn the attack that claimed the life of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and called on the United Nations to step up counter-terrorism efforts,
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S. Korea confirms first outbreak of bird flu among poultry in 2020
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has confirmed this year's first cases of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southwestern province of Jeonbuk, the country's Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Saturday.
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