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Confirmed cases in US surpass 13 million
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States has exceeded 13 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
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At least 6 people killed in suicide terror attack near Mogadishu Airport
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somali], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): At least six people have been killed and 12 more injured as a result of a powerful explosion staged by a suicide attacker near the airport of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Somalia's media reported.
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Iran warns Israel, US against 'Adventuristic' steps after murder of scient
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Tehran [Iran], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran has warned the United States and Israel against "adventuristic" steps and stressed that Tehran has a right to protect its interests, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi wrote in a letter to the UN secretary-general and
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UN calls for restraint after assassination of Iranian scientist
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is calling for keeping restraint and avoiding the escalation of tensions in the Middle East after the assassination of the Iranian scientist, the deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general said.
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Moscow's death toll from COVID-19 rises by 76 over past day to 8,756
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 76 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 8,756, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Friday.
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WHO interested in best practices, clinical data on vaccines getting emerge
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mariangela Simao, the World Health Organization's (WHO) assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, said on Friday that the exchange of clinical data and best practices of COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing remained cru
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High storage cost of Ultra-Cold COVID-19 vaccines should not hinder use: W
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The troublesome storing conditions of some candidate coronavirus vaccines and the associated high costs should not discourage countries from adopting them as an immunization means, Kate O'Brien, the director for Immunization, Vaccines and Biol
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US closed at least 10 bases in Afghanistan since signing deal with Taliban
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Washington [US], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 10 US military bases in Afghanistan have been closed since the United States committed to decreasing military presence under the deal with the Taliban in February, the Washington Post newspaper reported on Friday, citing sources.
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WHO Europe chief calls for political engagement to ensure effective COVID-
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Friday called on member states of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) Council to be more politically engaged to ensure
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UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal 'still possible', says UK negotiator
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UK chief negotiator David Frost said on Friday, ahead of resuming face-to-face talks with his EU counterpart, Michel Barnier, this weekend in London, that a UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal was "still possible" and that he would keep negotiating until ther
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Turkey opens criminal case over ship's inspection in Mediterranean by EU f
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey started a criminal case over the inspection of its cargo ship in the Mediterranean by the European Union's naval mission Irini, tasked to monitor the international embargo on arms supplies to Libya, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Fr
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UK regulator receives govt's request to assess Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirmed on Friday that it has received a request from the government's Department of Health and Social Care to assess the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford a
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