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Georgian government introduces new coronavirus restrictions starting Novem
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Georgian government will introduce new nationwide restrictions starting Saturday; operation of restaurants, public transport, shopping malls, markets and fitness halls will be suspended in particular, the respo
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Protesters gather outside Armenian Parliament building to demand lift of m
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Yerevan [Armenia], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): A protest is underway near the parliament building in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan with demonstrators demanding that the martial law introduced in the wake of Nagorno-Karabakh hostilities be revoked, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Thurs
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CIA officer killed in Somalia last weekend: Reports
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Washington [US], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer has died from an injury sustained during a mission in Somalia last weekend, CNN reported citing a former senior US administration official familiar with the matter.
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Germany extends limited lockdown until December 20
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany prolongs the coronavirus-linked restrictions until December 20, while the limitations of social contacts are likely to be in place until January, Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference after the meeting with minister-president
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Iran expects to get 41 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine via several chann
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Tehran [Iran], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran is planning to get 41 million doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease via different channels for about 20 million people, the country's health and medical education minister, Saeed Namaki, said on Wednesday.
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Rome urges Iran to show prudence while waiting for new US administration's
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Genoa [Italy], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Italy calls on Tehran to act responsibly while waiting for what steps the next US administration will take regarding the Iranian nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said at the opening of the MED 2020 online conference.
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First EU citizens may be vaccinated against COVID-19 by December end
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Brussels [Belgium], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): First European Union citizens could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of the next month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday.
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Restaurants, gyms may open in France from January 20 next year, says Macro
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Paris [France], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Restaurants and gyms may open in France on January 20, 2021 if the daily number of cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) does not exceed 5,000, President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address to the nation on Tuesday evening.<
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Pompeo says State Dept looking at GSA decision to start Presidential trans
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Washington [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his department began the process of looking into the General Service Administration's (GSA) decision to initiate the presidential transition process.
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France's Coronavirus deaths pass 50,000
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Paris [France], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): France's coronavirus death toll rose past 50,000 on Tuesday after another 458 patients died in hospitals in the past day, according to figures shared by the public health agency.
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UN still in discussion on Russian offer of free coronavirus vaccines for i
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Months after Russian President Vladimir Putin made an offer to provide free Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines to all the United Nations staff worldwide, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday said they are still holding discussions and looking at the
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UK: COVID infection on decline, 11299 new cases, down from 15000 a day ear
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus infection rate in the United Kingdom have been on a decline since November 19, with the country confirming 11,299 new cases over the past 24 hours, down from over 15,000 confirmed a day before, the Health Ministry's data showed on Tuesd
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