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Blast kills deputy commander of border brigade battalion in northern Afgha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan],November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Maj. Mohammad Naeem Pekar, the deputy commander of the third battalion of the Afghan military's Border Brigade, was killed in a roadside bomb blast in the northern Balkh province on Friday night, Hanif Rezai, a spokesman for the 209th corps of t
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Ubisoft says all employees safe after reported hostage situation in Montre
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): All Ubisoft employees have been safely evacuated after police responded to a reported hostage situation at the video game giant's Montreal office, company spokesperson Heather Steele told Sputnik.
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US official says 20 million Americans can be vaccinated in December, 25 mi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States hopes to immunize 20 million residents in December and at least 25 million each month in 2021, Operation Warp Speed chief adviser Moncef Slaoui said in a news conference at the White House.
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California, Oregon, Washington issue new Covid-19 travel advisories
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Three US states of California, Oregon and Washington - all on the United States' West Coast - issued new travel advisories urging residents to avoid so-called "non-essential" travel and to self-quarantine for two weeks due to novel coronavirus outb
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Transnistria records 248 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tiraspol [Transnistria], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The breakaway region of Transnistria has registered record 248 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the regional response center said on Friday.
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US extends deadline for sale of TikTok to November 27
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government has extended the deadline for the sale of the video-sharing app TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, for another 15 days, a court filing revealed on Friday.
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Moscow's Covid-19 death toll rises to 7,712
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 69 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 7,712, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Friday.
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Montenegro imposes Covid-19 curfew until December 1
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Podgorica [Montenegro], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): A nighttime curfew has been imposed in Montenegro due to the coronavirus outbreak, the country's Health Minister Kenan Hrapovic announced on Friday.
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BioNTech says no infomation on vaccination start in Germany
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): German BioNTech biopharmaceutical company that had teamed up with US Pfizer for the development of a vaccine against Covid-19, told Sputnik on Friday that it had not yet received the information as to when vaccination will start in Germany
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COVID-19 tally in Japan rises by record 1,685 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has registered a new single-day record of 1,685 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 116,220, the NHK broadcaster reported on Friday, citing the authorities.
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Coronavirus lockdown in France to remain in effect until December: Prime M
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced that the nationwide stay-at-home regime will remain in effect amid still disturbing indicators of the COVID-19 virus' evolution in the country.
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Chile to reopen borders after 8 months of Covid-linked closure
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Chile will allow foreign citizens to enter the country starting from November 23 after eight months of the closure over the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said in a bulletin.
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