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Police arrest 4 people for 'significant damage' in unrest near school in F
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Security forces have arrested four individuals amid unrest that erupted in front of a school building in the northern French Compiegne commune, the local prefecture reported on Monday.
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27 injured, 19 detained as Tbilisi Police disperses post-election rally
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Twenty-seven people were injured and 19 others were detained during an overnight protest outside the Central Election Commission's (CEC) building in Tbilisi, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Monday.
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France welcomes Biden's pledge to bring US back to Paris Climate Accord
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [Europe], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Paris welcomes US President-elect Joe Biden's commitment to return to the Paris agreement on climate change, French Minister-Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness Franck Riester said on Monday.
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Zambia in talks with Russia on accessing Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Zambia is eager to get Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as soon as it hits the market, the African nation's ambassador told Sputnik, adding that health ministers of the two countries were already in talks on the matter.
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US Police investigating after black male shot dead outside church in North
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A Black male has been shot dead outside a church in the US state of North Carolina on Sunday evening, law enforcement officials said in a press release, adding that an investigation is underway.
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Russia's COVID-19 tally grows by record 21,798
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a new single-day record of 21,798 COVID-19 cases, up from 20,498 yesterday, bringing the total to 1,796,132, the federal response center said on Monday.
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UK govt, social media networks agree measures to tackle COVID-19 vaccine d
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government and leading social media platforms have agreed on a set of new measures to tackle the spread of disinformation and misinformation related to vaccines against COVID-19, according to a joint press release published by the Department for
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Austrian Chancellor, French President to hold online conference today
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is to hold an online meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.
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Tropical storm Eta hits Archipelago in US Florida
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Washington [US], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Tropical storm Eta has reached Florida in the United States and hit Florida Keys, a string of tropical islands stretching between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said on Monday.
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Production of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine begins in Australia
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Canberra [Australia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The CSL Limited company started production of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Australian media report.
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Car bomb blast in Kandahar kills at least 4, injures two dozen others
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A car bomb has exploded in Afghanistan's second-largest city, Kandahar, leading to several deaths, including among civilians, local sources told Sputnik on Monday.
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Georgian opposition announces plans for another protest on Monday
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Another protest against the results of the recent general election in Georgia will be held on Monday in the capital city of Tbilisi, opposition leader Nika Melia, who is a member of the former ruling United National Movement (UNM) party, told jour
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