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Pennsylvania Police starts probe into 'attack plan' on vote-counting cente
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Police are investigating a tip-off that alleges a group was plotting to attack a vote-counting location in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, media reported early on Friday.
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WHO chief scientist says early to judge if COVID-19 mutation in minks can
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday it was too early to decide whether the coronavirus mutation found in the farmed mink population in Denmark could impact the efficacy of vaccines.
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Mutated variant of Coronavirus linked to minks found in 214 people in Denm
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Copenhagen [Denmark], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 214 people have been infected with a mutated coronavirus strain that has been linked to minks in Denmark from June to mid-October, the country's Ekstra Bladet newspaper reports on Friday, citing a research institute.
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Georgia reports new single-day record of over 2,770 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The daily increase in the number of detected COVID-19 cases in Georgia reached a record-high of 2,775, Alexander Khodjevanishvili, a member of the Coordination Council for the fight against coronavirus, said.
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South Korea, US, Japan hold talks on post-election security cooperation
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Seoul [South Korea], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Top security officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan held virtual talks to discuss denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and security cooperation after the US elections, the South Korean presidential administration said on Fri
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Russian, Belarusian Prime Ministers discuss plans for Sputnik V COVID-19 v
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his Belarusian counterpart, Roman Golovchenko, have discussed the ongoing clinical trials of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the Belarusian government press service informed in a statement.
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Russia reports 20,582 new COVID-19 cases
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Moscow [Russia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 20,582 new COVID-19 cases, which is the record high daily increase and brings the cumulative total to 1,733,440, the federal response centre said Friday.
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Venezuela has no immediate plans to buy Iranian missiles, says Foreign Min
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuela is not planning to buy Iran's missiles so far, but reserves the right to do so when deems necessary, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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EU prepares to slap Belarusian President with post-vote sanctions
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union (EU) will target Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 14 officials with sanctions on Friday, in a bid to increase pressure on a government it does not recognise.
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Macron condemns recent terrorist attack on Kabul University in Afghanistan
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Paris [France], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday decried an attack on the Kabul University carried out by the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS, also known as IS) in the Afghan capital earlier this week.
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Russian, Belarusian Prime Ministers discuss energy, fight against coronavi
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Moscow [Russia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his Belarusian counterpart, Roman Golovchenko, discussed issues of energy and the fight against coronavirus over the phone, the Russian government said on Thursday.
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Three police officers killed, two injured in blast in Afghanistan's Kandah
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Kabul [Afghanistan], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Three police officers have been killed and two more injured by an explosion in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a security source told Sputnik on Friday.
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