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Death toll from Eta Hurricane in Guatemala rises to 50: President
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people killed by the hurricane Eta in Guatemala has reached 50, with the authorities evacuating residents from the disaster-hit areas, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said.
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Over 100 people arrested from anti-lockdown protests in London
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The Metropolitan Police said 104 participants of the rally against the coronavirus-linked lockdown in London had been arrested over the breach of restrictions.
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Armenia says Azerbaijan resorted to subversion in disputed Karabakh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Azerbaijan is increasingly engaging in unconventional war tactics in the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
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UK's COVID-19 tracing system missed 40 pc of close contacts in England fro
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government's NHS Test and Trace COVID-19 tracking service missed more than 40 per cent of close contacts of coronavirus-positive individuals in England from October 22-28, the Department of Health and Social Care said in a new statistical update
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Poland reports record 27,143 new cases of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland has set a new record for COVID-19 infections over the past day, with 27,143 new cases, the country's ministry of health reported on Thursday.
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Police in New York arrest around 60 people during post-election protests
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Peaceful protests in Manhattan in the wake of the US presidential election grew into clashes with law enforcement and scattered acts of arson, resulting in around 60 arrests, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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WHO in touch with Denmark over mutated strain of COVID-19 detected in mink
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) is in touch with the Danish authorities to find out more about a new mutated version of the coronavirus detected in minks that can be transmitted to humans, a WHO spokesperson said in a statement obtained by
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UK police to get tougher on COVID-19 rule-breakers as England enters anoth
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Police will strengthen the enforcement of the new COVID-19 lockdown rules being imposed in England as of Thursday, and people who "recklessly" ignore the regulations will be fined, the chair of the National Police Chief's Council (NPCC), Martin H
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Australia signs COVID-19 vaccine deals with Novavax, Pfizer
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Canberra [Australia], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Australian government has signed agreements on Thursday with pharmaceutical company Novavax and a consortium of companies, Pfizer and BioNTech, to supply 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
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AstraZeneca misses target for delivery of COVID-19 vaccine: UK Government
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has missed its target of delivering 30 million doses of its vaccine against COVID-19 to the UK by September, as the producer is predicted to only hand over 4 million doses by the end of the year, Kate Bingham, the he
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UN, member states regret US withdrawal from Paris agreement on climate cha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with UN member states Chile, France, Italy and the UK, have expressed regret over Washington's decision to exit the Paris accord on climate change but said they would continue t
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Russia records 19,404 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 19,404 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 1,712,858, the federal response center said Thursday.
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