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French Senate withholds support for government roadmap to curb COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): French Senate, the upper chamber of the Parliament, has rejected the government's strategy to curb the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, presented by French Prime Minister Jean Castex.
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Germany to allocate over USD 2mln for ICRC to help crisis-torn Nagorno-Kar
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will allocate 2 million euros (over $2.3 million) for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh with humanitarian aid, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.
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Russian-speaking hackers hit US hospitals with ransomware
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of Russian-speaking hackers has attacked recently a number of hospitals in the United States by using ransomware, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.
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US Supreme Court rejects second bid to block mail-in ballot deadline exten
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Supreme Court has rejected a second bid from the Republican Party to block the deadline extension for mail-in ballots in the battleground state of North Carolina, a court filing revealed.
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Wind gusts force Trump to reschedule planned rally in North Carolina
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): President Donald Trump's campaign postponed a planned rally in North Carolina due to bad weather, Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh announced Thursday.
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French prosecutor confirms Nice attacker originally from Tunisia, arrived
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): French anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard confirmed on Thursday that the attacker in Nice was from Tunisia and had arrived in France on October 9.
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UN chief strongly condemns 'heinous' knife attack in Nice
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice that killed three people, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Thursday.
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Baku refutes statements about Azerbaijani Army's strikes at settlements in
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry denied information about missile and air strikes on settlements in Karabakh.
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Baku gave Yerevan 30 bodies of Armenian servicemen, two senior citizens: P
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Baku has transferred to Yerevan around 30 bodies of killed Armenian servicemen, and also two senior Armenian citizens, thanks to Russia's mediation, Azerbaijani presidential aide Khikmet Gadzhiyev said on Thursday.
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Russia registers 44 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours, Turk
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire in Syria has registered 44 breaches over the preceding 24 hours, compared to the four violations recorded by their Turkish counterparts, the Russian De
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Marshall Islands records first Covid-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Majuro [Marshall Islands], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Marshall Islands authorities have recorded two cases of the coronavirus infection in the country at the US military base on Kwajalein Atoll, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the Office of the Chief Secretary said
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Russia registers record 17,717 COVID-19 cases in past 24 Hours
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a new record single-day increase of 17,717 COVID-19 cases, up from 16,202 yesterday, taking the cumulative total to 1,581,693, the country's coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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