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Germany records over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has confirmed more than 11,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 429,181, the Robert Koch Institute said on Sunday.
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Mike Pence's chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): US Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff Marc Short has tested positive for the coronavirus, shortly after it was reported that the vice president's political aide Marty Obst had tested positive.
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12 children killed in Takhar airstrike, independent rights commission conf
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission has confirmed that 12 children were killed and many more injured in an airstrike by Afghan government forces carried out in the northeastern province of Takhar, US Special Representative for Afgh
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Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. Lee Kun-hee has died at the age of 78, the company announced in a statement.
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Toll from Kabul suicide attack rises to 30
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the suicide bomb attack near an education center in the Afghan capital has gone up to 30, while at least 70 others were injured, a security source told Sputnik.
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Moscow's COVID-19 deaths up by 68 to 6,380
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Another 68 coronavirus patients have died in Moscow in the past 24 hours, bringing the relevant toll to 6,380, the Russian capital's COVID-19 response center said on Saturday.
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Kyrgyzstan seeks to nominate new ambassador in Moscow soon: Minister
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Bishkek seeks to nominate its new ambassador to Moscow as soon as possible, after the dismissal of the former head of mission, Alikbek Jeshenkulov, by ex-President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev told Sputnik on Saturda
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US advises compatriots in Belarus to stock up essentials as opposition's u
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Embassy in Belarus has recommended its compatriots to avoid mass gatherings and stock up with at least three-day supply of food, water and medicines, in light of the so-called People's Ultimatum announced by Belarusian ex-presidential candida
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COVID-19 spreading in Germany faster than in early 2020, hard months ahead
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The COVID-19 infections in Germany are spreading more rapidly than at the beginning of the year, which indicates that the country is yet to face its most difficult months, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday during her regular television addr
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Policeman fired in Illinois after killing unarmed African-American man
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chicago [US], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): A policeman of the Waukegan Police Department has been fired after he killed an African-American teenager and injured his girlfriend, ABC News reported on Saturday, citing Waukegan Chief of Police Wayne Walles.
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Russia records 16,521 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 16,521 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from yesterday's 17,340, taking the cumulative total to 1,497,167 the country's coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
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Germany registers record 14,714 new COVID-19 cases over past day
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has confirmed 14,714 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, with the total count reaching 418,005, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday.
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