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Johnson unveils new 3-tiered COVID-19 local lockdown system in England
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A new three-tiered COVID-19 local lockdown system has been unveiled by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, which will see stricter social distancing measures applied in English towns and cities that have a high rate of new infections.
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Road accident in Switzerland leaves 14 people injured
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Fourteen people sustained injuries in the Swiss city of Zurich as a result of a collision between a truck and a tram in the city's west, local police said on Monday.
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Over 700 people detained during protests in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 700 people were detained during the unauthorized protests held across Belarus on Sunday, with 570 of them placed under arrest until court hearings, the Belarusian Interior Ministry said on Monday.
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Kyrgyz President re-imposes state of emergency in Bishkek: Office
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has re-imposed the state of emergency in Bishkek, a spokesperson for his office told Sputnik on Monday, explaining that the move is due to the parliament's inaction.
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Border deal with Israel to aid ailing Lebanese economy by allowing oil dri
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanon's struggling economy will significantly benefit from the revenues from the extraction of oil and gas from the disputed area once the country reaches a border demarcation agreement with Israel, Lebanese Economic and Social Council General Di
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EU extends by one year sanctions for chemical weapons development, use
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will extend by October 16 in 2021, the sanctions on individuals and entities involved in the development and use of chemical weapons, the Council of the EU said on Monday.
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Russia records 13,592 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 13,592 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from the record-high 13,634 on Sunday, taking the cumulative case total to 1,312,310, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Monday.
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Afghan forces attack Taliban in Helmand province, deputy governor captured
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan Air Force has successfully carried out an attack on a group of Taliban terrorists in the southern Helmand Province, capturing the Taliban's local deputy governor, the Helmand Governor's press office said in a statement.
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Hurricane Delta leaves two dead in Louisiana
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Hurricane Delta has led to the death of at least two people in the US state of Louisiana, the local health department confirmed on Sunday (local time).
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Nearly dozen migrants from Africa drown as boat sinks off Tunisia's coast
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Close to a dozen illegal migrants from Africa, including two babies, have drowned near the shores of Tunisia, the country's Mosaique FM radio station reports.
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20 hospitalized, 2 in severe condition after shelling of Azerbaijan's Ganj
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ganja [Azerbaijan], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): An emergency hospital of Azerbaijan's second-largest city of Ganja has admitted 20 people with injuries from a Sunday rocket attack, chief physician Gafar Ibragimov told Sputnik.
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About 3,000 people in Minsk held administratively liable for participating
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of about 3,000 people have been subjected to administrative proceedings in the Belarusian capital since the beginning of mass protests in August, Oleg Lavrukhin, the prosecutor of the city of Minsk, said on Sunday.
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