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Senior White House Adviser Stephen Miller tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller said in a statement that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Pence, Harris meet for US Vice Presidential debates after Trump's illness
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): US Vice President Mike Pence and his rival Kamala Harris square off on Wednesday for their only round of televised pre-election debates eight days after their superiors, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, met on stage for the first time with unclear fol
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US must accept dialogue will not work with China - White House National Se
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Tuesday that it is time to recognize that a dialogue will not convince China to change its behavior and demonstrations of strength are safer than weaknesses.
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Italy to extend coronavirus emergency until January 31
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The Italian government will extend the state of COVID-19 emergency until January 31 next year, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Tuesday.
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WHO's Tedros says appointment of IPPR co-chairs expedited to prevent delay
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation's (WHO) decision to appoint two co-chairs to the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) back in July was expedited in order to prevent delays, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Pompeo expects to reach cost-sharing deal with Japan on US troop presence
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in an interview with Japan's NHK broadcaster on Tuesday that he anticipates the United States will reach a cost-sharing deal with Japan on the presence of US troops in the country.
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Kyrgyz Health Ministry says clashes between protesters, police leave 686 p
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyztan], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people injured in Kyrgyzstan in the clashes between protesters and law enforcement agents has grown to 686 and the death toll stands at one, the Health Ministry told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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Kuwaiti government resigns ahead of November general elections: State medi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kuwait City [Kuwait], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Kuwait's government, chaired by Prime Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, submitted on Tuesday its resignation to Emir Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah in anticipation of the November general elections, according to the state-run Kuwait News Agen
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Kyrgyz Central Election Commission annuls results of parliamentary electio
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The Kyrgyz Central Election Commission has declared void the results of the parliamentary elections amid violent protests, a member of the commission said on Tuesday.
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Talibans attack police checkpoint in Afghanistan, 8 officers killed
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Oruzgan [Afghanistan], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Taliban terrorists have attacked a police checkpoint in Afghanistan's central province of Oruzgan, leaving eight officers killed and four others injured, a security source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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Russia records over 11,000 COVID-19 cases in past 24-hour
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 06 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 11,615 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours taking the cumulative case total to 1,237,504, the country's coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
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1 dead, 590 injured in Kyrgyz clashes, six policemen critical
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik) - As many as 190 policemen were injured in clashes with protesters in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, the National Center for the Prevention of Torture told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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