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Trump says will talk about Russian opposition leader's poisoning 'at anoth
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he will not discuss the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny and added he will talk about it "at another time".
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US federal debt to equal GDP by 2020-end: Congressional Budget Office
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The US federal debt is growing so fast under the Dpnald Trump administration that it is now projected to be as large as the country's annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of this year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced in a
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5.9 magnitude quake hits Russia's Irkutsk region, no casualties
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Irkutsk [Russia], September 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Russia's Irkutsk region, according to the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
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Russia received requests to supply 1,2 billion dozes of 'Sputnik V' COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 21 (ANI): Russia has signed preliminary agreements with more than 10 countries across the middle east, South America and Asia, which could give Russia "a valuable economic and political leverage" internationally.
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Trump Says Oracle, Walmart to have total control of TikTok or US will not
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Oracle and Walmart will need to have "total control" over the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok in order for the United States to approve a deal between the company and its two US partners, President Donald Trump said on Monday.
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Around 30 soldiers, Taliban insurgents killed in airstrikes in Central Afg
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Airstrikes in Afghanistan's central Maidan Wardak province have resulted in around 30 fatalities among both security officers and members of the Taliban radical movement, a local source told Sputnik on Monday.
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First Russian volunteers inoculated with China's COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian pharmaceutical company Petrovax launched phase 3 clinical trials of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CanSino Biologics Ad5-nCoV, on the first group of Russian volunteers in Moscow, the company said on Monday.
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TikTok global will be 80 per cent owned by ByteDance: Company
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, says it will retain an 80 per cent stake in the newly created US company TikTok Global.
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Biden calls for Senate vote's postponement on US Supreme Court nominee
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has called for the postponement of the Senate vote to fill the Supreme Court vacancy until after the November election, following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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US State Department official to meet with Belarusian opposition in Lithuan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan Sales is scheduled to visit Lithuania on Monday to hold talks with representatives from Belarus's opposition.
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Police in Belarusian city of Brest use tear gas against illegal protesters
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Law enforcement officers in the Belarusian city of Brest have used tear gas against opposition protesters who were taking part in an unsanctioned rally on Sunday, Olga Chemodanova, spokeswoman for the Belarusian Interior Ministry, told Sputnik.
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Russia, Belarus ordered to ensure contacts between officials, key companie
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, during their recent talks in Sochi agreed to task the authorities of both countries to establish personal contacts between heads of government agencies and stra
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