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Trump says will soon announce his Supreme Court justice pick
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump said he will soon nominate a Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday.
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Trump says sale of TikTok to Oracle has his approval, Walmart may take par
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has approved the purchase of TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, to US software company Oracle, with the possible participation of Walmart.
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London Police arrests over 30 demonstrators during protest against COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 30 arrests were made during the Saturday protest against coronavirus restrictions in London, city police said.
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US sanctions unlikely to hinder arms sales to Iran once UN embargo expires
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Any potential US sanctions are unlikely to prevent countries from selling arms to Iran after the United Nations (UN) embargo on the country expires on October 18, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday.
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Japan's new Prime Minister may meet Pompeo in October
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga may meet US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in October, which would be his first meeting with a foreign official in this post, Japan's media reported on Saturday.
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Moscow hopes no visa issues to arise for Russian diplomats headed to 75th
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia expects its diplomats to encounter no repetition of obstacles with getting visas to the United States when traveling to attend the 75th high-level week of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Pyotr Ilyichev, the head of the Department of Inte
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Airstrikes on Taliban base in Afghanistan's Northeast leave 30 civilian ca
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): A twin airstrike on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz has left 30 civilian casualties, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
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Two people killed, 14 injured in shooting in US' Rochester
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): A shooting incident in the city of Rochester, located in the US state of New York, left two people killed and 14 others injured in the early hours of Saturday, Acting Rochester Police Chief Mark Simmons told a briefing following the incident.
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Deputy Head of Afghanistan's Paktia Provincial Council assassinated
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Ayub Gharwal, the deputy head of the provincial council of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, was assassinated in a shooting attack on Saturday, Mumtaz Karokhel, a member of the Paktia provincial council, told Sputnik.
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Russia registers over 6,000 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Health authorities in Russia have registered 6,065 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, up from 5,905 the day before, bringing the country's cumulative toll close to 1.1 million, the Russian coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
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Colombia's COVID-19 tally surpasses 750,000
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Colombia has risen by 6,526 within the past 24 hours and has thus surpassed 750,000, the National Ministry of Health said.
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Trump says expects 'fairly fast' decision on TikTok ahead of November 12 d
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The White House expects to make a "fairly fast" decision on TikTok ahead of the November 12 deadline for the Chinese social media application to find a suitable US partner or be shut down, President Donald Trump told reporters.
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