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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off shore of Greece's crete
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Crete [Greece], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has been registered off the shore of the Greek island of Crete, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
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UK experiencing start of COVID-19 pandemic's second wave: Boris Johnson
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom is currently experiencing the start of the COVID-19 pandemic's second wave, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday, hinting that tougher social distancing restrictions could be introduced.
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Canada shelves free trade negotiations with China
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Canada is abandoning free trade negotiations with China amid a host of disagreements on a range of topics, Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in an interview on Friday.
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Philippine President extends state of calamity by 1 year due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte extended on Friday the state of calamity over COVID-19 by one year to September 2021.
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Australian Judge resigns from Hong Kong appeals court over Security Law
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Australian Judge James Spigelman has resigned from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal over the new national security law, the administrative region's government announced on Friday.
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Berlin says OPCW continues probe of Navalny case, results to be provided l
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is continuing the probe of Alexey Navalny case and will provide results later, the spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry, Maria Adebahr, said Friday.
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US Embassy in Afghanistan warns of extremists' attacks on women
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Embassy in Afghanistan has issued a security alert for its citizens, warning about an increased risk of attacks on women by the extremist organisations.
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Russia registers 5,905 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 5,905 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (5,762 yesterday), which brings the cumulative total to 1,091,186, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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Biden says Trump trusted less than Russia's Putin, China's Xi because of C
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump Administration's way of handling the coronavirus outbreak in the United States was one of the reasons he was trusted by fewer foreigners than Russian Pr
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Russia's health watchdog says 22 stable mutated COVID-19 strains identifie
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): There are about 22 stable mutations in the genetic makeup of the coronavirus detected worldwide, with two of them being the most resistant, Russia's consumer rights and human welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, told Sputnik on Friday, adding that t
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President Trump not to attend UNGA session in-person: White House
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump has abandoned his plans to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in person, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters.
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At least 14 people injured in Nicaragua capital after powerful Tornado
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Managua [Nicaragua], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 14 people sustained slight injuries as a result of a powerful tornado in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, Secretary-General of the city administration Fidel Moreno said.
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