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Belarusian opposition denies receiving overseas funding to organise women'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The marches of women in Belarus amid the post-election protests have not been funded from abroad, the Belarusian opposition-led Coordination Council said on Saturday.
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Mali's military, civil society agree to form 18-month transitional govt
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A public debate on Mali's political future among representatives of the military leaders, state officials and civil society has resulted in an agreement to form a transitional government that would rule the country for the next 18 months, Malian bro
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Death toll from devastating US West Coast wildfires approaching 30
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 30 people have been killed and dozens of others remain missing amid unprecedented wildfires on the US West Coast, NBC reports.
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Louisiana Governor declares emergency as state prepares for Tropical Storm
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Louisiana Governor John Bel has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Sally moved into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Brazil records over 33,500 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil confirmed 33,523 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours and more than 800 new deaths from COVID-19 were registered in that period, the country's Health Ministry said.
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Fresh clashes between Taliban, Afghan army result in multiple casualties
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Clashes between the Afghan army and the Taliban in the country's southern province of Kandahar and eastern province of Nangarhar have left at least six insurgents killed and many others injured, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday,
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EU welcomes establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain, Israel
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union welcomed on Saturday the US-brokered establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel on the heels of an analogous Israel-UAE agreement, stressing its continuous commitment to promote the UN-championed two-sta
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Trump to visit fire-engulfed California on Monday: White House
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump will pay a visit to the US west coast state of California, where devastating wildfires have been raging for close to a month now, Judd Deere, the White House's deputy press secretary, said on Saturday.
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US Senators urge Disney CEO to explain why it cooperated with Xinjiang aut
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A bipartisan group of US senators has called on the CEO of Disney, Bob Chapek, to explain the movie giant's cooperation with the authorities in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang during the production of the "Mulan" live-action remake, acco
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Suspension of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials showed fallacy of approa
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 13 (ANI): Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev on Saturday said that temporary suspension of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate trials clearly showed the "fallacy of the approach" when countries "exclusively rely on novel and untested platf
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Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan offer to host Intra-Afghan peace talks
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov offered on Saturday their respective countries' services to provide a platform for negotiations between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban radical movemen
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Paris police detain nearly over 125 people during Yellow Vest Protests
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 125 individuals have been detained on the morning of planned Yellow Vest protests in the French capital, law enforcement officials said on Saturday.
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