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Germany to deliver aid to Moria Camp in Greece, Foreign Ministry allocates
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The German civil protection service will travel to the fire-ravaged Moria refugee camp in Greece later on Friday to deliver aid urgently, and the Foreign Ministry announced that it is directing USD 3.6 million as aid, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
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Russian Foreign Ministry refutes new US election meddling claims, criticis
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow believes that new US statements on Russia's alleged attempts to meddle in the US elections are insinuations and all these accusations are unfounded, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
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Russia records 5,504 COVID-19 cases in past 24 Hours
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 5,504 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (5,363 yesterday), which brings the cumulative total to 1,051,874, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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Taliban kill 16 Afghan servicemen in Nangarhar province
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban Islamist movement has attacked positions of the Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving 16 servicemen dead and some more injured, a local source told Sputnik on Friday.
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Mexico's COVID-19 death toll rises to 69,649
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 554 to 69,649 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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Number of COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 28 million: Johns Hopkins Uni
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Maryland [US], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 28 million, Johns Hopkins University says.
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Microsoft says hackers from Russia, China targeting US Presidential campai
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The tech giant Microsoft said on Thursday that it has spotted multiple cyberattacks from Russia, China and Iran on individuals and organisations involved in the ongoing presidential campaigns in the United States.
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US will not extend Sept 15 deadline for China's ByteDance to sell TikTok:
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): There will be no extension of the September 15 deadline imposed by the US government for the Chinese company ByteDance to sell its video-sharing application TikTok or see it closed up in the United States, President Donald Trump told reporters.
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Brazil records 40,557 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to over 4.23 million
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 40,557 to 4,238,446 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said late on Thursday.
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AstraZeneca CEO says COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by end of year despite
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot on Wednesday expressed hopes that a vaccine against the novel coronavirus developed by the pharmaceutical company would be ready by the end of 2020 or early 2021, despite having to pause clinical trials.
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5 killed as protests erupt in Colombia over man's death in police custody
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Five people have been killed during protests in Colombia in the wake of the death of lawyer Javier Ordonez who had been tasered by police, Caracol Radio reported.
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Russian Foreign Minister notes increasing importance of cooperation within
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday expressed the belief that partnership within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was of growing importance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as it helped efficiently overcome its political and s
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