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Turkey COVID-19 cases rises to 2,46,681
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Turkey has risen by 1,226 to 2,46,861 within the past 24 hours, Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said.
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Moscow COVID-19 death toll rises to 4,645
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 12 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 4,645, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Friday.
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Global COVID-19 tally rises by over 2,86,000 to reach 21 mn
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases globally has grown by more than 286,000 in the past 24 hours, while over 6,700 patients have died in the same period of time, the World Health Organization's (WHO) data revealed on Friday.
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UK extends restrictions in several parts of country over surge in COVID ca
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK authorities have extended coronavirus-related restrictions regarding social gatherings in the North West, West Yorkshire, East Lancashire and Leicester over a spike in the number of infections in the areas, the UK Department of Health and Social C
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US lawmakers call for sanctions against Turkey over drilling in East Medit
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Ranking members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez and Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen have urged US State Secretary Michael Pompeo and the European Union to impose sanctions against key sectors of the Turkish economy over
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Lebanon receives medical, humanitarian aid from 13 countries in last 24 ho
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut has received 13 flights delivering medical and humanitarian aid to Lebanon from abroad over the past 24 hours, following a powerful blast in the capital, according to a copy of the report by the country's ar
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Belarusian Orthodox Church head calls for peace in country amid protests
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], Aug 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, Minsk Metropolitan Bishop Pavel, on Friday urged for "everything possible" to be done to return peace to the country.
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Ten journalists covering protests remain detained across Belarus: Journali
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], Aug 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Ten journalists who were detained by Belarusian law enforcement agents after the protests have not been released yet, the deputy head of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) said on Friday.
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Russia records 5,065 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 5,065 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (5,057 yesterday), bringing the cumulative total to 912,823, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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Assange will never have chance of fair trial in UK, US: Former Ecuadorian
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Ecuadorian Sonsul in London Fidel Narvaez told Sputnik ahead of Friday's administrative hearing in Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition case that the whistleblower will never get a fair trial either in the UK or in the United States.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico surpasses 500,000
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico has increased by 7,371 within the past 24 hours and has thus reached 505,751, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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France welcomes Israeli-UAE agreement on normalising relations
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): France on Thursday welcomed the Israeli-UAE agreement on normalising relations and deemed Israel's decision on suspending the annexation of the Palestinian territories as a "positive step".
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