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Will support Beijing's response to US sanctioning China's officials: Hong
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The government of Hong Kong is ready to support Beijing in case of retaliatory measures against the United States for sanctioning 11 Chinese high-placed officials.
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Brazil's COVID-19 cases cross 2.96 million-mark
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 50,230 to 2,962,442 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.
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UN allocates USD 15 million to support Lebanon after Beirut blast: OCHA
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations (UN) has allocated USD 15 million to support Lebanon after the huge explosion that devastated the capital of Beirut, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
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Lebanon has not asked United Nations to investigate Beirut blast: UN spoke
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations (UN) has not received any requests to investigate Tuesday's massive explosion in Beirut that killed more than 150 people and injured some 5,000 others, UN deputy spokesperson Furhan Haq said on Friday.
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UK records 871 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 3,09,005
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK] Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the UK, has risen by 871 in the past 24 hours to 309,005, while the overall death tally climbed to 46,511 after 98 fresh deaths were confirmed, the Department of Health and Social Car
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Moscow's COVID-19 death toll rises to 4,560
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 14 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 4,560, the city's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Friday.
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Russia to register first COVID-19 vaccine on August 12
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia will register its first vaccine against the coronavirus on August 12, Deputy Health Minister Oleg Gridnev said on Friday.
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Russia records 5,241 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 5,241 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 877,135, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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Israel Defense Forces says warning sirens went off in Lebanon border
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Friday that warning signals about a possible rocket attack have been activated in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon.
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COVID-19 cases in Brazil rises by 53,139 to over 2.9M
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 53,139 to 2,912,212 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.
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WHO says global COVID-19 fatalities topped 700,000
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the overall number of coronavirus cases globally at 18,614,177, with 702,642 people having died from the disease.
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16 Port employees detained in Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Aug 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Sixteen employees of the Lebanese capital's port were detained in the explosion case, a military court spokesman, acting judge Fadi Akiki, said on Thursday.
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