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Hong Kong Legislative elections postponed over COVID-19: Carrie Lam
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday that the Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 6 will be postponed over the COVID-19 threat.
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Twitter says hackers used phone phishing to gain access to high-profile ac
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Twitter on Friday said the hackers behind the attack on accounts of public figures used telephone phishing to break into the system.
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Two dead, 16 injured as terrorists open mortar fire at Nigeria's Maiduguri
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Maiduguri [Nigeria], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Terrorists from the Boko Haram group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, have opened mortar fire at the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, leaving two persons dead and 16 others injured.
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Mexico's COVID-19 death toll rises by 639 to 46,000
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 639 to 46,000 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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COVID-19 cases in Brazil rise to 2,610,102
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 31 (ANI): With over 57,837 COVID-19 cases reported in the country in last 24 hours, the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil has risen to 2,610,102, Sputnik reported citing national Ministry of Health.
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US vaccinates 'several hundred' people in first days of phase 3 COVID-19 t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States vaccinated several hundred volunteers during the first days of two Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials, senior administration official told reporters.
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US schedules fifth execution of federal death-row inmate this summer
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 30 (Sputnik/ANI): The US government scheduled its fifth execution of the summer on August 17, announcing plans to kill Lezmond Mitchell, a child murderer who spent the past 17 years on death row, the Justice Department said in a press release.
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Trump extends US national emergency with respect to Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 30 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump has extended the national emergency with respect to Lebanon for one year beyond the August 1 expiration date, citing the nation's imports of increasingly deadly weapons from Iran, the White House said in a press release o
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Trump says US looking into banning TikTok
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the US government is thinking about imposing a ban on Chinese video-sharing application TikTok.
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Trump denies raising Taliban bounty claims in talks with Putin
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump has denied discussing claims of Russian bounty payments to the Taliban for killing US troops in Afghanistan during last week's phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Japan, China hope to lift coronavirus travel ban soon
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday talked about outlooks for easing travel curbs imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Trump asks federal regulators to examine social media, free speech: Whi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The Trump administration has asked US federal regulators to determine whether current internet laws protect social media companies from being sued for altering or otherwise censoring free speech, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
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