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Pompeo hopes China will reconsider threat to sanction Lockheed Martin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press briefing on Wednesday that he hopes China will reconsider the threat it issued earlier to level sanctions against US defence contractor Lockheed Martin.
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WHO, UNICEF alert of drop in vaccinations during coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The world has seen a dramatic decline in the number of children vaccinated during the novel coronavirus pandemic and can experience a surge in preventable diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF
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Pompeo to visit UK, Denmark on Monday to discuss China's treatment of Hong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that he will visit the United Kingdom and Denmark early next week to discuss China's treatment of Hong Kong.
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US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees, says Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees, the country's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.
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Ukrainian Parliament schedules local elections for October 25
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The Ukrainian Parliament voted on Wednesday to set the next local elections for October 25, as the initiative gained the support of 326 parliamentarians and passed the threshold of the required minimum of 226 votes.
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COVID-19: Tokyo raises alert level to warn citizens of surge in infection
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The Tokyo authorities have decided to put the highest level COVID-19 alert in the city in light of an increasing infection rate and a double rise in the number of untraceable coronavirus cases, Governor Koike Yuriko said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: 15 Taliban terrorists killed in airstrike
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 15 Taliban terrorists were killed and 10 others injured in an airstrike by the Afghan air forces in Kandahar province, local police said on Wednesday.
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Russia registers 6,422 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours: Response Centre
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia has registered 6,422 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 746,369, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Wednesday.
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Five years after New Horizons flyby, 10 cool things about Pluto
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 15 (ANI): Five years ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid piano-sized probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto.
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3 bombs explode near Kurdish military prosecutor's office in Syria's Raqqa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Three bombs have exploded at the headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military prosecutor's office in the northern province of Raqqa, the Syrian Al-Watan newspaper reported.
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61 US personnel injured in fire aboard US warship in San Diego
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Sixty one US personnel sustained minor injuries from an ongoing fire aboard a US Navy warship docked at a naval base in southern California and challenges remain to extinguish the fire completely, Expeditionary Strike Group Three Commander Rear Admiral
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UN says following closely Armenia-Azerbaijan border tensions
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Nations is following closely the most recent border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, said in a press briefing on Tuesday.
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