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New York expands COVID-19 quarantine list to 22 states: Cuomo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The US state of New York has toughened its travel advisory, ordering visitors from a total of 22 states where COVID-19 is surging to self-quarantine for 14 days, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement on Tuesday.
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US troops leave 5 Afghan bases as part of deal with Taliban
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): US troops have left five bases in Afghanistan and the number of servicemen in Afghanistan has decreased as part of the peace agreement reached with the Taliban in Qatar in February, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.
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China-Russia trade turnover fell by 6% to $49.1 billion in 1st half of 202
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 14 (Sputnik/ ANI): Trade flow between China and Russia in the first quarter of 2020 came in at $49.1 billion, a 6 percent drop from the same period last year, according to statistics from China's General Administration of Customs (GACC).
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Brazil reports 20,286 new coronavirus cases, death toll reaches 72,833
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 14 (ANI): Brazil has reported new 20,286 coronavirus cases in last 24 hours taking the country's total to 1.8 million, Sputnik reported citing the health ministry.
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Global COVID-19 count exceeds 13 million cases, toll at 570,776: Johns Hop
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 13 million, Johns Hopkins University dashboard shows.
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Fire breaks out at LNG plant in Iran
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): A fire broke out on Monday at a plant producing liquefied natural gas in the northeastern Iranian city of Fariman, state media said.
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US budget deficit hits record high of $864 billion in June
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The US federal budget deficit hit a record $864 billion in June amid the coronavirus pandemic, bringing total deficits for the year to an all-time high of $2.7 trillion, the Treasury's monthly statement showed on Monday.
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UK reports 148 coronavirus related deaths, toll rises to 44,798
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The UK has reported 148 new coronavirus disease-related deaths over the preceding 24 hours, three times more than the corresponding rise reported on the previous day, the country's Department of Health and Social Care said on Saturday.
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Millionaires across world ask to pay higher taxes to help fund COVID-19 re
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Wealthy individuals, calling themselves Millionaires for Humanity, on Monday in an open letter called on governments to increase taxes on rich people to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences.
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Production of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine to launch no earlier than fall: Vi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The industrial production of a coronavirus vaccine in Russia can be expected in the fall at the earliest, albeit forecasting a definite time frame is still premature, Sputnik has learned from Mikhail Schelkanov, the head of the microbe ecology lab at t
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COVID-19 restrictions may return in Australia's New South West over new cl
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra (Australia), July 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales have warned the residents of Sydney about the possible return of coronavirus-related quarantine measures as a new cluster associated with one of the city's hotels emerged, New South Wales
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Argentina exceeds 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], July 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The total number of reported coronavirus cases in Argentina has surpassed 100,000 according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
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