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District police chief, 3 officers killed in Afghanistan blast
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 3 (Sputnik/ANI): Police chief of Said Karam district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, Mohammad Humayun, and three local policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb blast, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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Effect of coronavirus measures to leave 'lasting scars' on global economy:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The effects of the measures imposed to fight the novel coronavirus will leave a lasting effect on the world economy, weakening investment, innovation, employment, education, trade, supply chains and consumption, the World Bank said in an analysis on
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No evidence COVID-19 changed in terms of transmissibility, severity of Ill
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 2 (Sputnik/ANI): There is no evidence that the novel coronavirus has changed both in terms of the transmissibility and the severity of the disease, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), told on Monday in a virtual brief
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Coronavirus cases in Brazil surpass 500,000 mark
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], June 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has surpassed 500,000, while the country's COVID-19 death toll stands at over 29,000, according to the Health Ministry.
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US to designate Antifa as terrorist organization: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States will be designating the far-left anti-fascist movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, President Donald Trump said on Sunday.
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Iran's COVID-19 tally exceeds 150,000; toll nears 7,800
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran] May 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Iran has registered over 2,500 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours bringing the total coronavirus count to 151,466, the country's Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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10 killed in bombing attack on passenger bus in Somalia
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 31 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 10 people were killed and several others were injured in the bombing of a passenger bus in Somalia, not far from the capital of Mogadishu, local media reported on Sunday, citing police.
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Coronavirus tally nears 35000 in Singapore
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, May 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Singapore has registered 518 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours taking the tally to 34,884, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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Global COVID-19 case count surpasses 6 million mark
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Maryland [USA], May 31 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide has surpassed six million, according to data provided by the Johns Hopkins University.
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No data to prove a person once infected with coronavirus has immunity to C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): There is no reliable evidence that a person who previously contracted any infection of the coronavirus family has immunity for COVID-19, said Anna Popova, head of Russia's public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, on Saturday.
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Minneapolis mayor imposes curfew amid ongoing unrest
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Minneapolis [USA], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has imposed a curfew in the city amid the ongoing unrest following the death of African-American man -- George Floyd -- while being arrested by police, the City Clerk's Office said in a statement.
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Coronavirus case count tops 5.7 million, says WHO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that the overall number of coronavirus cases globally is at more than 5.7 million, with over 357,000 dying from the disease.
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