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UK lawmaker Douglas Ross resigns over Dominic Cummings' lockdown breach
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 26 (ANI): UK Parliamentarian Douglas Ross announced his resignation on Tuesday in connection with the scandal around coronavirus quarantine violation by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide, Dominic Cummings in March, Sputnik news agency reported.
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Saudi Arabia to begin easing coronavirus restrictions from May 28
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Saudi Arabia will start phasing out restrictions from May 28 that were imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus, Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said.
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Global coronavirus count surpasses 5.3 million, toll over 342,000
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the globe has surpassed 5.3 million, while the global toll is more than 342,000, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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US reports 20,634 new coronavirus cases, toll reaches 97,948
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has increased by 20,634 in the last 24 hours, showing a decrease in the number of daily new cases, according to John Hopkins University.
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COVID-19 state of emergency lifted in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday that the state of emergency, imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, would be lifted in the remaining five prefectures including Tokyo.
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Israel reports 5 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Israel registered five new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as of Sunday night, taking the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 16,717, according to the country's health ministry.
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Turkey reports over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey confirmed over 1,100 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by more than 30 in that period, the country's health minister Fahrettin Koca said.
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Afghan President orders to release 2,000 Taliban prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday (local time) ordered a release of up to 2,000 Taliban fighters from prison, his spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi said.
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Moscow bank hostage-taking suspect had criminal record
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): A man who tried to take people hostage in a bank in central Moscow on Saturday had a prior conviction for an unrelated offense, a Russian police source told Sputnik.
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Iraqi security forces interrogate top IS captive Qardash
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun interrogating Abdel Nasser Qardash, a member of the Islamic State terror group tapped as its new leader, an armed forces spokesman told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Gaza reports first coronavirus death
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Gaza, May 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Gaza strip has reported its first coronavirus death, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra said on Saturday.
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Russia registers 9,434 ccoronavirus cases, count reaches 335,882
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 9,434 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total count to 335,882, the national coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
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