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France coronavirus death increases by 70 to 26,380
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 11 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of deaths from COVID-19 in France has increased by 70 to 26,380, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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Global COVID-19 death toll exceeds 280,000
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (Sputnik/ANI): The global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 280,000, according to the database compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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Some 20 civilians killed in several militant attacks in Niger
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Niamey, [Niger], May 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Around 20 civilians have been killed in a series of militant attacks in the southwest of Niger, national media reported on Sunday.
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High-Risk zone declared in northeastern China due to new COVID-19 cluster
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The Chinese city of Shulan in the northeastern Jilin province has been declared a high-risk zone after 11 people got infected with the novel coronavirus, provincial authorities said on Sunday.
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Taliban releases another 29 Afghan prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The Taliban said that they have freed another 28 Afghan prisoners as part of efforts to accelerate the mutual release of detained persons with Kabul.
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Two civilian planes hit in rocket strike at Tripoli Airport
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Two civilian jetliners in Libya were damaged in Saturday shelling of a Tripoli airport by forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar, the UN-backed administration said.
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Over 4 million coronavirus cases globally
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of coronavirus cases confirmed globally has surpassed 4 million, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.
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Fire breaks out in Moscow hospital, 295 evacuated
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): As many as 295 people have been evacuated from a hospital in northern Moscow following a fire, a representative of the emergency services told Sputnik on Saturday.
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UK's COVID-19 deaths up by 346 to 31,587
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): As many as 346 people have died in the United Kingdom in the past 24 hours due to coronavirus taking the country's toll to 31,587, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Saturday.
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Afghan Government Releases 1,000 Taliban Members - Security Council
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan government has released 1,000 members of the Taliban movement and expects the group to respond by setting free government security forces personnel and speeding up the preparation of direct talks, the Afghan National Security Council said
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UN chief says funding of WHO, humanitarians should not be cut amid COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The coronavirus pandemic requires an unprecedented global response, and reducing the funding of the World Health Organization (WHO), is untimely, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Russian news agency.
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WHO reports over 5,400 new COVID-19 deaths globally as total nears 260,000
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 09 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 87,000 new coronavirus infection cases have been reported worldwide over the past 24 hours, and more than 5,400 people have died from the infection in the given period, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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