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Experts, students agree US higher education needs reform despite student l
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow, August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Kirill Krasilnikov-US President Joe Biden's initiative to forgive at least USD 10,000 in student debt for each eligible borrower will not be enough to improve the situation with higher education in the United States, experts and citizens surveyed by Sputnik
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Russia demands changes to NPT document concerning Zaporizhzhia plant: NPT
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia demanded amendments to the paragraphs of the final document of the 10th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which concerned the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) and the Budapest Memorandum on
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Mexico's Imports from Russia up 20 pc in first half of 2022
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mexico [Mexico City], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico imported goods from Russia worth USD 1.193 billion in January-June of this year, according to the latest figures from the Bank of Mexico.
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Turkey, Sweden, Finland to hold new round of talks on Nordics' NATO bid in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Representatives from Turkey, Sweden and Finland met on Friday in the Finnish city of Vantaa and agreed to continue talks on the Nordic countries' ascension to NATO at the expert level in the coming fall, the Finnish government said.
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Taliban restricts female students to leave Kabul for studies in another at
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, reported Sputnik citing sources.
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Moscow says UN Secretariat's position on Zaporizhzhia NPP shelling by Kyiv
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Secretariat takes an unprincipled position in the light of the Ukrainian shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, deliberately distorting the situation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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US State Department confirms American mercenary killed in Ukraine: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US State Department has confirmed the death of a US "volunteer fighter" in Ukraine amid Russia's special military operation there, Newsweek reported on Friday.
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UK to announce new support measures for population in September: Johnson
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the government will announce new measures to support the population next month amid the pressure of rising energy bills.
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US environmental regulators propose labelling 'forever chemicals' as hazar
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that it is proposing the designation of two of the most common poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals," as hazardous compounds under federal Superfund laws.
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US State Department says, reached settlement in export violations case by
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of State announced in a press release on Friday that it has reached an administrative settlement in an export violations case related to three former US intelligence operatives working as hackers for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Ukraine keeps no track of American weapons, does all accounting on paper:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainian authorities are unable to pin down the exact location of the arms and other military equipment supplied by the United States as all of their accounting is done on paper, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense Sean O'Donnell t
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US suspends 26 flights operated by Chinese carriers
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States suspended 26 passenger flights operated by Chinese carriers after Beijing's aviation agency took similar action to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the US Transportation Department said in an order.
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