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Three people killed after train crashes into car in southern USA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Florida [USA], Nov 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Three people were killed after a train crashed into a vehicle here, as per US media reports.
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China launches two new BeiDou satellites
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 23 (Sputnik/ANI): China on Saturday successfully launched into the orbit the 50th and 51st satellites of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, China Aerospace and Technology Corporation (CASC) said.
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Russia registers 24 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hrs
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that the commission monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire along the Turkish-Syrian border has registered 24 truce breaches over the past 24 hours.
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Japan's Nagoya to host G20 foreign ministers' meeting on November 22-23
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], November 22 (Sputnik/ANI): The Japanese city of Nagoya will host a two-day meeting of G20 foreign ministers starting Friday.
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Russia, China to present plan on easing tensions on Korean Peninsula: Russ
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia and China will submit a new plan of action on resolving tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov told reporters.
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China accuses US of interference after Senate passes Hong Kong human right
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 20 (Sputnik/ANI): China on Wednesday slammed the United States after the US Senate passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, envisioning support for local protesters, asserting that the bill is "overt meddling" in the country's domestic affairs.
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Powerful blasts heard in Damascus, Israeli military says they attacked 20
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Nov 20 (Sputnik/ANI): Powerful explosions occurred in Syria's capital Damascus in the early hours of Wednesday, while the Israeli military said that it attacked about 20 targets in Syria on the same day.
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US-South Korea defence negotiations breakdown over Trump's $5 billion dema
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Nov 20 (ANI): South Korea's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that negotiations between Washington and Seoul on the shared costs of hosting some 28,500 US military service members in South Korea were placed on the backburner over the US' alleged demand for $5 billion in
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Protests over gas price hike: Three Iranian security personnel killed
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Nov 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Three members of the Iranian security forces were killed during the unrest in Tehran, which is part of massive protests against the recent increase in gasoline prices across the country, media reported on Tuesday.
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Israeli air defense intercepts 4 'launches' from Syria
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Nov 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Israeli air defence systems intercepted four unspecified launches from Syria against the north of the country, their forces said on Tuesday.
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'Soyuz Fall 2020, Spring 2021 missions to ISS comprises all-Russian crew'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Foreign astronauts are not part of the planned Soyuz crew set to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2020 and in the spring of 2021, data published by Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre has revealed.
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US diplomat who overheard Trump, Gordon phone call on Ukraine to testify
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Nov 19 (Sputnik/ANI): David Holmes, a political adviser at the US Embassy in Ukraine, will testify on Thursday as part of the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, media reported.
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