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Soyuz Rocket installed on launch pad for first manned mission
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Baikonur cosmodrome (Kazakhstan), December 1 (ANI/Sputnik) - Soyuz MS-11 manned spacecraft carried by the Soyuz-FG booster has been installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene on Saturday. This will be the first pilote
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EU Parliament may adopt EU-wide Magnitsky Act
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Parliament will consider a proposal to expand sanctions against Russia, including personal ones, and to create EU-wide version of US Magnitsky Act, according to a draft resolution on EU-Russia relations.
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Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron pay tribute to George H W Bush
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday lauded the role of former US President George H W Bush.
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US: Massive quake hits Alaska's Anchorage
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Alaska [U.S.], Dec 1 (ANI): A 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, on Friday, according to United States Geological Survey. However, as per the US National Weather Service, a quake of 7.2 magnitude, Sputnik reported.
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Rosneft says agreed with Beijing Gas to set up venture to develop CNG stat
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia's Rosneft and China's Beijing Gas energy companies have signed an agreement on establishing a joint venture to develop a network of compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations in Russia, the Russian energy giant said on Thursday.
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Exact date of Yemen Peace Talks in Sweden unconfirmed: Office of UN Specia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov [Sputnik/ANI]: The exact date of the peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels is unconfirmed, but they will take place in Sweden in Hoda El Turk, the spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Google CEO to take questions from US House Committee on content filtering
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will make an appearance in the United States Congress next week to testify on the digital giant's content filtering practices.
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Washington confirmed Putin-Trump meeting at G20: Kremlin Spokesman
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Washington has confirmed the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on the G20 sidelines, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday.
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Trump threatens to declassify Mueller probe documents to compromise Democr
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): United States President Donald Trump has threatened to declassify documents related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election that would hurt Democrats if they decided to launc
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Our president is 'part of cover-up' in Khashoggi's Killing: Hilary Clinton
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Nov 29(ANI/Sputnik): Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused US President Donald Trump of being complicit in hiding the truth about the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Trump strategy a 'game changer' for peace process in Afghanistan: Ashraf G
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 29(ANI/Sputnik): The new strategy of United States in Afghanistan, announced by President Donald Trump last summer, has been a game changer for the advancement of the country's peace process, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said here on Wednesday.
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Russia to sign nuclear cooperation agreement with Argentina
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], Nov 29(ANI/Sputnik): Russia and Argentina will be signing an agreement on strategic nuclear cooperation during the upcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Latin American country, Russian Ambassador to Argentina Dmitry Feoktistov has said.
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