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Switzerland calls on citizens to leave Donbas, urges sides to de-escalate
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is urging Swiss nationals to leave the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine's southeast (Donbas) amid escalations on the contact line.
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Six African countries to establish mRNA vaccine production: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 18 (ANI): World Health Organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday announced that Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be establishing mRNA vaccine production.
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Swiss president tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has tested positive for COVID-19, said a government statement on Thursday.
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UEFA to offer 30,000 free tickets for 2022 club competition finals
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nyon [Switzerland], February 15 (ANI): UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin on Monday announced that fans of the participating teams at this year's club competition finals will be offered 30,000 free tickets to reward them for their support for European football during the COVID crisis.
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FIFA suspend four Argentine Premier League players after Brazil qualifier
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], February 14 (ANI): Four Argentine Premier League players - Emiliano Buendia, Emiliano Martinez, Giovani Lo Celso, and Cristian Romero - have been banned for two international matches by FIFA on Monday.
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Germany: Protesters raise anti-Taliban slogans at Swiss consulate in Munic
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Munich [Germany], February 14 (ANI): Dozens of people, including Afghan citizens gathered in front of the Swiss consulate in Munich, Germany on Sunday in connection with the Taliban delegation's visit to Switzerland.
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Raging measles outbreak killed 150 in Afghanistan in January: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 14 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the raging measles outbreak infected tens of thousands and killed more than 150 people in Afghanistan last month, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Incorporating sexual pleasure in sex-education health programs can improve
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 12 (ANI): While it is important to be aware about sex, so as to prevent STDs, it is also important to be educated about it. New research has said that sexual health programs that included sexual desire and sexual pleasure can improve knowledge and attitudes aro
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WHO chief, Taliban delegation discuss 'dire' health crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he met the 10-member Taliban delegation headed by health minister Qalander Ebad and discussed the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Moscow not thinking West ready for unleashing conflict with Russia: Senior
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and other Western countries are not ready for unleashing a conflict with Russia, and all the pressure on Russia is used by them to raise the stakes during the security guarantees talks, Russia's permanent representative to th
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Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine: Permanent Representative to UN Offi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not have any plan to invade Ukraine, as there is no sense in this, Russia's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Grand-Saconnex [Switzerland], February 9 (ANI): Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million people already displaced over past years, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
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