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Kremlin says it has date for new Putin-Biden talks, waiting for Washington approval 0
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- December 3, 2021
The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia and the United States had a tentative date and time for a video summit between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden in the coming days, but that Moscow was waiting for Washington to finalize it. Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Putin plans to tell Biden about a proposal for
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UN worker killed in attack on peacekeeping convoy in Mali 0
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- December 3, 2021
Unidentified armed men attacked a convoy belonging to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday, killing one civilian worker and wounding another, the mission said. The convoy was travelling from the northern city of Kidal to Gao and came under fire about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of the town of Bourem, the
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Germany’s health minister says 1 in 100 infected with virus 0
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- December 3, 2021
Germany’s health minister said Friday that more than 1 percent of the population — almost a million people — are currently infected with the coronavirus, and called on citizens to get vaccinated if they haven’t done so yet. The country confirmed 74,352 new daily COVID-19 cases and 390 additional deaths, figures published by the federal
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More than 90 Houthis killed in last 24 hours in Yemen’s Marib: Arab Coalition 0
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- December 3, 2021
The Arab Coalition on Friday said its forces launched 13 military operations against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen’s Marib, killing more than 90 members of the militia. The coalition added that the operations destroyed eight military equipment. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. On Thursday, the
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Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan lynched and set on fire over alleged blasphemy 0
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- December 3, 2021
A Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan was on Friday beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob, police confirmed, in an incident local media reported was linked to alleged blasphemy. Few issues are as galvanizing in Pakistan as blasphemy, and even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam can supercharge protests and
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WHO chief scientist says COVID-19 Omicron variant ‘quite infectious,’ must not panic 0
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- December 3, 2021
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist on Friday urged people not to panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant and said it was too early to say if COVID-19 vaccines would have to be modified to fight it. Speaking in an interview at the Reuters Next conference, Soumya Swaminathan also said it
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