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New COVID Cases In Russia Hit Five-Month High
Russian officials have recommended residents wear masks and get another vaccine shot.
Russia registered more than 33,000 new cases of COVID-19 on August 17, a five-month high.
The number of new cases has risen for the past seven weeks, prompting officials to recommend residents wear masks and get another vaccine shot.
The number of new hospitalizations on August 17 stood at more than 3,100.
According to official Russian statistics, 383,00 citizens have died from COVID-19 since the disease began to rapidly spread around the globe in 2020.
Independent demography experts estimate the Russian death total at four times the official figure.
Srebrenica Genocide Must Be Condemned, Denial Banned, 2 Members Of Bosnian Presidency Tell UN.
The 1995 genocide in Srebrenica must be globally condemned, support for victims must be expressed, and denial of genocide and glorification of war criminals be banned to prevent future similar tragedies, two members of the tripartite presidency of...
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U.S. National Dies In Occupied Donetsk, Says Russian Journalist
Russell Bentley, a U.S. national, has died in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in Ukraine, Margarita Simonyan, the head of Russia's state media outlet RT, wrote on Telegram on April 19.
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Imprisoned Mother Of Chechen Activists Loses Bid For Early Release For Health Reasons.
Zarema Musayeva, the imprisoned mother of three self-exiled outspoken Chechen opposition activists, has lost a bid for early release because of her medical condition after health officials in Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya changed her ...
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Ukraine, Israel Aid Advances In Rare House Vote As Democrats Help Republicans.
With rare bipartisan momentum, the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on April 19 on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural...
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Detained Former Karabakh Separatist Official Begins Hunger Strike, Says Family.
Ruben Vardanian, a former Russian citizen of Armenian descent who served as prime minister in the de facto government of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, has begun a hunger strike in a Baku prison, his family said on April 19.
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Lords delay Rwanda bill to next week in blow to Rishi Sunak's agenda.
The House of Lords has delayed the passing of the government's Rwanda bill until next week - in a blow to Rishi Sunak's attempts to get planes off the ground deporting illegal migrants to the country. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more vide...
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How to find a balance between welcoming visitors and respecting residents? - DW News.
Places in Europe have started to make efforts to regulate tourism. Venice has already banned giant cruise-ships from docking and unloading thousands of day-trippers in its historic centre. Spain's Canary Island has been planning to tighten rules o...
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Arizona Supreme Court 1864 ruling 'supercharges' effort to enshrine abortion rights in November.
NBC News Campaign Embed Alex Tabet joins Meet the Press NOW to report on a signature campaign to get abortion enshrined in the Arizona state constitution in wake of the state Supreme Court’s ruling. » Subscribe to NBC News: NBC News Digital is a c...
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House speaker remarks after Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment effort.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters about the Senate voting to dismiss both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. —–– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: Watch 24/7 coverage of breaking ne...
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Majority leader remarks after Senate stops impeachment effort.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters after the Senate voted to kill both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. —–– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: Watch 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live ...
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Columbia University leaders respond to antisemitism questions on Capitol Hill.
Columbia University leaders testified to a House committee over the university's response to antisemitism. CNN's Jake Tapper and the panel discuss. #cnn #news
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