Updated: Aug 20, 2020 11:13 IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was hospitalised on Thursday in the city of Omsk over suspected poisoning, press secretary of his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Kira Yarmysh said.
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Paris [France], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday at his summer residence, the Fort of Bregancon, located in southern France.
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Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 20 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that Bangladesh is always a priority country for India.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 10:22 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): Kamala Harris, who became the first African-American woman and South Asian woman to be nominated on a major party's ticket, invoked the names of African-Americans who died for the US, saying "there is no vaccine for racism".
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 09:41 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday (local time) attacked President Donald Trump, saying he was ill-equipped to be the president and asserted that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamal
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 09:19 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): California Senator Kamala Harris on Wednesday (local time) became the first African-American and South Asian woman to be nominated on a major party's ticket.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 07:02 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): Jackie Speier introduced a House Resolution in the Congress condemning targeted terrorist attacks against members of the Sikh, Hindu, and other religious minority communities in Afghanistan.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 06:54 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Facebook said in a press release on Wednesday that it has taken steps to expand its 'Dangerous Individuals and Organisations' policy and restrict the reach of conspiracy theorists like QAnon and others who have demonstrated a signi
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 08:05 IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): A meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs will be taking place on Thursday as part of the dialogue between the two countries for disengagement along LAC in Eastern Ladakh and
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 06:32 IST
Bogota [Columbia], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombia's coronavirus tally has jumped by record 13,056 new cases to 502,178 over the past 24 hours, the country's Health Ministry said on late Wednesday.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 06:15 IST
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentina has confirmed 6,693 new cases of the coronavirus across the country within the past 24 hours, with the total number of people infected with COVID-19 having reached 312,659, the national Ministry of Health said.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 05:28 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that the suspension of subsidies to Hong Kong will bring in business to the United States.
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Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said he has directed Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to notify the United Nations Security Council the decision to restore all snapback sanctions on Iran.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 06:17 IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil's number of cases of COVID-19 has increased by more than 49,000 over the past 24 hours - up from some 47,000 the day before, with over 1,200 deaths, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 04:11 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US President Barack Obama in early excerpts released from his speech for the Democratic National Convention later on Wednesday (local time) said President Donald Trump has diminished the United States' proud reputation aroun
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 02:48 IST
New York [US], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will receive US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo at his residence in New York on Thursday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday (local time).
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 02:47 IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump wanted to exchange Puerto Rico for Danish-owned island of Greenland, Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, said in an interview on Wednesday.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 03:53 IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], Aug 20 (ANI): The first-ever flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai, Air Madagascar will be evacuating 61 Indians stranded due to COVID-19 pandemic and to bring back about 160 Malagasy citizens from India on Thursday.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 03:53 IST
Maryland [US], Aug 20 (ANI): The United States has surpassed 5.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday (local time), according to the data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 01:19 IST
London [UK], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom has increased by 812 over the last 24 hours, reaching 321,098, the Department of Health and Social Care reported on Wednesday (local time).
Read MoreUpdated: Aug 20, 2020 03:53 IST
Paris [France], Aug 20 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf and French Ambassador for the Indian Ocean M. Marcel Escure held a discussion on Wednesday.
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