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Tokyo: Nearly 60 per cent of Japanese citizens are in favor of canceling the Tokyo-hosted Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer over COVID-19, a public opinion poll by Japan's Kyodo news agency showed on Sunday.Only 12.6% of respondents spoke...

Moscow: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demanded urgent action from the UN Security Council ahead of the meeting on Israel-Palestine armed hostilities on Sunday to stop the attacks on journalists in the Gaza Strip.As armed hostilities between Israel...

Moscow: The people of Venezuela need millions of Russian Sputnik Light vaccine doses, recently approved for use in the country, Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa told Sputnik.The approval of Sputnik Light was announced on Saturday. This vaccine is...

Beijing: China on Saturday successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced quoting China National Space Administration (CNSA).The rover -- Tianwen-1 -- touched down at its pre-selected landing area in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a vast...

Moscow: Most cyberattacks on Russia in 2020 were carried out from IP addresses registered in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with Sputnik."As for the issue of malicious...

Beijing: China will set up a "separation line" on the peak of Mount Everest to avoid possible Covid-19 infections by climbers from virus-hit Nepal, state media reported, after dozens were taken ill from the summit's base camp, AFP reported....

Moscow: Celebrations were held in Russia and many other countries on Sunday to mark the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II.Many European countries mark Victory Day on May 8, but in Russia and some other countries, it...

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm for emergency use, a move set to boost global vaccine rollout, particularly in the developing world."This afternoon, the WHO gave emergency use listing to...

Washington: US Strategic Command chief Adm. Charles Richard on Friday called for establishing a dialogue with Russia and China on nuclear armaments as well as on boosting mutual transparency and building confidence to mitigate risks that he said are...

Beijing: Beijing decided on Thursday to indefinitely suspend the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue over what it describes as Canberra's measures to disrupt normal exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission said.The commission describes the Australian Commonwealth...