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Geneva: The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light.The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being...

Paris: France will soon send another 'Statue of Liberty' to the United States signifying its commitment to strengthening Franco-American relations, reports in the French press claimed.French journal Du Dimanche quoted Ambassador of France in the US Philippe Etienne saying...

Kiev: The Ukrainian armed forces began preparing operational plans for a possible war with Russia in 2007 following President Vladimir Putin's speech at the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine's Maj. Gen. Viktor Nazarov, an ex-first deputy chief of the main...

Washington: Biden's administration on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget proposal that would push the deficit to $1.7 trillion in 2022, while the average deficit over the next decade is projected to be around $1.3 trillion per year, a...

Washington: President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are unlikely to accomplish much of anything at their summit in Geneva primarily because White House advisers are bound to undermine the talks to ensure relations remain tense, former US...

Moscow: The Russian Armed Forces are superior to the most powerful armies in the world in terms of the share of modern technology in the strategic nuclear forces, Defense Minister Gen. of the Army Sergei Shoigu said on Friday."Today...

Tel Aviv/Gaza: Israel and Palestine spent a first calm night since tensions between the two sides escalated earlier in May, according to Sputnik correspondents.On Thursday, the Israeli security cabinet unanimously adopted Egypt's initiative for a bilateral unconditional ceasefire, which...

Moscow: Former US President Ronald Reagan's adviser on Russia, Suzanne Massie, has traveled to Moscow to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin for a Russian passport.The 90-year-old is considered one of the most significant figures in the late Cold War...

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...