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NATO plans to set up new space centre amid China, Russia concerns

Around 2,000 satellites orbit the earth, over half operated by NATO countries, ensuring everything from mobile phone and banking services to weather forecasts

Russia supports stronger United Nations role in world affairs: Putin

As one of the founding countries of the United Nations, Russia consistently advocates strengthening the organisation's central role in addressing global affairs, President Vladimir Putin said

Kremlin says new OPEC+ committee's oil talks to tackle weak demand outlook

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held two phone calls last week to discuss oil markets

Russia coronavirus update: Covid death toll in Moscow surpasses 6,000

Over 50 Covid-19 patients have died in Moscow in the past 24 hours, bringing total coronavirus death toll to more than 6,000, the city's coronavirus response centre said in a statement.

Panel urges granting Dr Reddy's permission for Russia vaccine phase 2 trial

The SEC had on October 5 asked the firm to re-apply stating it will have to conduct both phase 2 and 3 clinical trials and cannot directly hold phase 3 trial for the vaccine in India

WHO in dialogue with Russia on its second Covid-19 vaccine candidate

"We will only be able to have a position on a vaccine when we see results of the phase 3 clinical trials," WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference in Geneva

US trying to create rift between China, Russia: Chinese official

China on Friday accused the US of trying to sow discord in its close ties with Russia and asserted that the strategic partnership between the two countries is strong enough to withstand the pressure

Dr Reddy's: Progress in Covid vaccine trials to boost firm's growth outlook

Good momentum in US and domestic sales, along with Covid-19 treatment portfolio is already driving analysts to upgrade earnings estimates

Russian Covid-19 vaccine may miss its schedule: Here is the reason why

The Kremlin has pinned great hopes on the Sputnik V vaccine, which President Vladimir Putin promotes as the first registered inoculation in the world

Russia approves second coronavirus vaccine after early-stage trials

Russian authorities have given regulatory approval to a second vaccine after early-stage studies, two months after a similar move prompted widespread criticism from scientists both at home and abroad

Important that Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine gets cleared by WHO: UN

Any vaccine for the coronavirus disease, including Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine, must be cleared by the World Health Organization, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing

China, Russia, Cuba getting seats on UNHRC an embarrassment for UN: Pompeo

The election of countries like China, Russia and Cuba on the Human Rights Council is a win for tyrants and embarrassment for the United Nations, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday

After Sputnik V, Russia now has a second Covid-19 vaccine, says Putin

Russia in August became the first country to grant regulatory approval for a Covid-19 vaccine, doing so before large-scale trials were complete

Russia calls on Armenia, Azerbaijan to fulfill agreements on Karabakh

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has called on his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts, in phone talks, to fully implement the recently reached agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh

China and Russia win seats on UN human rights council, Saudi Arabia lose

China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN's premiere human rights body despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another target, Saudi Arabia, lost

Russia approves trial of Covid-19 vaccine on group of over 60s: Report

The testing will be conducted alongside an ongoing late-stage trial, known as a Phase III, of the vaccine on 40,000 volunteers in Moscow

EU agrees to impose sanctions on Russia officials over Navalny attack

Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator and major political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on August 20 during a domestic flight in Russia

Russia records 13,592 Covid-19 cases in a day, tally now at 1.3 million

Russia has registered 13,592 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours taking the cumulative case total to 1,312,310, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Monday

Nagorno-Karabakh truce under severe strain as both sides allege violations

Both sides accused one another of breaking the ceasefire almost immediately on Saturday

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Researchers working on inhaled vaccines

European leaders impose targeted curbs, Jakarta eases social distancing norms, why jokes at work make more sense than ever, and other pandemic-related news across the globe