Russia has recorded its first cases of the COVID-19 variant first found in India.
According to the country's local reports, the regional branch of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said it had recorded 16 cases of the variant among Indian students at Ulyanovsk State University, around 700 kilometres east of Moscow.
The students have been reportedly put in self-isolation and are under medical observation.
More details to follow.
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Ukraine's top peace negotiator quits after raid by anti-graft police
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak, a close ally who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught US-backed peace talks, quit on Friday, hours after anti-corruption agents searched his home.
Trump vows to freeze migration from 'third world countries' after DC attack
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will "permanently pause" migration from all "third world countries", following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House.
Russia's Putin to visit India on December 4-5 for Modi talks, Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit India on December 4-5 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss bilateral ties and international issues, the Kremlin and India's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
ICC rejects plea to free Philippine ex-leader Duterte
The International Criminal Court ruled on Friday that the Philippines' 80-year-old former President Rodrigo Duterte must remain detained despite a defence appeal for his release on grounds of age and declining health.
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