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A Russian actress and director have on Tuesday blasted off to International Space Station in a historic bid to best the United States to film the first movie in orbit. The Russian crew is set to beat a Hollywood project that was…

A gunman launched an attack on a school in the Russian city of Kazan that has left at least nine people dead on Tuesday — including seven youngsters — and sent students running out of the building as smoke poured from one of the windows.…

Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin has signed a law for constitutional changes that would allow him to seek reelection for two more terms (six year each). Putin’s second consecutive and fourth overall presidential term ends in 2024, the…

Russia has on Saturday said its scientists has detected first case of transmission of H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and has alerted World Health Organization. The virus was found in seven employees at a poultry farm in southern…

Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have said it is 95 percent effective against the virus. Russia’s health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research center and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in a statement…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 156 new cases, 189 recoveries and 3 deaths on Friday, September 4. NCDC in a tweet on its official Twitter handle announced; 156 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-36 FCT-35…

Russia has announced plans to begin the first mass deliveries of its coronavirus vaccine in September. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko made this known on Monday, August 31 saying; The vaccine will be supplied first and foremost to…

Russia has announced that it would start clinical trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine next week, involving 40,000 people. It would be recalled that President Vladimir Putin earlier this month that Russia has become the…

Brazilian health regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson’s experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus for the final stage of clinical trials. The country’s health regulatory agency (Anvisa) in a statement said the US…

Russia has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine following President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that the country is the first in the world to approve a vaccine. Putin’s announcement on Tuesday about the vaccine has…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 423 new COVID-19 cases as total toll surpasses 47,000 on Tuesday, August 10. This comes four days after the country recorded over 46,000 coronavirus infections. Between August 8…

World Health Organization has said stamp of approval on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate would require a rigorous safety data review. This is in reaction to Russia’s announcement on Tuesday about approving a COVID-19 vaccine.…

Russia has approved ‘world’s first’ coronavirus vaccine developed jointly by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defence Ministry. President Vladimir Putin announced this during a live teleconference with his cabinet ministers…

Russian Deputy Health Minister, Oleg Grinev has said a laboratory vaccine for the novel coronavirus is undergoing final testing phase and is expected to be registered next week. According to him, the vaccine is currently in its final…