Washington, United States, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - Trump to speak to Putin on plague as US, UN urge transparency

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2026-10-07

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the United Nations called for transparency from Moscow. Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region last week. But Washington is showing grow......

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