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  • US urges ICJ to reject Iranian request for lifting US sanctions

    US urges ICJ to reject Iranian request for lifting US sanctions

    Date: 2020-09-15 08:18:57 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:5 - ID:8588334

    The US on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to turn down an Iranian request calling for lifting US sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump on Tehran. The US representative to the court said that the court has no power to ....

  • WHO special envoy heaps praise on Sweden’s Covid strategy

    WHO special envoy heaps praise on Sweden’s Covid strategy

    Date: 2020-09-01 09:30:55 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:7 - ID:8569605

    One of the World Health Organization’s six special envoys on Covid-19 has highlighted Sweden’s virus response as a model that other countries should be emulating in the long run, Bloomberg reported. David Nabarro, speaking in a radio interview ....

  • China reports 36 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

    China reports 36 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-08-04 08:06:38 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:8532443

    Chinese health authority said Tuesday that it received reports of 36 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Monday, including 30 locally-transmitted ones. Of the locally-transmitted cases, 28 were reported in Xinjiang Uygur ....

  • Brazilian president's chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19

    Brazilian president's chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19

    Date: 2020-08-04 07:16:27 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:3 - ID:8532367

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday. Braga Netto, the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease, is doing well and ....

  • Trump floats delaying election over mail-in voting

    Trump floats delaying election over mail-in voting

    Date: 2020-07-30 22:12:59 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:8528604

    US President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the prospect of delaying the November election because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though the president lacks the legal authority to delay elections on his own, USA Today reported. “With Universal ....

  • Pompeo arrives in London for talks on 'shared security challenges'

    Pompeo arrives in London for talks on 'shared security challenges'

    Date: 2020-07-21 06:17:21 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:8515978

    US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has arrived in the UK ahead of a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss "shared security challenges", the Evening Standard reported Tuesday. The US Secretary of State is expected to discuss China ....

  • Russia's coronavirus infections hit 750K

    Russia's coronavirus infections hit 750K

    Date: 2020-07-15 10:45:54 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:8508885

    Russia confirmed 6,422 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 746,369, The Moscow Times reported. Over the past 24 hours, 156 people have died, bringing the total toll to 11,770 — a rate ....

  • Russia's daily COVID-19 cases fall to 7,843

    Russia's daily COVID-19 cases fall to 7,843

    Date: 2020-06-17 11:36:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:8472757

    The number of new COVID-19 cases registered in Russia over the past 24 hours was 7,843, as the number of daily new cases decreased slightly from the previous day, the Russian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The figure brings the total ....

  • Honduras president announces his infection with coronavirus

    Honduras president announces his infection with coronavirus

    Date: 2020-06-17 09:09:59 GMT - Honduras - International - SN:1 - ID:8472499

    President of Honduras Juan Jose Orlando Hernández Alvarado on Wednesday announced that he was infected with the coronavirus. In a televised speech, he added that he will receive medical treatment and that he will be isolated while working through ....

  • Spain's coronavirus daily death tolls falls again

    Spain's coronavirus daily death tolls falls again

    Date: 2020-05-10 11:32:09 GMT - Spain - International - SN:8 - ID:8427051

    Spain's daily death toll fell to 143, down from 179 the previous day, the health ministry reported. It marks the lowest daily death toll since mid-March, Russia Today reported. Overall deaths rose to 26,621 from 26,478 on Saturday and the ....

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