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Germany reports 217,593 new coronavirus infections, 291 deaths
Date: 2022-03-04 09:26:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:28 - ID:9450241
BERLIN, March 4 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said Friday that 217,593 new coronavirus cases and 291 deaths were reported in the country in the past 24 hours. This takes the country's total number of cases ....
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Russia holds off on reopening stock market
Date: 2022-03-04 09:18:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:9450198
MOSCOW, March 4 (MENA) - Russian authorities will keep the Moscow stock market closed for Friday, as they continue to shield local shares from potentially severe selling pressure, the Wall Street Journal reported. With limited exceptions, the ....
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Mariupol under Ukrainian control but subject to intense strikes, UK says
Date: 2022-03-04 09:18:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:25 - ID:9450170
LONDON, March 4 (MENA) - The southeastern port city of Mariupol remains under Ukrainian control but it has been encircled by Russian forces and subjected to intense strikes, Britain said in an intelligence update on Friday. "Mariupol remains ....
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Russian embassy demands US condemn Senator Graham's outrageous remarks on Putin
Date: 2022-03-04 09:18:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:9450220
WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy in the United States on Friday demanded that Washington officially explain and condemn Senator Lindsey Graham's statement calling for assassinating Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sputnik news ....
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Blinken, Ukrainian FM discuss measures to support Ukraine
Date: 2022-03-04 09:18:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:9450211
WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to reiterate the United States’ commitment to providing security, financial, and humanitarian support as Ukraine faces ....
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Russia’s COVID-19 cases surge by almost 89,000
Date: 2022-03-04 09:17:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9450172
MOSCOW, March 4 (MENA) - Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 89,174 over the past day to 16,775,024, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Friday. As many as 9,849 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Russia over the past day, down ....
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Moon casts early vote for next week's presidential election
Date: 2022-03-04 09:17:31 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:9450174
SEOUL, March 4 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in cast his ballot Friday, as South Korea began two-day early voting for next week's presidential election, Yonhap news agency reported. Wearing a face mask and disposable gloves, Moon and ....
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Chinese researchers develop inhalable antibody against COVID-19, variants
Date: 2022-03-04 09:17:22 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:9450135
BEIJING, March 4 (MENA) - As the world waits for effective COVID-19 therapies, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences said they have developed an inhalable neutralizing antibody that can provide broad protection against the virus and several ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 442 million
Date: 2022-03-04 07:55:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9450097
WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 442 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....
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Japan reaches target of administering 1 mln COVID booster shots per day
Date: 2022-03-04 07:49:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9450034
TOKYO, March 4 (MENA) - Japan reached the government's target of administering 1 million COVID-19 booster shots per day in mid-February as it accelerated the inoculation drive to stem infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of ....