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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 417 million
Date: 2022-02-17 05:51:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9421877
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 417 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Thursday that the ....
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US state secretary heads to Germany Thursday to attend Munich security conf.
Date: 2022-02-16 22:16:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:124 - ID:9421811
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - US State Secretary Antony Blinken will travel to Munich, Germany on Thursday to attend the Munich Security Conference. "On the sidelines of the Conference, the Secretary will have the opportunity to discuss with ....
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Russian fighter jets came 'extremely close' to US Navy planes
Date: 2022-02-16 22:01:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:123 - ID:9421743
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Three US Navy reconnaissance aircraft were on the receiving end of "unprofessional" intercepts by Russian aircraft this past weekend while flying in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea, the Pentagon said ....
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UK will double the number of troops in Estonia as part of NATO mission
Date: 2022-02-16 20:13:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:113 - ID:9421701
LONDON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Britain will double the size of the British force in Estonia as part of a NATO deployment and will send equipment, including tanks and armored fighting vehicles, to the country amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Al ....
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All children aged 5-11 in UK will be offered coronavirus vaccine
Date: 2022-02-16 20:10:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:111 - ID:9421739
LONDON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose Covid vaccine, the BBC quoted the British government as saying. Official scientific advice concludes the move would help protect the "very small" ....
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Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 58
Date: 2022-02-16 20:03:16 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:110 - ID:9421725
BRASILIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 58, ABC News quoted local authorities as saying Wednesday. The city of Petropolis was ....
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US warns Russia against recognizing Ukraine breakaway regions independent
Date: 2022-02-16 20:02:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:9421676
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - The US State Department denounced Wednesday a move by Russian legislators to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk People's republics, two Russian-supported breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, as independent, VOA ....
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Japan to cut isolation period for some overseas arrivals to 3 days
Date: 2022-02-16 19:25:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:107 - ID:9421683
TOKYO, Feb 16 (MENA) - The isolation period for people entering Japan from destinations categorized as low risk for infection with the omicron coronavirus variant will be reduced from seven days to three from March, according to sources, who said ....
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Lt. Col. Damiba sworn in as Burkina Faso's new president
Date: 2022-02-16 17:12:48 GMT - Burkina Faso - World - SN:91 - ID:9421506
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 16 (MENA) - Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday. The swearing-in ceremony was broadcast live on Burkina Faso's public television RTB. Damiba, head of the Patriotic ....
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Singapore reports 16,883 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
Date: 2022-02-16 16:25:06 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:81 - ID:9421370
SINGAPORE, Feb 16 (MENA) - Singapore reported 16,883 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday, comprising 16,689 local and 194 imported infections, Channel News Asia reported. There were also 13 fatalities, the highest number since Dec 5. This ....
