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Japan to expand COVID quasi-emergency to over 30 of 47 prefs.
Date: 2022-01-24 07:57:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9382020
TOKYO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Japan will expand a quasi-state of emergency to over 30 of the country's 47 prefectures to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus infections after 16 more prefectures asked to be included under the measure, Kyodo quoted senior ....
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US advises citizens against travel to Russia
Date: 2022-01-24 07:56:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9382065
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - The US State Department on Sunday issued a travel advisory warning Americans not to travel to Russia due to the mounting tensions on the border with Ukraine, MSN News reported. Meanwhile, it also ordered the families ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 351,409,807
Date: 2022-01-24 07:30:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9381967
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - As many as 351,409,807 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,596,593 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....
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India logs 306,064 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-01-24 07:29:59 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:9381985
NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (MENA) - India reported 306,064 new cases of Covid-19 and 439 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, Business Standard reported Monday. Total Covid-19 cases increased to 39.54 million and pandemic fatalities to ....
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Mexico reports 98 more COVID-19 deaths; 20,872 new cases
Date: 2022-01-24 06:59:48 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:12 - ID:9381943
MEXICO CITY, Jan 24 (MENA) - Mexico on Sunday reported 98 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the official death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began to 303,183, according to media reports. The country also reported 20,872 new confirmed ....
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Washington orders US staffers' families to leave Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-24 06:34:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9381927
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA ) - The State Department ordered Sunday night the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion, MSN reported . The department told the ....
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Ex-Afghan national security adviser lists causes for republic's fall
Date: 2022-01-23 21:30:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:86 - ID:9381805
KABUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - National Security Advisor (NSA) for the previous Afghan government Hamdullah Mohib, in an interview with Foreign Policy recounted multiple factors which led to the collapse of the republican system on August 15, 2021, Tolo ....
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Armenia's president resigns
Date: 2022-01-23 20:57:49 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:85 - ID:9381798
YEREVAN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian announced Sunday that he is resigning his largely ceremonial position. In a statement on his official website, Sarkissian attributed the the resignation move to the inability of his ....
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COVID prompts rise in extreme poverty in West Africa in 2021: UN
Date: 2022-01-23 18:08:33 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:78 - ID:9381416
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (MENA) - Extreme poverty in Western Africa increased by nearly 3 percent last year, says a new report on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 published by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The report, ....
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UK reports 74,799 new Covid-19 cases, 75 deaths in one day
Date: 2022-01-23 17:49:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:9381605
LONDON, Jan 23 (MENA) - The British Health Ministry announced that some 74,799 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 15,859,288. In a statement carried by Sky News on Sunday, the ....