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Kazakhstan puts unrest death toll at 225
Date: 2022-01-15 20:48:11 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:66 - ID:9368771
NUR-SULTAN, Jan 15 (MENA) – The bodies of 225 people killed in unrest in Kazakhstan last week, including 19 members of the security forces, were delivered to morgues throughout the country, VOA reported. The figure included civilians and armed ....
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Lithuanian PM: Flow of migrants to Belarus has stopped
Date: 2022-01-15 20:23:15 GMT - Lithuania - World - SN:65 - ID:9368719
VILNIUS, Jan 15 (MENA) - The flow of migrants travelling to Belarus “has stopped”, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida ŠimonytÄ— said on Friday, according to the Lithuanian National Radio and Television. “The regime is failing to organize” ....
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Labor leader calls on UK premier to resign
Date: 2022-01-15 18:07:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:9368530
LONDON, Jan 15 (MENA) - Labour leader Keir Starmer has ramped up the pressure on Boris Johnson as the UK prime minister fights to save his job, arguing that it is in the “national interest” that he steps down as he is “unable to lead”, The Guardian ....
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UK records 81,713 coronavirus cases, 287 deaths
Date: 2022-01-15 17:10:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:9368569
LONDON, Jan 15 (MENA) - The UK has recorded 81,713 COVID cases and 287 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported Friday. It follows 99,652 positive cases and 270 deaths (of people within 28 days of first testing ....
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90 pct of Chinese people vaccinated against COVID-19
Date: 2022-01-15 16:57:01 GMT - China - World - SN:49 - ID:9368541
BEIJING, Jan 15 (MENA) - Over 1.26 billion Chinese people, or nearly 90 percent of the country's population, have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs as of Friday, Xinhua quoted a health official as saying Saturday. Among them, more than 1.22 billion ....
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MOSCOW says neither Gazprom nor Russia responsible for energy crisis in Europe
Date: 2022-01-15 16:07:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:9368439
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Neither Gazprom nor Russia are to blame for the energy crisis in Europe, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel. "Of course, I was somewhat surprised by the statement ....
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6 people shot outside Oregon concert; suspect not in custody
Date: 2022-01-15 15:40:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:9368384
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - Six people were shot during a concert at an event hall in Oregon on Friday night, and the suspected shooter was not yet in custody, ABC News reported. Officers responded to the WOW Hall in Eugene after reports of a ....
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Russia spent $11.15 bln on coronavirus in 2021 - Minister
Date: 2022-01-15 15:39:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9368408
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Russian budget spending on anti-coronavirus measures last year amounted to about 850 bln rubles ($11.15 bln), Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. "Last year we spent about 850 bln rubles on anti-covid measures," Siluanov ....
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Covid cases continue to rise globally; China zero deaths
Date: 2022-01-15 13:41:03 GMT - Germany - World - SN:28 - ID:9368135
WORLD CAPITALS, Jan 15 (MENA) - Several countries have seen a daily increase in coronavirus cases and deaths recently. In Germany, 78,022 new coronavirus cases were reported over the past 24 hours, raising the tally of infections to 7,913,473 ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit exceed 323,710,511
Date: 2022-01-15 11:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9368038
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - As many as 323,710,511 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 5,529,834 people have died from the virus worldwide. ....