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  • Philippines records 21,819 more COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-01-07 08:57:06 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:10 - ID:9355011

    MANILA, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Philippines on Friday reported an all-time high of 40 percent positivity rate, registering 21,819 new COVID-19 cases, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. The Philippines has reported a total of 2,910,664 ....

  • Bulk of Russia’s CSTO peacekeeping forces ready to take off to Kazakhstan

    Date: 2022-01-07 08:55:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:9354987

    MOSCOW, Jan 7 (MENA) - The bulk of the Russian peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is ready to take off to Kazakhstan from several airfields across Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on ....

  • Czech Republic reports 6,641 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-01-07 08:53:47 GMT - Czech - World - SN:8 - ID:9354988

    PRAGUE, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Czech Republic registered 6,641 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, Radio Prague International reported Friday. The new coronavirus infection tally is nearly 900 cases more than the number that has been reported ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 300,173,145

    Date: 2022-01-07 07:04:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9354875

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - As many as 300,173,145 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Friday. It added that 5,472,263 people have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • India reports 117,100 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2022-01-07 07:04:23 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:9354873

    NEW DELHI, Jan 7 (MENA) - India's daily coronavirus cases hit a record high on Friday after the country reported 117,100 new infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 35,226,386, according to data released by the health ....

  • Blinken appoints new special envoy Satterfield to Horn of Africa

    Date: 2022-01-06 21:34:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:9354763

    WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced the appointment of David Satterfield as US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, stating that the turmoil in the region required sustained American diplomatic ....

  • Dozens of protesters reported killed in Kazakhstan as Russia-led military alliance heads to the country

    Date: 2022-01-06 19:56:55 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:85 - ID:9354700

    ALMATY, Jan 6 (MENA) - Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds injured during clashes in Kazakhstan, a police official from the largest city Almaty said Thursday, as troops from a Russian-led military alliance of post-Soviet states begin their ....

  • OHCHR chief urges peaceful resolution of grievances amid Kazakhstan unrest

    Date: 2022-01-06 18:42:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:76 - ID:9354588

    GENEVA, Jan 6 (MENA) - Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged all, including security forces, protesters and others, to refrain from violence and to seek a ....

  • OIC calls for halting violence in Kazakhstan

    Date: 2022-01-06 17:27:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:72 - ID:9354404

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for restraint and ceasing of violence to overcome the current crisis in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Saudi Press Agency reported. It expressed its regret ....

  • WHO: Record weekly jump in COVID-19 cases as Omicron surges

    Date: 2022-01-06 17:25:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:71 - ID:9354552

    GENEVA, Jan 6 (MENA) – The World Health Organization said a record 9.5 million cases of COVID-19 were tallied around the world over the last week, noting a 71% surge in the weekly count of infections amounting to a “tsunami” as the new omicron ....

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