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Russia reports 30,288 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-12-11 09:43:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:9313247
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russia registered 30,288 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, with the total number of infections reaching 9,986,967. As many as 36,446 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals during the ....
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Russia fully blocks entry from 9 countries due to COVID-19
Date: 2021-12-11 08:24:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:9313079
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - The Russian government has fully blocked entry to Russia for foreigners from nine African countries and Hong Kong due to the spread of the coronavirus, canceling earlier exceptions for the holders of diplomatic passports and ....
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US envoy for Horn of Africa starts tour of UAE and Turkey
Date: 2021-12-11 08:19:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9313118
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (MENA) - US special envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will start on Saturday a tour of the UAE and Turkey that will last until December 15. According to a statement by the US State Department, Feltman will hold ....
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World Bank offers assistance to Afghanistan worth $280m
Date: 2021-12-11 07:33:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9313053
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (MENA) - The World Bank announced on Saturday offering assistance to Afghanistan worth 280 million dollars. A statement by the Bank said that the donors decided to send the assistance by the end of December to the UNICEF and ....
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India reports 7,992 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-12-11 06:57:07 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:9313017
NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (MENA) - India on Saturday registered 7,992 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, India Today newspaper reported. The new cases bring the total infections in the country to 34,682,736, according to the Indian Heath ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 269,168,292
Date: 2021-12-11 05:49:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9312959
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 269 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed Saturday that the current ....
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54 migrants dead, 105 injured after vehicle overturns in Chiapas, Mexico: Authorities
Date: 2021-12-10 20:59:26 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:62 - ID:9312838
MEXICO CITY, Dec 10 (MENA) - A vehicle full of migrants overturned in Chiapas, Mexico, Thursday night, leaving 54 dead and 105 injured, authorities said. "After the accident that occurred in Chiapa de Corzo, I inform you that unfortunately 49 ....
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CIA employees worked in Russian govt in mid-1990s, Putin says
Date: 2021-12-10 17:10:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:9312607
MOSCOW, Dec 10 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin shed some light on the methods that foreign states used to influence the Russian Federation in mid-1990s. He underscored that he thwarted such actions in the early 2000s, TASS news agency ....
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Canada imposes additional sanctions on entities affiliated with Myanmar military regime
Date: 2021-12-10 17:06:34 GMT - Canada - World - SN:52 - ID:9312678
OTTAWA, Dec 10 (MENA) - Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced additional sanctions against four entities, under the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations in response to the Myanmar military's ongoing repression of the ....
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Scientists puzzle over Omicron’s origins as variant spreads Emergence of mutation prompts virologists to weigh competing theories
Date: 2021-12-10 16:58:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:9312662
LONDON, Dec 10 (MENA) - Reports of a heavily mutated coronavirus variant first surfaced in late November after a flurry of baffling genomes was uploaded to a global database, the Financial Times reported. Omicron, as it came to be known, was ....