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Gunmen attack mosque in Nigeria’s troubled north, killing 16
Date: 2021-12-10 11:21:15 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:22 - ID:9312144
ABUJA, Dec 10 (MENA) - Gunmen attacked a rural village in northern Nigeria, killing 16 worshippers at a mosque and kidnapping others, ABC News quoted a local official as saying Friday. The assault on Ba’are village in the Mashegu area of Niger ....
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S. Korea's homegrown guided missile passes key performance test
Date: 2021-12-10 09:59:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:18 - ID:9312023
SEOUL, Dec 10 (MENA) - South Korea has successfully conducted key performance tests of a homegrown ship-based guided missile ahead of its deployment next year, the state-run defense quality assessment agency and Navy officials said Friday. The ....
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S.Korea cuts booster interval to 3 months
Date: 2021-12-10 09:56:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:9312015
SEOUL, Dec 10 (MENA) - South Korea has shortened its coronavirus booster shot interval to three months after the second jab, in response to a surge in new infections, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported Friday. Around 81 percent of ....
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Czech Republic reports 14,229 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-12-10 09:47:09 GMT - Czech - World - SN:16 - ID:9311977
PRAGUE, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Czech Republic registered 14,229 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, Radio Prague International reported Friday. The new coronavirus infection tally is less 4,400 than the number that has been reported for the ....
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JHU: Global Covid-19 cases hit 268,549,864
Date: 2021-12-10 05:50:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9311748
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 268 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed Friday that the current ....
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Russia reports 1,181 more coronavirus deaths
Date: 2021-12-09 11:13:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:9310554
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (MENA) - Over the past day, medical experts recorded 30,209 new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia, the country's Operational Headquarters said in a statement as quoted by Tass news agency . The total number of registered ....
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France reports 61,340 Covid cases, 129 deaths in span of 24 hours
Date: 2021-12-09 09:18:25 GMT - France - World - SN:24 - ID:9310223
PARIS, Dec 9 (MENA) - France recorded 61,340 new Covid-19 infections and 129 deaths in a span of 24 hours, France Info channel reported. The health authorities in France said Thursday that as many as 13,044 coronavirus cases are now in ....
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Russian embassy calls US Senator's words about nuclear weapons irresponsible
Date: 2021-12-09 09:15:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9310299
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - US Senator Roger Wicker’s statements about possible use of nuclear weapons against Russia in case of aggravation of the situation around Ukraine are irresponsible, the Russian embassy to the United States said on Thursday ....
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US, Iceland committed to continuing cooperation in facing global challenges
Date: 2021-12-09 09:03:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9310074
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - The US and Iceland reiterated commitment to maintaining joint action in facing global challenges of mutual concern, including Covid recovery and the pandemic's impacts on trade, in addition to green energy solutions to ....
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Cuba detects first Omicron case
Date: 2021-12-09 08:48:32 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:19 - ID:9310233
HAVANA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Cuba has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a person who had traveled from Mozambique, Cuban state media agency ACN reported late on Wednesday. The traveler, a health worker that resides in Cuba's ....