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Russia detects 37,120 COVID-19 cases over 24 hours
Date: 2021-11-20 08:58:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:9278536
MOSCOW, Nov 20 (MENA) - Russia has registered 37,120 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours with the total number of infections reaching 9,294,188 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Saturday. According ....
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Norway urges int'l community to help end Afghan humanitarian crisis
Date: 2021-11-20 08:52:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:9278470
KABUL, Nov 20 (MENA) - Norway has pledged 23 million dollars to the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Afghanistan, Pajhwok News agency reported on Saturday. Norway’s diplomatic mission to the UN called on international community to help alleviate ....
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JHU: Coronavirus cases top 256 million globally
Date: 2021-11-20 06:42:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9278336
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - As many as 256,725,697 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 5,140,914 people have died from the virus ....
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Biden has resumed his duties after briefly transferring power to Harris
Date: 2021-11-19 21:20:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:9278218
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden has resumed his presidential duties after temporarily transferring power to Vice President Harris on Friday while he underwent a routine colonoscopy, NPR reported. He sent a letter to House ....
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Nearly 18 mln. children live in poverty in EU
Date: 2021-11-19 20:38:56 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:76 - ID:9278197
BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (MENA) – Millions of children in the world, including 18 million in the EU, still live in poverty or social exclusion, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said Friday in a statement on the eve of World Children's Day. "Many ....
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Biden to hold meeting with leaders from Africa in 2022 - White House
Date: 2021-11-19 20:16:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:9278192
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden will hold a meeting with leaders from Africa in 2022 which would focus on building global partnerships and alliances, the White House said in a statement on Friday. The second US-Africa leaders ....
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FDA authorizes Coronavirus booster shots for all adults
Date: 2021-11-19 18:12:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9277975
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA)- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized booster shots of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for everyone 18 and older, opening up eligibility to tens of millions more fully vaccinated ....
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Greece imposes restrictions on unvaccinated people
Date: 2021-11-19 14:03:03 GMT - Greece - World - SN:47 - ID:9277759
ATHENS, Nov 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece announced additional restrictions for the country’s unvaccinated population on Thursday, a bid to keep a recent spike of coronavirus infections from increasing further, Fox news ....
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes Afghanistan's Kabul
Date: 2021-11-19 12:25:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:9277585
KABUL, Nov 19 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale struck 202 km NNW of Kabul in Afghanistan, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported on Friday as quoted by CBS news. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on ....
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China lauds Putin’s comments on partner relations with Russia
Date: 2021-11-19 12:11:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9277458
BEIJING, Nov 19 (MENA) - Beijing gave high marks to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments on Chinese-Russian relations and will constantly bolster the strategic partnership with Russia, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on ....
