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UK pledges 20 million vaccine doses to poor nations
Date: 2021-10-30 09:01:49 GMT - Italy - World - SN:18 - ID:9243886
ROME, Oct 30 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK will donate 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to developing countries as part of efforts to share vaccines with countries that sorely lack them, euronews ....
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Philippines gets nearly 1M more Pfizer jabs
Date: 2021-10-30 07:45:52 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:5 - ID:9243701
MANILA, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Philippines on Friday received more than 900,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, philstar news reported on Saturday. A total of 973,440 government-procured jabs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino ....
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JHU: Coronavirus cases top 246 million globally
Date: 2021-10-30 06:49:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9243655
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - As many as 246,036,270 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 4,989,643 people have died from the virus ....
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US expels 55 more Russian diplomats
Date: 2021-10-29 20:45:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:9243497
MOSCOW, Oct 29 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zarakhova published a statement on Friday, in which she revealed that the United States government is demanding the expulsion of additional 55 diplomats and administrative ....
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US sanctions individuals, firms for supporting Iran’s drone program
Date: 2021-10-29 20:44:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:9243512
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) - The US Treasury Department has sanctioned individuals and companies allegedly associated with a network of companies linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Voice of America reported. "Iran’s ....
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Russia's envoy to UN stresses importance of stabilizing situation in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-29 19:49:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9243441
MOSCOW, Oct 29 (MENA) – Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday that "the primary thing today is to stabilize Afghanistan," RIA Novosti reported Friday. "The economy is on the verge of collapse with the lack of any resources, which ....
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UN secretary general: World leaders face stern climate test in Glasgow
Date: 2021-10-29 19:33:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:77 - ID:9243437
CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The climate crisis is a code red for humanity. World leaders will soon be put to the test at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, known as COP26, in Glasgow. Their actions, or inactions, will show ....
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S. Korea, US envoys hold phone talks on N.K. nukes, end-of-war declaration
Date: 2021-10-29 19:20:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:76 - ID:9243426
SEOUL, Oct 29 (MENA) – The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States had phone talks Friday on stalled nuclear negotiations with North Korea and Seoul's proposal for an end-of-war declaration, Seoul's foreign ministry said ....
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Trudeau says Canada and Netherlands must join forces again to fight extremism, climate threat
Date: 2021-10-29 18:47:06 GMT - Canada - World - SN:73 - ID:9243423
OTTAWA, Oct 29 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed Dutch parliamentarians at the Binnenhof in the Hague, CBC reported Friday. Speaking in the Hague's Binnenhof with dozens of Dutch parliamentarians in attendance, Prime ....
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South Korean watchdog recommends Facebook pay S. Korean users over personal data breach
Date: 2021-10-29 17:59:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:69 - ID:9243357
SEOUL, Oct 29 (MENA) – A South Korean state commission has recommended Facebook to pay 300,000 won in compensation to each of 181 South Korean users demanding damages over the platform's breach of their personal information, Yonhap news agency ....