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UN Secretary calls unequal distribution of Covid vaccines across globe immoral and stupid
Date: 2021-10-18 08:31:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:9223336
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the inequitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe, saying it was immoral and stupid. On his twitter account, Guterres "If we leave it going on ....
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S. Korea voices concern over Japan's Fukushima water release plan
Date: 2021-10-18 08:04:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:9223300
SEOUL, Oct 18 (MENA) - South Korea has expressed concern over the new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's plan to release radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, Yonhap quoted Seoul officials as saying ....
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Japan to begin trials of Covid-19 vaccine, test proof at eateries
Date: 2021-10-18 07:42:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9223330
TOKYO, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Japanese government said Monday it will begin conducting trials this week using proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or negative test results at eateries in preparation for another possible wave of infections this winter, Kyodo ....
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French ambassador expelled from Belarus
Date: 2021-10-18 07:23:18 GMT - France - World - SN:18 - ID:9223256
PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - France's ambassador to Belarus has left the country after the authorities in Minsk demanded he leave by Monday, France 24 quoted the embassy as saying. The spokeswoman who made the announcement did not say why the ....
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Philippines gets more than 200,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine for minors
Date: 2021-10-18 06:43:51 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:9223254
MANILA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Some 207,090 more procured doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines over the weekend with inoculation efforts for minors underway, the Philstar reported. An Air Hong Kong plane carrying the additional ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus caseload surpasses 240.6 mn
Date: 2021-10-18 06:23:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9223236
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - The global coronavirus caseload has topped 240.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.89 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.61 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest ....
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Venezuela to ask int'l organizations' help to free its detained diplomat Alex Saab
Date: 2021-10-18 06:14:38 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:7 - ID:9223230
CARACAS, Oct 18 (MENA) - President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned this Sunday the kidnapping by the United States of the diplomat Alex Saab, Radio Havana Cuba reported. "The U.S. empire violating all International Law, took a Venezuelan ....
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Fauci says unvaccinated create danger of fifth COVID-19 wave
Date: 2021-10-18 05:20:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9223203
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that unvaccinated Americans could pose a threat to the country's progress on the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially incurring a fifth wave of ....
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hits Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-18 05:14:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:2 - ID:9223199
KABUL, Oct 18 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter Scale struck Afghanistan near Fayzabad on Monday. The National Centre for Seismology said that the earthquake occurred at 01:41:55 IST with a depth of 20 Km, 128km South of ....
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Pakistan donates 16 truckloads more of relief goods to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-17 19:50:03 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:83 - ID:9222993
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (MENA) - Pakistan donated another 16 truckloads of relief goods to Afghanistan as part of its ongoing efforts to avert any humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The relief goods ....
