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  • EU approves Italy's €31.9B COVID-19 scheme

    Date: 2021-10-15 17:58:45 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:69 - ID:9219791

    BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (MENA) - The European Commission has approved a €31.9 billion Italian scheme to support companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework. Executive Vice-President ....

  • US pressure on Central Asia very dangerous — Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2021-10-15 17:42:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:9219773

    MOSCOW, Oct 15 (MENA) - Russia sees as extremely dangerous US pressure on the Central Asian countries, being exerted with the aim of making them accommodate military and intelligence facilities, TASS news agency quoted director of the Russian ....

  • ABC News says death toll has risen to 47 in southern Afghanistan mosque bombing

    Date: 2021-10-15 17:30:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:65 - ID:9219756

    KABUL, Oct 15 (MENA) - The death toll from a mosque bombing in southern Afghanistan on Friday has risen to 47, ABC News reported. The bombing left at least 70 persons injured. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast at ....

  • UAE administers 31,708 doses of Covid-19 vaccine in 24 hrs

    Date: 2021-10-15 16:35:15 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:58 - ID:9219660

    ABU DHABI, Oct 15 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced that 31,708 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours, reported Emirates News Agency (WAM) Friday. The total number of doses provided up to ....

  • 3.6 quake shakes western Japan, no tsunami warning issued

    Date: 2021-10-15 14:36:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:48 - ID:9219488

    TOKYO, Oct 15 (MENA) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 struck the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Friday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, Japan Metrological Agency was quoted by Kyodo News Agency as saying. The ....

  • Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to rise globally

    Date: 2021-10-15 13:11:28 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:36 - ID:9219185

    WORLD CAPITALS, Oct 15 (MENA) - Several countries have seen daily increase in the coronavirus cases and deaths recently. Russia recorded 32,196 new coronavirus cases and 999 deaths in the past 24 hours, upping the total cases and deaths to ....

  • China launches first solar exploration satellite

    Date: 2021-10-15 11:34:34 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:9219102

    BEIJING, Oct 15 (MENA) - China sent its first solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 6:51 pm Thursday (Beijing Time), Xinhua news agency reported Friday. The satellite ....

  • New virus cases slow down in S. Korea

    Date: 2021-10-15 09:10:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:18 - ID:9218919

    SEOUL, Oct 15 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 1,000s for the seventh straight day on Friday as the government announced eased social distancing rules ahead of a gradual return to normal life, Yonhap news agency ....

  • Blinken, Borrell discuss partnership between US, European Union

    Date: 2021-10-15 08:55:45 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:16 - ID:9218883

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed the importance of the US-EU partnership and the United States’ commitment to work together with the EU to confront shared challenges Blinken made the remarks during ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 239,591,277

    Date: 2021-10-15 07:06:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9218708

    WAHSINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - As many as 239,591,277 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Friday. It added that 4,881,687 people have died from the virus ....

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