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25 injured in blast at block of flats in Sweden
Date: 2021-09-28 08:23:31 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:34 - ID:9189978
STOCKHOLM, Sept 28 (MENA) - About 25 people were taken to the hospital after an explosion damaged a residential building in the Swedish city of Gothenburg early on Tuesday, Al Arabiya news channel reported. Police said they had opened an ....
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Pakistan reports 1,400 coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-09-28 07:55:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:26 - ID:9189926
ISLAMABAD, Sept 28 (MENA) - Pakistan reported on Tuesday 1,400 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 1,241,825, The Express Tribune reported. Also, 41 deaths were reported during the same period, ....
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Flooding in 30 provinces in Thailand; 6 dead
Date: 2021-09-28 07:51:04 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:25 - ID:9189920
BANGKOK, Sept 28 (MENA) - Storm Dianmu left six people dead in its wake, with two others missing, and caused flooding in 30 provinces since September 23, The Bangkok Post reported. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said that ....
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Philippines okays COVID-19 vaccination for kids, general population starting October
Date: 2021-09-28 07:47:04 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:24 - ID:9189915
MANILA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Palace spokesman Harry Roque said that children and the general adult population will start getting COVID-19 vaccines in October, ABS-CBN reported on Tuesday. President Rodrigo Duterte approved the inoculation of the ....
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Japan on high alert following launch of new ballistic missile by N.Korea
Date: 2021-09-28 07:39:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:9189807
TOKYO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said Tuesday that the Japanese government is on high alert and monitoring the situation following the launch of new ballistic missile by North Korea. "We are also analyzing how the ....
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PM Suga says Japan will end COVID-19 state of emergency
Date: 2021-09-28 07:36:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:9189864
TOKYO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday the government will end this week the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 prefectures as well as the quasi-state of emergency in other areas as infections have ....
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Strong aftershock strikes Greek island of Crete
Date: 2021-09-28 07:35:28 GMT - Greece - World - SN:19 - ID:9189873
ATHENS, Sept 28 (MENA) - A strong aftershock with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck the southern Greek island of Crete, a day after a prolonged earthquake there left one man dead and injured several people, ABC News reported. The Athens ....
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US condemns North Korea's missile launch, urges dialogue
Date: 2021-09-28 07:35:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9189890
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (MENA) - The US State Department condemned on Tuesday North Korea's apparent missile launch and urged Pyongyang to engage in dialogue. "The United States condemns the DPRK's missile launch," the department said in a statement. ....
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Bulgaria reports 2,536 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-09-28 07:35:10 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:17 - ID:9189876
SOFIA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Bulgaria registered 2,536 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total number of infections to 495,397, Sofia news agency reported Tuesday. The number of coronavirus-associated deaths ....
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Thailand reports 9,489 coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-09-28 07:35:02 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:16 - ID:9189871
BANGKOK, Sept 28 (MENA) - Thailand reported 9,489 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1,581,415, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. The ministry added that 129 more ....