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Biden seeks phone call with France’s Macron to calm the waters
Date: 2021-09-20 23:00:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:111 - ID:9176648
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden is pressing to set up a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron in coming days, US officials said, hoping to end a frantic stretch of public snubs and behind-the-scenes exchanges between ....
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Greece to give booster shots to people over 60, healthcare workers
Date: 2021-09-20 22:17:41 GMT - Greece - World - SN:108 - ID:9176643
ATHENS, Sept 20 (MENA) – Greek health authorities announced on Monday that booster shots against Covid-19 will be given to healthcare workers and people aged over 60, Kathimerini reportd. “The increased risk for people over 60 is reflected in ....
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Italy starts giving 3rd COVID-19 jabs to vulnerable
Date: 2021-09-20 22:16:42 GMT - Italy - World - SN:106 - ID:9176644
ROME, Sept 20 (MENA) – Italy on Monday started to give third doses of COVID-19 vaccines to people who are considered clinically vulnerable, such as the immunosuppressed and people who have had transplants, ANSA reported. As a result around three ....
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Belarus enters 4th COVID-19 wave
Date: 2021-09-20 21:34:57 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:103 - ID:9176597
MINSK, Sept 20 (MENA) - The fourth wave of COVID-19 has reached Belarus, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told the media on Monday. "First of all, we have predicted it. According to the course of the epidemic, this wave should have come. It ....
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Russia should prepare for gradual reduction in use of fossil fuel: Russian PM
Date: 2021-09-20 21:34:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:9176596
MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asserted the importance of preparing the country for a gradual reduction in the use of hydrocarbons. "The world economy is aimed at a gradual transition to low-carbon energy, and ....
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Twitter to pay $800 million to settle lawsuit claiming it misled investors
Date: 2021-09-20 20:49:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:9176507
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Twitter will pay $809.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the social media company misled investors, the company announced Monday. As part of the settlement deal, Twitter and individually named ....
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US extends travel restrictions at Mexican, Canadian borders till October 21
Date: 2021-09-20 20:21:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:9176505
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - The United States is extending nonessential travel restrictions at land crossings with Canada and Mexico through October 21, even as it makes plans to allow fully vaccinated foreign visitors to come to the US later this ....
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80% of eligible kids in Malaysia to be fully vaccinated before school reopens in 2022
Date: 2021-09-20 20:21:10 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:96 - ID:9176513
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (MENA) – With 67 children dying due to Covid-19 this year compared to six deaths in 2020, the Malaysian Health Ministry aims to complete Covid-19 inoculation for 80 per cent of eligible children before school reopens in 2022, ....
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Washington evacuates over 20 US citizens from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-09-20 19:36:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9176459
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) – A Qatar Airways flight with as many as 21 American citizens and 48 lawful permanent residents departed from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, the US State Department said in a statement on Monday. This marks ....
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Singapore receives over 100,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
Date: 2021-09-20 19:10:11 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:91 - ID:9176393
SINGAPORE, Sept 20 (MENA) – A new shipment of 101,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Singapore on Monday, CNA reported. The orders were from private healthcare institutions and the Ministry of Health (MOH) helped in facilitating ....
