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White House chief of staff 'confident' vaccine mandate will be upheld
Date: 2021-11-07 20:25:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:9258170
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - White House chief of staff Ron Klain said on Sunday that he was “quite confident” that a vaccine or COVID-19 test mandate for businesses would be upheld in the courts, The Hill reported. “I'm quite confident that when ....
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Japan to relocate Futenma US base in Okinawa
Date: 2021-11-07 11:12:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:57 - ID:9256902
TOKYO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the government will press ahead with a plan to relocate US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district of Nago, The Japan Times reported ....
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Australian Pharmacy Guild says coronavirus boosters likely for years to come
Date: 2021-11-07 09:59:37 GMT - Australia - World - SN:44 - ID:9257025
SYDNEY, Nov 7 (MENA) - Australians will be getting booster shots to combat COVID-19 for years to come, with annual injections to become an integral part of the national vaccination program, according to the Pharmacy Guild. National cabinet met on ....
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China agrees to facilitate visas for Afghan traders
Date: 2021-11-07 08:54:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:9256903
KABUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu has pledged to facilitate Chinese visas for Afghan traders on an urgent basis, Khaama Press News Agency reported Sunday. In a tweet, Afghan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Qahar ....
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Number of geothermal power plants in Japan quadruples since Fukushima disaste
Date: 2021-11-07 07:36:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:9256762
TOKYO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The number of geothermal power plants in Japan has quadrupled since the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture, the Japan Times reported according to industry data. Despite the surge, according to Thermal and Nuclear ....
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Sydney to further ease Covid-19 curbs on Monday
Date: 2021-11-07 07:35:01 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:9256776
CANBERRA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of people have got both doses of ....
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Two dead, four injured in overnight NYC shootings
Date: 2021-11-07 07:34:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9256766
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - Two people were killed and four others hurt in separate shootings across the city overnight, police said as quoted by New York Times newspaper. Cops responding to a 911 call just after 11 p.m. Friday found a man on ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 248,078,147
Date: 2021-11-07 06:20:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9256705
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - As many as 249,538,695 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Sunday. It added that 5,044,795 people have died from the virus ....
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Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston Music Festival: CNN
Date: 2021-11-07 06:08:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9256693
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - The crowd at a Houston music festival suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms and killing eight people ....
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Shavkat Mirziyoyev announces Uzbekistan’s new development strategy
Date: 2021-11-06 16:50:04 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:54 - ID:9256253
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – Tashkent hosted a ceremony of the newly elected President of Uzbekistan who was taking oath, Uzbekistan Embassy in Cairo said in a press release. Shavkat Mirziyoyev made a speech over the priorities of the next five ....