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  • N. Macedonia: Minister quits over deadly Covid hospital fire

    Date: 2021-09-10 22:28:38 GMT - Macedonia - World - SN:94 - ID:9158942

    SKOPJE, Sept 10 (MENA) - North Macedonia's health minister resigned late Friday, nearly two days after a fire tore through a Covid-19 field hospital killing 12 patients and two visiting relatives, US News reported. Venko Filipce made the ....

  • EU: 9/11 attacks marked turn in history, fundamentally changed global political agenda

    Date: 2021-09-10 20:36:01 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:85 - ID:9158824

    BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (MENA) - The 9/11 attacks marked a turn in history. It fundamentally changed the global political agenda – for the first time ever, NATO invoked Article 5, allowing its members to respond together in self-defense, and it launched ....

  • UK reports 37,622 Covid-19 cases, 147 deaths

    Date: 2021-09-10 18:08:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:9158688

    LONDON, Sept 10 (MENA) - As many as 37,622 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the UK, according to the government's latest daily count on Friday. In addition, 147 coronavirus patients have succumbed to the virus over the same period, Sky News ....

  • EU prolongs personal sanctions against Russian citizens till March 15, 2022

    Date: 2021-09-10 17:51:59 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:75 - ID:9158657

    BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (MENA) – The EU Council has for the 15th time prolonged the personal EU sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian citizens for violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity, the EU Council's news release issued on Friday. "The ....

  • Brazil reports 30,891 new COVID-19 cases, 753 deaths

    Date: 2021-09-10 17:48:35 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:74 - ID:9158691

    BRASILIA, Sept 10 (MENA) - Brazil reported on Friday 30,891 new COVID-19 cases and 753 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday. This brings the nation's total number of infections to 20,958,899 and the death toll to ....

  • Greece reports 2,132 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-09-10 17:17:52 GMT - Greece - World - SN:71 - ID:9158656

    ATHENS, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Greek health authorities on Friday reported 2,132 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 611,648, Kathimerini newspaper reported. Meanwhile, the National Organization for ....

  • Philippines president extends PH state of calamity for one more year

    Date: 2021-09-10 17:05:44 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:67 - ID:9158645

    MANILA, Sept 10 (MENA) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the state of calamity in the Philippines for one more year amid rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country, the Manila Times reported. The ....

  • Portugal reports 1,323 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-09-10 17:01:37 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:66 - ID:9158644

    LISBON, Sept 10 (MENA) - Portugal recorded over 1,323 cases of infection and seven deaths attributed to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Portugal News reported Friday. According to the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for ....

  • UN to host humanitarian aid meeting on Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-09-10 16:07:29 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:9158513

    GENEVA, Sept 10 (MENA) - The United Nations will host a ministerial-level humanitarian aid conference for Afghanistan in Geneva on Monday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement Friday. The meeting ....

  • Russia summons US amb. over alleged interference in election

    Date: 2021-09-10 15:39:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:9158546

    MOSCOW, Sept 10 (MENA) - Russia summoned US Ambassador John Sullivan on Friday over alleged interference by the United States in an election, according to TASS. Sullivan had been summoned over an issue with accreditations for Russian journalists ....

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