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Greece registers 1,888 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-15 19:48:06 GMT - Greece - World - SN:93 - ID:9113223
ATHENS, Aug 15 (MENA) - Greek health authorities revealed Sunday that 1,888 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload in Greece to 537,125. Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 13,223 after recording 17 fresh ....
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West must work together to ensure "Afghanistan does not become breeding ground for terror": British PM
Date: 2021-08-15 19:46:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:92 - ID:9113249
LONDON, Aug 15 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the West must work together to ensure Afghanistan does not once again become a "breeding ground for terror". Speaking after an emergency Cobra meeting on Sunday, the prime ....
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Record number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in US
Date: 2021-08-15 19:45:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9113250
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - The number of children hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19 has reached a record high of nearly 2,000 in the US as hospitals across the country are filling up and limiting who can be admitted. As the Hill newspaper ....
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Greece registers 3,270 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-15 17:45:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:81 - ID:9113109
ATHENS, Aug 15 (MENA) - Greek health authorities revealed Sunday that 3,270 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload in Greece to 535,237. Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 13,206 after recording 24 fresh ....
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Blinken defends US decision to pull forces out of Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-15 17:43:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:9113105
KABUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended Sunday the Biden administration's decision to pull US forces out of Afghanistan. "The fact of the matter is had the President decided to keep forces in Afghanistan beyond May 1 ....
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Japan reports 17,832 new Covid-19 cases, 10 deaths
Date: 2021-08-15 17:34:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:78 - ID:9113092
TOKYO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Authorities across Japan confirmed 17,832new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 1,148,601, The Japan Times reported. The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported was 10 over the ....
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Canadian PM calls for snap election on Sept. 20
Date: 2021-08-15 17:26:08 GMT - Canada - World - SN:75 - ID:9113068
OTTAWA, Aug 15 (MENA) - Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a snap election, gambling that voters will reward his administration’s handing of the coronavirus pandemic with a parliamentary majority as he pulls the plug on a two-year ....
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England offers COVID vaccines to 16, 17-year-olds
Date: 2021-08-15 17:17:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:9113053
LONDON, Aug 15 (MENA) - All 16 and 17-year-olds in England are to be offered their first coronavirus vaccine dose or the chance to book one by 23 August, the government said in a statement. The health secretary said offering vaccines by this date ....
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Putin, Uzbek counterpart probe situation in Afghanistan over phone
Date: 2021-08-15 15:43:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:9112858
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed the situation in Afghanistan over the phone, the Kremlin’s press-service said Sunday. "The situation in Afghanistan was discussed in ....
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Afghan president leaves Afghanistan as Taliban enter Kabul
Date: 2021-08-15 15:31:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:66 - ID:9112850
KABUL, Aug 15 (MENA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan on Sunday, a top official said, effectively ceding power to the Taliban as they reached the capital Kabul to seal a nationwide military victory in just 10 days, Geo News ....
