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White House says Taliban 'cooperative' in facilitating departure of Americans
Date: 2021-09-09 20:23:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:9157443
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (MENA) - The White House confirmed Thursday that a charter flight from Afghanistan carrying US citizens and lawful permanent residents landed safely in Qatar and that the Taliban was “cooperative” in facilitating their departure, ....
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UK Home Secretary to send boats carrying migrants to UK back across Channel
Date: 2021-09-09 20:23:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:105 - ID:9157442
LONDON, Sept 9 (MENA) – UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is preparing to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel despite warnings from the French authorities that it could endanger lives, the Guardian reported. Border Force staff are ....
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India reports 43,263 new cases in last 24 hours
Date: 2021-09-09 09:40:20 GMT - India - World - SN:26 - ID:9155988
NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (MENA) - India on Thursday reported 43,263 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this the country's total coronavirus tally has jumped to 33.139,981, according to Union health ministry's data updated at 9 am. Of the ....
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China records 28 new infections
Date: 2021-09-09 08:46:55 GMT - China - World - SN:20 - ID:9155978
BEIJING, Sept 9 (MENA) - China reported 28 new COVID-19 cases on the mainland for Wednesday up from 19 a day earlier, the national health authority said on Thursday. None of the new infections were locally transmitted, the National Health ....
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Kazakhstan ready for constructive dialogue with Afghanistan to solve humanitarian problems
Date: 2021-09-09 07:58:59 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:14 - ID:9155820
NUR SULTAN, Sept 9 (MENA) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid special attention to the efforts of Kazakhstan regarding the situation in Afghanistan, Kazinform cited the official Instagram page of the Head of State. Pointing out that the ....
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Blinken calls for unified int'l efforts on Afghanistan crisis
Date: 2021-09-09 07:50:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9155731
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the international community to unify its efforts to alleviate a potential humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the US Department of State said in a press release on ....
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Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency again, set road map to lift curbs
Date: 2021-09-09 07:25:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9155733
TOKYO, Sept 9 (MENA) - The Japanese government is set to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency again for Tokyo and many other areas Thursday, as hospitals remain under strain despite a falling number of infections, while charting a road map for ....
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Pakistan decides to send medical, food aid to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-09-08 20:38:07 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:116 - ID:9155551
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Government of Pakistan has decided to dispatch humanitarian assistance, comprising food and medicines, to the people of Afghanistan, Geo News reported. "Three C-130s are being dispatched to Afghanistan. After the ....
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EU lists rare nerve disorder as possible AstraZeneca vaccine side effect
Date: 2021-09-08 20:16:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:112 - ID:9155547
BRUSSELS, Sept 8 (MENA) - The European Union's medicine regulator released documents Wednesday that showed a possible, rare side effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, The Hill reported. Safety updates from the European Medicines Agency showed ....
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Russia-UAE Business Council explores fostering cooperation
Date: 2021-09-08 10:18:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9154019
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Russian-UAE Business Forum held its third session at the headquarters of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Russian capital, Moscow, as part of a visit of an Emirati delegation led by the Sharjah Chamber ....