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Italy allows rescue boat carrying 257 migrants to dock in Sicily
Date: 2021-08-07 22:00:15 GMT - Italy - World - SN:72 - ID:9100312
ROME, Aug 7 (MENA) - A German charity boat carrying 257 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean docked Saturday in Sicily after Italian authorities granted permission, ABC News reported. Hours later, a French humanitarian vessel with 549 migrants ....
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France reports 25,755 new Covid cases, 32 fatalities in one day
Date: 2021-08-07 19:49:43 GMT - France - World - SN:69 - ID:9100231
PARIS, Aug 7 (MENA) - As many as 25,755 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in France over the past 24 hours, the French health department announced Saturday. Meanwhile, 32 coronavirus patients have succumbed to the virus over the same period, ....
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UK records 28,612 new coronavirus cases, 103 deaths
Date: 2021-08-07 17:02:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:9100115
LONDON, Aug 7 (MENA) - The UK has recorded a further 28,612 coronavirus infections and 103 more deaths in the latest 24 hours, Sky News reported Saturday. Since the start of the pandemic, 162,827 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a ....
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Afghan government should announce military state: Marshal Dostum
Date: 2021-08-07 16:01:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:51 - ID:9099906
KABUL, Aug 7 (MENA) - Spokesperson of Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ihsan Niro said that Marshal in his meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani suggested the announcement of a military state in Afghanistan as the Taliban have increased offensive, ....
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26,439 new COVID-19 cases, 387 deaths in Iran
Date: 2021-08-07 12:35:54 GMT - Iran - World - SN:33 - ID:9099344
TEHRAN, Aug 7 (MENA) - As many as 26,439 new COVID-19 infections have been detected in Iran in the past 24 hours and 458 people have lost their lives since yesterday, the Iranian Health Ministry said on Saturday. Iranian Ministry of Health and ....
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Tokyo's new COVID-19 cases top 4,000 for 4th day in row
Date: 2021-08-07 11:52:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:9099338
TOKYO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Tokyo confirmed 4,566 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, topping 4,000 for the fourth day in a row, as the pandemic appears to show no signs of abating amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, while the capital is ....
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Afghanistan: 595 Taliban gunmen killed, injured in security operations in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-07 11:05:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:9099112
KABUL, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Afghan defense ministry announced that government forces killed 385 Taliban fighters and wounded 210 others in security operations, carried out nationwide over the past 24 hours. Spokesman for the ministry Fuad Aman ....
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Philippines reports 11,021 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-07 08:53:05 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:20 - ID:9098928
MANILA, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Philippines registered 11,021 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number to 1,649,341, the Department of Health said on Saturday. The death toll rose to 28,835 after 162 more people succumbed to ....
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Western Nimroz, first province falls to Taliban
Date: 2021-08-07 08:19:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:9098849
KABUL, Aug 7 (MENA) - Though the territorial gains by the Taliban have been relatively slow over the past two weeks, Nimroz in the west of Afghanistan becomes the first province that falls to the fighters, said Khaama Press news agency. The ....
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Thailand reports 21,838 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-07 06:25:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:5 - ID:9098690
BANGKOK, Aug 7 (MENA) - Thailand reported 21,838 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total cases to 736,522, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday. The ministry added that 212 more Covid-19-linked fatalities were ....