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Indonesia passes grim milestone of more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
Date: 2021-08-04 14:33:35 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:67 - ID:9094459
JAKARTA, Aug 4 (MENA) - Indonesia recorded a grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, data from the country’s health ministry showed, with the Southeast Asian nation recently accounting for one in five fatalities ....
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Russia reports 22,010 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-08-04 08:54:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:9093678
MOSCOW, Aug 4 (MENA) - Russia registered 22,010 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the countries total cases to 6,334,195 reported The Moscow Times Wednesday. The government coronavirus task force said 788 new Covid-19 fatalities ....
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Olympics organizers report 29 new games-related COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-08-04 07:40:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:9093511
TOKYO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Tokyo Olympics organizers on Wednesday reported 29 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, including four athletes, The Japan Times reported. Three of the four infected athletes are in the Greek artistic swimming team, the ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 199,566,049
Date: 2021-08-04 07:19:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9093405
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level has now hit 199,566,049. The university added that the total number of deaths worldwide reached now 4,246,202, ....
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Germany records 3,571 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-04 07:16:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:11 - ID:9093437
BERLIN, Aug 4 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 3,571 over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 3,659,900, according to data released by Germany's Robert Koch Institute Wednesday. The death toll in the country ....
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Police officer dies following shooting outside the Pentagon building
Date: 2021-08-03 23:26:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:114 - ID:9093265
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - A police officer died Tuesday after shots were fired outside the Pentagon building, CNN quoted law enforcement sources as saying. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency, which oversees the security of the Pentagon, ....
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Afghan FM calls for special UNSC emergency session on Taliban's attacks
Date: 2021-08-03 20:07:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:103 - ID:9093126
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar called his Indian counterpart Jaishankar on Monday to discuss convening an emergency UN Security Council session on the escalation of violence and widespread human rights violations ....
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Powerful blast rocks Afghan capital
Date: 2021-08-03 18:33:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:91 - ID:9093022
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - A car bomb exploded in Kabul on Tuesday evening, just hours after the Afghan army urged residents in another city to evacuate ahead of an operation against the Taliban, CNN reported. Gunshots were heard after the blast which ....
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US Pentagon on lockdown after shots fired near bus platform
Date: 2021-08-03 17:20:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9092907
WAHSINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - The US Pentagon building is on lockdown after a "shooting event" near the Metro Bus platform, a Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The gunman was shot by a Pentagon police officer and did not get ....
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UK reports 21,691 new coronavirus cases, 138 deaths
Date: 2021-08-03 16:04:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:9092865
LONDON, Aug 3 (MENA) - An additional 138 people in the UK are reported to have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test - the highest number since 17 March - and 21,691 new people tested positive. There were 6,099 patients in hospital ....
