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  • Japan registers 2,278 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-07-09 21:15:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:97 - ID:9053587

    TOKYO, July 9 (MENA) - The daily number of people newly found positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 came to 2,278 in Japan on Friday, topping the 2,000 mark for the third consecutive day, the Japan Times reported. The nationwide ....

  • 16 Taliban militants killed in airstrikes in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-07-09 20:25:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:94 - ID:9053491

    KABUL, July 9 (MENA) - Sixteen Taliban insurgents, including one of their key commanders, were killed on Friday in airstrikes in Laghman, and the shadow governor of Taliban for the province wounded. Spokesman for the 201 Army Corps, told Bakhtar ....

  • Surfside building collapse death toll in US rises to 78

    Date: 2021-07-09 18:34:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:9053410

    WASHINGTON, July 8 (MENA) – Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday that the number of confirmed deaths following the Surfside condo collapse in Florida now stands at 78 after 14 more victims were found, the Hill reported. "This ....

  • Russia ready to cooperate with India on vaccine certificates, says Lavrov

    Date: 2021-07-09 18:02:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:9053415

    MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - Russia is ready to discuss the certification of citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 with India, and an agreement can be reached in this sphere, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday during a press conference ....

  • China provides 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to int'l community

    Date: 2021-07-09 17:20:38 GMT - China - World - SN:83 - ID:9053365

    BEIJING, July 9 (MENA) - China has provided more than 100 countries and international organizations with 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and concentrates, accounting for one-sixth of the current global COVID-19 vaccine production, a Chinese ....

  • DW: Tigray conflict and dam dispute dent Abiy's image

    Date: 2021-07-09 17:18:01 GMT - Germany - World - SN:82 - ID:9053360

    BERLIN, July 9 (MENA) - It was an unusually strongly worded press release from the US State Department informing the public about a call between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Deutsche Welle (DW) ....

  • Georgia records 1,108 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-07-09 13:15:42 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:56 - ID:9052848

    TBILISI, July 9 (MENA) - Georgia has recorded 1,108 new cases of coronavirus, 714 recoveries and seven deaths in the past 24 hours, Interpressnews newspaper reported on Friday. The country has had 374,836 cases of coronavirus since February 26, ....

  • 52 dead in Bangladesh factory fire as workers locked inside

    Date: 2021-07-09 13:05:39 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:55 - ID:9052818

    DHAKA, July 9 (MENA) - A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, ABC News reported on Friday. The blaze began Thursday ....

  • Three Afghans killed in blast in northern province

    Date: 2021-07-09 12:39:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:9052666

    KABUL, July 9 (MENA) - Three people have been killed in a roadside blast in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Friday. Public Health Department Director Dr. Noor Ahmad Ishaqzai said the blast took place in Seah Shanbe locality on ....

  • Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 64 after search efforts turn from rescue to recovery

    Date: 2021-07-09 11:56:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:9052720

    WASHINGTON, July 9 (MENA) - The death toll in a condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, has risen to 64, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said, after authorities made the decision to shift the search effort from rescue to recovery, ....

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