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  • Germany reports 2,768 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-28 05:56:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:9081513

    BERLIN, July 28 (MENA) - Germany reported on Wednesday 2,768 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases in the country up to 3,761,169. According to data from Robert Koch Institute, the death cases in the ....

  • Vaccine shortage holds back developing world as rich economies roar ahead

    Date: 2021-07-27 23:10:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:125 - ID:9081430

    WASHINGTON, July 27 (MENA) - The economic outlook for rich countries is getting better while developing economies are falling behind, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, told CNN on Tuesday. That's ....

  • Flash floods will be more common as climate crisis worsens, say scientists

    Date: 2021-07-27 22:56:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:122 - ID:9081424

    LONDON, July 27 (MENA) - Flash flooding of the type seen in London this weekend will become a more common occurrence as the climate crisis worsens, scientists have warned, and the UK government, businesses and householders must do much more to ....

  • Tajik president, Chinese defense min. discuss situation in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-07-27 17:34:13 GMT - Tajikistan - World - SN:105 - ID:9081200

    DUSHANBE, July 27 (MENA) - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Dushanbe on Tuesday, Interfax news agency quoted the Tajik presidential press service as saying. "The ....

  • WHO urges to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030

    Date: 2021-07-27 17:30:26 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:104 - ID:9081198

    ISLAMABAD, July 27 (MENA) - Country Representative, of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Palitha Mahipala has urged for making efforts at all levels to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health problem by 2030. In a message on the ....

  • Boeing with 165 people on board safely lands in Simferopol

    Date: 2021-07-27 16:58:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:98 - ID:9081150

    MOSCOW, July 27 (MENA) - A Boeing aircraft with 165 people on board has landed safely at Simferopol after reporting technical problems with its engine, Sputnik news agency quoted an emergency services spokesperson as saying. Earlier, it was ....

  • IMF: Failure to help poor countries fight Covid ‘could cost global economy $4.5tn’

    Date: 2021-07-27 16:13:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:9080948

    LONDON, July 27 (MENA) - The world economy risks losing $4.5 trillion from highly-infectious variants of Covid-19 spreading through poor countries where vaccination rates are lower, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Calling on ....

  • Britain records 23,511 new COVID-19 infections

    Date: 2021-07-27 15:58:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9080953

    LONDON, July 27 (MENA) - Britain said on Tuesday it recorded 23,511 COVID-19 infections during the past 24 hours. In a statement, the British government said the total infections reached so far 5,745,526 while the death cases amounted to ....

  • Scores killed, wounded in German factory blast

    Date: 2021-07-27 15:18:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:77 - ID:9080782

    BERLIN, July 27 (MENA) - One person has died and at least 31 have been injured after an explosion rocked a chemical plant in Leverkusen. Operators of the site say it's not yet clear what caused the blast, said DW. "We are deeply saddened by this ....

  • Leverkusen Explosion – Several injured & five missing in blast at German waste plant as ‘toxic fumes’ spew into the air

    Date: 2021-07-27 10:24:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:38 - ID:9080131

    COLOGNE, July 27 (MENA) - Several people have been injured and five are missing after a blast at a German waste plant, The Sun reported. Residents in Leverkusen are being told to shut all doors and window as the explosion has caused toxic fumes ....

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