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  • France registers 18,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-07-20 20:15:52 GMT - France - World - SN:76 - ID:9071394

    PARIS, July 20 (MENA) - French Health Minister Olivier Veran has said that new coronavirus infections were increasing at an unprecedented rate due to the Delta variant, after 18,000 cases were registered over the previous 24 hours, RFI ....

  • UK records 46,558 new coronavirus cases, 96 deaths

    Date: 2021-07-20 17:57:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:9071388

    LONDON, July 20 (MENA) - The UK has recorded 46,558 new coronavirus cases and 96 more deaths in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported, citing government data. It is the highest number of fatalities since 24 March when 98 were ....

  • US welcomes commitment declared by Afghanistan, Taliban towards reaching political settlement

    Date: 2021-07-20 14:35:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:9071073

    WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - The United States welcomed the talks held July 17-18 between senior leaders of Afghanistan and the Taliban in Doha and the commitment the two sides have declared to accelerate negotiations towards an inclusive political ....

  • US Defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam

    Date: 2021-07-20 14:31:33 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:46 - ID:9071068

    MANILA, July 20 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, ABS-CBN News reported Tuesday, quoting the Pentagon as saying. The trip will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according ....

  • Moscow: US greenlights import of Russia’s new space rocket engines

    Date: 2021-07-20 14:01:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:9071062

    MOSCOW, July 20 (MENA) - The United States has approved the purchase of a new batch of the Russian-made RD-181M space rocket engines, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, said on Tuesday. "The US government has ....

  • Singapore reports 195 new Covid cases

    Date: 2021-07-20 11:52:29 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:34 - ID:9070852

    SINGAPORE, July 20 (MENA) - Singapore reported 182 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Tuesday, CNA reported. Twelve more infections have been traced to the KTV cluster. Among the new cases announced on Tuesday, 156 are ....

  • Russia reports 23,770 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-20 08:56:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:9070714

    MOSCOW, July 20 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 23,770 on Tuesday to 6,006,536, the federal operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus told reporters on Tuesday. The number of deaths due ....

  • Putin greets Muslims in Russia on Eidul Adha

    Date: 2021-07-20 08:37:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:9070688

    MOSCOW, July 20 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday greeted Muslims in Russia on the occasion of Eidul Adha. In a message on the Kremlin website, Putin said that the feast goes back to hundreds of years ago. It reminds Muslims of the ....

  • Pakistan reports 2,145 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-20 08:09:44 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:19 - ID:9070639

    ISLAMABAD, July 20 (MENA) - Pakistan reported on Tuesday 2,145 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 993,872, the Express Tribune newspaper reported. The country's death toll climbed to 22,848 after 37 ....

  • India reports 30,039 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-20 08:06:06 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:9070631

    NEW DELHI, July 20 (MENA) - India recorded on Tuesday 30,039 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total Covid-19 cases in the country to 31,174,229, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to ....

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