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Covid vaccines to be offered to all UK 16- and 17-year-olds
Date: 2021-08-04 21:09:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:118 - ID:9095082
LONDON, Aug 4 (MENA) - Covid vaccines will be offered to all 16- and 17-year-olds without needing the consent of their parents, after UK government experts reversed their advice from just two weeks ago, The Guardian reported. The Joint Committee ....
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US Senate panel votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations
Date: 2021-08-04 19:02:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:9094956
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday voted to repeal a pair of war authorizations related to Iraq, the latest move in the Congress aimed at reining in presidential war powers, The Hill reported. The ....
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Italy presses EU nations to open ports to rescued migrants
Date: 2021-08-04 17:10:37 GMT - Italy - World - SN:96 - ID:9094736
ROME, Aug 4 (MENA) – Italy stepped up pressure Wednesday on fellow EU nations to open their ports to migrants rescued by humanitarian ships as political tension simmers in the Italian government's coalition over a sharply rising number of arrivals ....
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Facebook bans academics who researched ad transparency, misinformation on Facebook
Date: 2021-08-04 17:08:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:9094893
CALIFORNIA, Aug 4 (MENA) – Facebook has banned the personal accounts of academics who researched ad transparency and the spread of misinformation on the social network. Facebook says the group violated its term of service by scraping user data ....
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WHO calls for moratorium on booster vaccine shots through September
Date: 2021-08-04 16:59:49 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:92 - ID:9094734
GENEVA, Aug 4 (MENA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a moratorium on booster shots of coronavirus vaccines through at least September as poorer countries struggle to access the shots, even for high-risk populations such as ....
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UK records 29,312 new cases and 119 deaths in latest 24-hour period
Date: 2021-08-04 15:55:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9094785
LONDON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The UK has recorded a further 29,312 coronavirus infections and 119 more deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to Sky News. Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a total of 5,952,756 coronavirus cases in ....
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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, ....
