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  • 12,66% of French voters turn out to cast ballot in regional elections

    Date: 2021-06-27 16:47:22 GMT - France - World - SN:68 - ID:9032326

    PARIS, June 27 (MENA) - Turnout by midday in the second round of French regional elections was 12.66%, only slightly up on last week's record low of 12.22%, France 24 quoted the Interior Ministry as saying on Sunday. Mass abstention is making it ....

  • Modi urges Indians to overcome Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy

    Date: 2021-06-27 15:05:10 GMT - India - World - SN:58 - ID:9031880

    NEW DELHI, June 27 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to shed Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and asked them to get vaccinated soon, The India Express reported. In his monthly radio programme titled ‘Mann Ki Baat’, ....

  • Iran registers more than 9,000 new cornavirus cases in 24 hrs

    Date: 2021-06-27 11:27:12 GMT - Iran - World - SN:39 - ID:9031599

    TEHRAN, June 27 (MENA) - Iran registered more than 9,758 new coronavirus cases and 134 new deaths within the past 24 hours, IRNA reported Sunday quoting a Health Ministry statement. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country reached ....

  • Japan virus response chief hints at fresh state of emergency for Tokyo

    Date: 2021-06-27 11:01:59 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:9031469

    TOKYO, June 27 (MENA) - Economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is heading the government's coronavirus response, has hinted that another state of emergency could be declared in Tokyo and other areas seeing signs of a resurgence in ....

  • Russia reports over 20,500 daily Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-06-27 10:09:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9031369

    MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 20,538 Covid-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total case tally to 5,451,291, TASS reported Sunday quoting the anti-coronavirus crisis center. Moscow registered 6,723 Covid-19 cases over the past ....

  • New rules eyed for Tokyo Games arrivals after Uganda team infections

    Date: 2021-06-27 09:33:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:27 - ID:9031358

    TOKYO, June 27 (MENA) - Athletes and other delegation members for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics should be immediately isolated if they arrive in Japan with a person infected with the novel coronavirus, the organizing committee’s senior officer ....

  • Trump to Ohio rally: The 2020 election results "Big Lie"

    Date: 2021-06-27 08:36:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9031221

    WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - At his first rally since leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump on Saturday lambasted the Biden administration's immigration policies and sought to energize Republicans to take back majorities in Congress ....

  • Global Covid-19 caseload tops 180 mn, deaths surge to more than 3.90 mn

    Date: 2021-06-27 06:58:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9031135

    WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 180 million and the deaths surged to more than 3.90 million, CNN reported Sunday quoting Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update, the University's Center for Systems ....

  • US resumes cruise travel after 15 months hiatus due to pandemic

    Date: 2021-06-27 06:51:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9031141

    WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - It's been a long circuitous journey to restarting cruise travel in the United States, CNN reported. But more than 15 months after the pandemic halted the industry, the first big cruise ship has sail out of a US port ....

  • Germany records 538 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-27 06:45:49 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:9031152

    BERLIN, June 27 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 538 to 3,726,710, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 8 to 90,754, the ....

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