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  • “State of siege” declared in Haiti following president's assassination

    Date: 2021-07-07 16:11:15 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:79 - ID:9049634

    PORT AU PRINCE, July 7 (MENA) - Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph has declared a “state of siege” in Haiti in a message to the nation, saying he did not want the nation to “plunge into chaos” following the assassination of President ....

  • White House press sec. calls assassination of Haitian president a "horrific crime"

    Date: 2021-07-07 16:00:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:9049609

    WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise a "horrific crime" and pledged that the Biden administration will stand with the people of Haiti, CNN reported ....

  • Delta variant drives Spain’s Covid-19 rate to highest in mainland Europe

    Date: 2021-07-07 13:22:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:9049193

    LONDON, July 7 (MENA) - The Delta variant of Covid-19 and a surge in infections among younger, unvaccinated people have catapulted Spain’s coronavirus rate to the highest in mainland Europe, according to Financial Times research. Infection rates ....

  • Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in overnight attack on his residence

    Date: 2021-07-07 13:17:03 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:46 - ID:9049240

    PORT AU PRINCE, July 7 (MENA) - Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his home early Wednesday morning, the country’s prime minister announced, in an incident that threatens to stoke further violence in the increasingly ....

  • 103 new COVID-19 cases, 30 million vaccine distributed in Poland

    Date: 2021-07-07 12:55:40 GMT - Poland - World - SN:43 - ID:9048727

    WARSAW, July 7 (MENA) - A total of 103 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours by the health authority in Poland on Tuesday. The new cases have brought the total number of infections to 2,880,503, according to the Polish ....

  • US prohibits air flights with Belarus

    Date: 2021-07-07 12:05:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:9048700

    WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) - Air flights restrictions have been imposed on Belarus by US Department of Transportation after the latter's flight path diversion to arrest Roman Protasevich, the Belarusian journalist and critic of President of Belarus ....

  • 24,000 new cases of coronavirus reported in Russia

    Date: 2021-07-07 11:57:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9048655

    Moscow, July 7 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has recorded 23,962 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours. A statement released Wednesday by the Russian center for combating Covid-19 said that Moscow recorded ....

  • Sydney lockdown extended for one week to contain Delta

    Date: 2021-07-07 11:34:15 GMT - Australia - World - SN:29 - ID:9048657

    SYDNEY, July 7 (MENA) - Australia announced Wednesday it was extending the lockdown in Sydney for at least one week to confront Covid 19 especially the Delta variant after registering 27 new infections, Euronews reported. Residents of ....

  • JHU: Total world coronavirus cases hit 184,616,978

    Date: 2021-07-07 08:35:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9048429

    WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Wednesday that the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level hit now 184,616,978. The university added that the total number of death cases reached now ....

  • Pakistan records 1,517 new covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-07-07 07:14:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:9048154

    ISLAMABAD, July 7 (MENA) - Pakistan confirmed 1,517 new covid-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The NCOC said that the country's number of overall confirmed cases has reached 966,007. Xinhua news ....

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