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US vice president plane forced to return due to ‘technical issue’
Date: 2021-06-07 06:58:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8996664
WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) - A technical issue that involved “no major safety concerns” forced Vice President Kamala Harris’ plane to return to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland about 30 minutes after she had left Sunday on a trip to Guatemala and ....
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India records 100,636 new coronavirus, lowest in 61 days
Date: 2021-06-07 05:38:00 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:8996577
NEW DELHI, June 7 (MENA) - India reported a daily rise of 100,636 new cases of Covid-19 and 2,427 fatalities in the past 24 hours, India's Union health ministry said on Monday. This is the lowest number of daily new cases reported in India in 61 ....
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At least 30 killed, scores injured as two passenger trains collide in southern Pakistan
Date: 2021-06-07 05:31:46 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:3 - ID:8996574
ISLAMABAD, June 7 (MENA) - A collision between two passenger express trains in southern Pakistan Sindh's Ghotki district killed at least 30 people and injured scores more on Monday, with the death toll likely to rise as rescuers were still trying to ....
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Pakistan reports 1,490 new coronavirus cases, 58 deaths
Date: 2021-06-07 05:24:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:8996565
ISLAMABAD, June 7 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 1,490 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 933,630, the Express Tribune reported on Monday. The country's death toll climbed to 21,323 after 58 more people ....
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3 people dead, 5 injured in shooting near Miami Dade-Kendall campus, cops say
Date: 2021-06-06 21:10:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:8996440
FLORIDA, June 6 (MENA) - Another Miami-Dade mass shooting and a possibly connected car crash killed three people and sent five others to the hospital with gunshot wounds, Miami-Dade police said Sunday morning. The woman shot dead was identified ....
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Mexico votes on López Obrador's "transformation" at mid-term
Date: 2021-06-06 19:24:57 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:87 - ID:8996364
MEXICO CITY, June 6 (MENA) - Mexicans went to the polls Sunday to elect the entire lower house of Congress, almost half the country’s governors and most mayors in a vote that will determine whether Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ....
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COVID-19: UK reports another 5,341 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-06-06 18:33:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8996282
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The UK has reported another 5,341 coronvirus cases, down on yesterday - but significantly up on the same day last week, Sky News reported on Sunday. A further four deaths have also been recorded within 28 days of a ....
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German health minister under fire for unfit mask plans
Date: 2021-06-06 18:19:02 GMT - Germany - World - SN:78 - ID:8996224
BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn is facing fierce cross-party criticism after a report emerged about his ministry's plans to dispose of unusable face masks by handing them out to vulnerable groups amid the coronavirus ....
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Indian variant 'around 40% more transmissible' than Kent strain, Matt Hancock says
Date: 2021-06-06 09:53:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:8995329
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The Indian (Delta) variant of COVID-19 is 40% more transmissible than the Kent (Alpha) strain, Matt Hancock told Sky News. The health secretary said the new variant had made decisions behind the June 21 unlocking of ....
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US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-06-06 09:49:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:8995287
WASHINGTON, June 6 (MENA) - A US delegation led by Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has left for to Kabul and the region for talks on the peace process in Afghanistan. The US delegation comprised ....