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  • Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 9

    Date: 2021-05-23 13:45:00 GMT - Italy - World - SN:52 - ID:8971020

    ROME, May 23 (MENA) - A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two children to the hospital, CTV News reported. A photo of the wreckage taken by Italy's fire squad showed ....

  • US records 19,778 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-05-23 10:38:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:8970600

    WASHINGTON, May 23 (MENA) - The US reported 19,778 new coronavirus infections and 480 virus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University data released Sunday. According to JHU's tally, the nationwide totals now ....

  • Build back better and preserve biodiversity after COVID-19 pandemic: UN chief

    Date: 2021-05-23 10:33:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:8970542

    NEW YORK, May 23 (MENA) - In a video message for the day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres focused on the symbiotic relationship between humans and all other life on Earth, stressing that preserving and sustainably managing biodiversity is ....

  • India reports 8,000 cases of black fungus

    Date: 2021-05-23 09:06:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:8970370

    LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - India has reported more than 8,800 cases of deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease, the BBC reported. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved ....

  • Head of religious scholars council killed in Afghan district of Parwan

    Date: 2021-05-23 08:59:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:8970344

    KABUL, May 23 (MENA) - Mawlawi Saifullah Safi, head of the religious scholars council in Sayedkhil district in Parwan province, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on Sunday morning, local officials said as quoted by Tolo news channel. ....

  • Russia reports 8,951 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-05-23 08:56:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:8970332

    MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed on Sunday 5,001,505 cases of coronavirus and 118,482 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic ....

  • Pfizer and AstraZeneca ‘highly effective’ against India Covid variant

    Date: 2021-05-23 08:41:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:8970325

    LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs are highly effective at protecting people from the strain of the Covid-19 virus first found in India, a study by Public Health England (PHE) has found. The analysis, carried out between ....

  • UK defense minister named Moscow as "number one adversary threat"

    Date: 2021-05-23 08:35:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:8970300

    LONDON/MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - Russian naval vessels have been showing increased activity along Britain’s coastline, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in an interview with The Telegraph. "We’re regularly visited by nosy Russian ships, and we ....

  • Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 6,714

    Date: 2021-05-23 07:45:54 GMT - Germany - World - SN:16 - ID:8970238

    BERKIN, May 23 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 6,714 to 3,648,958, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 82 to 87,380, the ....

  • CDC investigating heart problems in few young vaccine recipients

    Date: 2021-05-23 07:20:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8970217

    NEW YORK, May 23 (MENA) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into reports that a very small number of teenagers and young adults who got the COVID-19 vaccine may have experienced heart problems, CNBC reported. CDC officials ....

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