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AP says 'horrified' by Israeli attack on its office
Date: 2021-05-15 18:19:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:8958482
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) – An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday. All AP employees and freelancers evacuated the building safely, the AP ....
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UK reports 7 more coronavirus deaths, 2,207 new cases
Date: 2021-05-15 15:51:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:8958356
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - The UK has reported another seven coronavirus deaths and 2,207 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported Saturday. Meanwhile, another 204,912 people had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while ....
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Japan registers 6,400 new coronavirus cases, 93 deaths
Date: 2021-05-15 15:30:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:57 - ID:8958291
TOKYO, May 15 (MENA) - Japan registered on Saturday 6,400 new coronavirus cases and 93 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to NHK news. Tokyo confirmed 772 new cases. Officials said the number of people in serious condition increased by one ....
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Afghan gov't, Taliban agree on resuming peace talks
Date: 2021-05-15 15:21:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:56 - ID:8958293
KABUL, May 15 (MENA) - The Afghan government and Taliban agreed on resuming peace talks, according to the Afghan news agency (Pajhwok). The two sides reviewed the current situation and underlined the importance of speeding up peace talks after Eid ....
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Japan risks multiple new states of emergency with slow vaccine pace, study shows
Date: 2021-05-15 15:02:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:54 - ID:8958315
TOKYO, May 15 (MENA) - Japan must significantly ramp up the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations or face the prospect of up to four more states of emergency by the end of next March, according to projections by two researchers. The authors of the study, ....
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India’s coronavirus crisis spreads to its villages, where health care is hard to find - paper
Date: 2021-05-15 14:56:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8958191
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - The illness traveled silently through the narrow lanes of this prosperous village in Uttar Pradesh, infecting both young and old. People complained of fevers, cough and breathlessness. Then they began to die. According ....
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France's vaccine rollout on track to hit 20 million target
Date: 2021-05-15 14:49:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:8958260
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - France is on track to reach its goal Saturday of 20 million initial doses of coronavirus vaccines, officials said days ahead of a hugely anticipated reopening of restaurant terraces as the government begins lifting a ....
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UK health min.: We are responding calmly to Indian Covid variant
Date: 2021-05-15 13:50:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:8958151
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - UK Health Minister Edward Argar has said that the government is acting "coolly" and "calmly" to tackle the coronavirus variant first found in India as social distancing measures are further eased on Monday, the Guardian ....
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UK tourists can enter Portugal from Monday as Covid restrictions end
Date: 2021-05-15 12:38:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:8958118
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - Portugal is to reopen to British visitors with negative PCR test results on Monday, despite the government extending a nationwide state of emergency until the end of the month as the country continues to recover from a third ....
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Georgia reports 1,576 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-15 12:25:33 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:37 - ID:8957979
TBILISI, May 15 (MENA) - Some 1,576 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Georgia in the past 24 hours, IPN reported Saturday. The total number of confirmed cases detected since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic climbed to ....
