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Taliban seize control of Nirkh district HQ in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-05-12 16:31:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:73 - ID:8954801
KABUL, May 12 (MENA) - The Taliban have overrun the Nirkh district headquarters in central Maidan Wardak province, a public representative says. Provincial council member Sharifullah Hotak confirmed that the insurgents took control of the ....
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Russian Su-27 fighter intercepts 3 French military aircraft over Black Sea
Date: 2021-05-12 16:29:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:8954722
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept two Mirage 2000 tactical combat planes and a C-135 aerial refueling tanker of the French Air Force over the Black Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center said ....
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Afghanistan: 50 Taliban fighters killed in Laghman
Date: 2021-05-12 15:48:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:68 - ID:8954751
KABUL, May 12 (MENA) - The Afghan air and ground forces launched attacks on the Taliban strongholds and convoys in Laghman, Bakhtar reported. Military officials said at least 50 Taliban members, including several Pakistani fighters, were killed ....
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China calls on UNSC to help ease tensions between Palestine, Israel
Date: 2021-05-12 14:59:13 GMT - China - World - SN:62 - ID:8954580
BEIJING, May 12 (MENA) – China on Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take actions to help ease the ongoing tensions between Palestine and Israel, Xinhua reported. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the ....
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Brazil reports 72,715 new coronavirus cases, 2,311 deaths
Date: 2021-05-12 13:29:15 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:47 - ID:8954421
BRASILIA, May 12 (MENA) – Brazil recorded 72,715 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,311 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil has registered nearly 15.3 million cases since ....
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Indian Covid-19 variant found in 44 countries: WHO
Date: 2021-05-12 13:11:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:8954409
GENEVA, May 12 (MENA) – The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world, Times of India reported. The UN health ....
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Serious coronavirus cases hit record high in Japan
Date: 2021-05-12 13:02:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:8954414
TOKYO, May 12 (MENA) – Japan's health authorities say the number of seriously-ill coronavirus patients across the country has hit a record high of 1,176, NHK reported. The figure which includes people on ventilators has more than tripled over the ....
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Germany reports 14,909 new Covid-19 cases, 268 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2021-05-12 13:01:35 GMT - Germany - World - SN:43 - ID:8954411
BERLIN, May 12 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 14,909 new Covid-19 cases and 268 deaths over the past 24 hours, DW said Wednesday. Germany’s total number of coronavirus infections rose to 3,548,285, while the total death ....
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Bulgaria reports 877 Covid-19 newly infected, 59 fatalities
Date: 2021-05-12 12:57:59 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:41 - ID:8954405
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 12 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, 877 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Bulgaria, data from the country’s information portal shows. Yesterday, 13,190 diagnostic tests were made - 5,581 PCR and 7,609 ....
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New COVID-19 infections in India surpass 250,000
Date: 2021-05-12 12:52:33 GMT - India - World - SN:40 - ID:8954406
NEW DELHI, May 12 (MENA) - India’s coronavirus fatalities crossed a quarter million on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began. According the the Indian health ministry, infections rose 348,421 in the 24 hours to Wednesday, ....
