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John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus exceeds 157 million worldwide
Date: 2021-05-09 06:27:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8948720
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - As many as 157,690,329 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 3,283,048 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It reported that there have been 93,709,032 ....
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China says its rocket disintegrated over Indian Ocean after uncontrolled re-entry
Date: 2021-05-09 06:16:10 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:8948705
BEIJING, May 9 (MENA) - Debris from a Chinese rocketfell back to Earth on Sunday, disintegrating over the Indian Ocean, according to Chinese state media. The reports cited the China Manned Space Engineering Office as saying that the point of ....
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Two avalanches in French Alps kill seven
Date: 2021-05-08 19:28:10 GMT - France - World - SN:72 - ID:8948406
PARIS, May 8 (MENA) - Two avalanches in the French Alpine region of Savoie left seven people dead Saturday, France 24 reported on Saturday, quoting prefecture sources. Local authorities had already warned Friday of unstable snow formations given ....
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Blasts near girls' school in Kabul; 30 people killed
Date: 2021-05-08 18:47:19 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:8948374
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - At least three blasts happened near Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in west of Kabul on Saturday, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. According to the ministry, at least 30 people were killed and 52 more were wounded in the ....
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Merkel rejects US move to waive patents on vaccines
Date: 2021-05-08 18:27:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8948325
LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed opposition to the US President Joe Biden administration’s proposal to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, saying it would have “serious implications” for ....
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Khalilzad says US to back Afghan Republic if Taliban rejects peace
Date: 2021-05-08 16:27:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:8948197
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - US special envoy to Afganistan Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday the United States will stand with Afghans who support the Republic if Taliban do not choose peace, the local Tolo News reported. He made the remarks after ....
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More prefectures report record high daily Covid-19 infections
Date: 2021-05-08 16:12:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:50 - ID:8948198
TOKYO, May 8 (MENA) - In Japan, 14 out of 47 prefectures have reported record high daily coronavirus infections, NHK reported. Nationwide, the total figures topped 7,000 for the first time since January. The northern prefecture of Hokkaido ....
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Pope Francis backs waiving patents on Covid vaccines
Date: 2021-05-08 16:11:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8948209
LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - Pope Francis has offered his support for waiving coronavirus vaccine patents to boost supply to poorer countries, in a video message to the Vax Live concert. The Argentine pontiff backed “universal access to the vaccine and ....
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Iran reports 13,576 new coronavirus cases, 283 deaths
Date: 2021-05-08 12:53:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:23 - ID:8947837
TEHRAN, May 8 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry on Saturday announced that 13,576 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 2,640,670. In a statement carried by Fars news ....
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Afghanistan: Taliban seizes major dam in Kandahar district
Date: 2021-05-08 09:00:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8947320
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - Taliban fighters have claimed taking control of a major dam in southern Kandahar province, an assertion confirmed by local officials, pajwhok news agency reported Saturday. “We have seized the Dahla Dam in Arghandab ....
