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Moderna vaccine booster will be effective against some variants
Date: 2021-05-06 06:14:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:2 - ID:8944358
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - A single dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine given as a booster rapidly increased the level of antibodies in people who had already been vaccinated, The New York Times reported, quoting the company. The antibodies ....
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Out-of-control Chinese rocket to fall on Saturday: Pentagon says
Date: 2021-05-05 22:09:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:8944272
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - The Pentagon said it expects a tumbling Chinese rocket to fall out of orbit and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, though officials say it’s too early to predict where any debris will land, Bloomberg ....
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Biden administration backs Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers
Date: 2021-05-05 20:44:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:101 - ID:8944192
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - The Biden administration will support a proposal to waive international patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, reported The Hill quoting a top administration official. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a ....
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Cambodia reports 938 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-05-05 19:51:44 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:92 - ID:8944131
PHNOM PENH, May 5 (MENA) - Cambodia registered a daily record of 938 new coronavirus cases, taking the country's total caseload to 16,299 infections, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported Wednesday. One virus-related death was recorded in the ....
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Italy reports 267 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, 10,585 new cases
Date: 2021-05-05 19:31:17 GMT - Italy - World - SN:91 - ID:8944086
ROME, May 5 (MENA) - Italy reported 267 Covid-related deaths on Wednesday against 305 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 10,585 from 9,116. Italy has registered 122,005 deaths linked to ....
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Foreign troop withdrawal to strengthen national sovereignty of Afghanistan: Ghani
Date: 2021-05-05 19:10:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:89 - ID:8943910
KABUL, May 5 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has spoken with members of the Afghan Women’s Network at the presidential palace about a new chapter of cooperation with international community after the withdrawal of foreign troops from ....
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Prisoner exchange not part of Vienna talks - Moscow
Date: 2021-05-05 18:20:15 GMT - Austria - World - SN:80 - ID:8944069
VIENNA, May 5 (MENA) - Mikhail Ulyanov, who serves as the Russian envoy to the nuclear deal talks, said the issue of detainees was not on the table in the Vienna talks. “American or Iranian detainees are not a part of the Vienna talks,” Ulyanov ....
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Italy ready to welcome foreign tourists says Di Maio
Date: 2021-05-05 17:45:40 GMT - Italy - World - SN:73 - ID:8944034
ROME, May 5 (MENA) - Italy is ready to welcome foreign tourists, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on the second day of a G7 foreign ministers meet in London on Wednesday. Echoing what Premier Mario Draghi said to tourism ministers a day ....
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Greece registers 2,093 new coronavirus cases, 96 deaths
Date: 2021-05-05 17:22:07 GMT - Greece - World - SN:66 - ID:8943908
ATHENS, May 5 (MENA) - Greek health authorities announced on Wednesday 2,093 new cases of the coronavirus and 96 deaths over the past 24 hours. There are 765 patients on ventilators, compared to 783 a day earlier, Ekathimerini newspaper ....
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Facebook oversight board upholds social network’s ban of Trump
Date: 2021-05-05 15:53:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:8943845
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - A Facebook-appointed panel of journalists, activists and lawyers on Wednesday upheld the social network’s ban of former President Donald J. Trump, ending any immediate return by Trump to mainstream social media and ....