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  • Japan records 3,800 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-05-03 15:01:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:66 - ID:8940399

    TOKYO, May 3 (MENA) - Japanese health authorities said more than 3,800 new cases have been reported on Monday, along with 43 deaths. The number of patients with serious symptoms across Japan stands at 1,084, renewing the record set on Sunday. The ....

  • 21 people wounded in bomb blast in western Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-05-03 14:44:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:8940524

    KABUL, May 3 (MENA) - A bomb exploded near a school in western Afghanistan on Monday wounding 21 people, many of them young students, a provincial official, quoted by ABC news, said. Ambulances rushed to the site and took the wounded to nearby ....

  • EU summons Russia's ambassador over travel bans on officials

    Date: 2021-05-03 12:44:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:8940166

    MOSCOW, May 3 (MENA) - The European Union summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday after Moscow put eight EU nationals, including top Brussels officials, on a blacklist in retaliation for sanctions by the bloc, according to the Moscow Times. ....

  • 4 Afghan security members killed in Taliban attack in Nahrin

    Date: 2021-05-03 10:43:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:8940072

    KABUL, May 3 (MENA) - Four Afghan security members were killed, including a commander, in a Taliban attack in Nahrin district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday night, Tolo news agency reported Monday. Mohammad Azizi, district governor, ....

  • Russia reports 8,489 new coronavirus cases, 336 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-03 09:46:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:8940002

    MOSCOW, May 3 (MENA) - Russia reported 8,489 new coronavirus infections on Monday, including 2,635 in Moscow, bringing the total national tally of infections to 4,831,744. The Russian coronavirus crisis centre said 336 more deaths of coronavirus ....

  • India’s vaccine shortage will last months, biggest manufacturer warns

    Date: 2021-05-03 09:37:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:8939962

    LONDON, May 3 (MENA) - The chief executive of India’s Serum Institute, the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer, has warned that shortages of jabs will persist for months after Narendra Modi’s government failed to prepare for a devastating second ....

  • 7,255 new COVID-19 cases reported in PH

    Date: 2021-05-03 09:06:12 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:26 - ID:8939900

    MANILA, May 3 (MENA) - The Philippines reported 7,255 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, the Department of Health said in its latest bulletin. That raised nationwide cases to 1,062,225, of which 69,466 are active cases, CNN reported quoting the ....

  • South Korea to push forward US-North Korea talks

    Date: 2021-05-03 08:58:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:8939819

    SEOUL, May 3 (MENA) - South Korea will try to help move nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea forward and restore its own dialogue with Pyongyang, the government said Sunday in a policy report on inter-Korean relations for this ....

  • US stresses support for political settlement in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-05-03 08:47:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8939875

    KABUL, May 3 (MENA) - US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad has underlined the need for urgent support toward an inclusive political settlement that ends over 40 years of conflict in Afghanistan, Pajhwok reported Monday. Ambassador Khalilzad ....

  • Blinken to attend G7 foreign ministers' meeting in London

    Date: 2021-05-03 08:37:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8939848

    WASHINGTON, May 3 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the G7 Foreign and Development Minister’s Meeting in London, the United Kingdom, from May 3-5, 2021, the State Department announced. "Secretary Blinken is attending the ....

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