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Joe Biden arrives in UK in first official overseas trip as US president
Date: 2021-06-09 20:34:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:96 - ID:9002182
LONDON, June 9 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden has arrived in the UK on Air Force One ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall, Sky News reported. He touched down at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Wednesday evening, beginning his first overseas trip as ....
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Biden quietly moves to start closing Guantánamo ahead of 20th anniversary of 9/11
Date: 2021-06-09 19:31:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:9002120
WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden has quietly begun efforts to close the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, using an under-the-radar approach to minimize political blowback and to try to make at least some progress in ....
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US to donate 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses globally
Date: 2021-06-09 19:07:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9002128
WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - The Biden administration plans to donate 500 million Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine doses to about 100 countries over the next two years, three sources familiar with the matter said as quoted by CNN. The United ....
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Italy records 2,199 new infections
Date: 2021-06-09 17:52:32 GMT - Italy - World - SN:76 - ID:9002021
ROME, June 9 (MENA) - Italy reported 77 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 102 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 2,199 from 1,896. Italy has registered 126,767 deaths linked to ....
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Delta coronavirus variant believed to have 60% transmission advantage - UK epidemiologist
Date: 2021-06-09 17:39:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:68 - ID:9001930
LONDON, June 9 (MENA) - The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant which was previously dominant in Britain, US News quoted a prominent UK epidemiologist as ....
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Afghanistan reports 1,845 new COVID-19 cases, 51 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-09 14:29:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:9001448
KABUL, June 9 (MENA) – Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health reported 1,843 new positive cases of COVID-19 out 5,044 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Bakhtar News Agency reported. The ministry reported 51 deaths and 257 recoveries from ....
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JHU: Total coronavirus cases in world hit 174,008,052
Date: 2021-06-09 09:02:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9000796
WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Wednesday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the world hit 174,008,052. According to JHU, the total death cases reached 3,747,927, reported CNN. Director General of ....
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Russia reports 10,407 coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-09 08:54:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:9000757
MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - The Russian health authorities on Wednesday reported 10,407 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the total number of infections in the country up to 5,156,250. Also, the health authorities reported 399 new ....
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Total coronavirus cases in US reach 33,391,092
Date: 2021-06-09 08:53:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9000723
WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - The total coronavirus cases in the US increased up to 33,391,092, reported CNN on Wednesday. Also, the total death cases in the US reached 598,326 since the start of the pandemic, it added. (MENA) A S E/ ....
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Germany records 3,254 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-06-09 08:52:15 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:9000563
BERLIN, June 9 (MENA) - Germany recorded Wednesday 3,254 new covid-19 infections during the past 24 hours taking the infection tally to 3,705,942 The Robert Koch Institute's daily update said 107 people also died from the virus in the same period ....