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UK to dispatch 1,000 life-saving ventilators to Covid-hit India
Date: 2021-05-02 19:22:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:8939484
LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - The UK plans to ship 1,000 ventilators for use in hospitals in India and have also set up a clinical taskforce to provide medical advice in the raging battle against Covid-19. The aid is part of Britain's support to India ....
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US denies Iranian state TV report on deals to release US, British prisoners
Date: 2021-05-02 15:18:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:8939294
WASHINGTON, May 2 (MENA) - US State Department spokesman Ned Price has denied an Iranian state TV report that Iran will free prisoners with Western ties in Iran in exchange for billions of dollars from the United States and the United Kingdom, USA ....
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Dozens of German police injured in May Day riots
Date: 2021-05-02 15:01:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:67 - ID:8939180
BERLIN, May 2 (MENA) - At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, ABC News quoted a Berlin's top security official as saying Sunday. More than 20 different ....
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Croatia reports 944 new coronavirus cases, 52 deaths
Date: 2021-05-02 14:05:17 GMT - Croatia - World - SN:64 - ID:8939108
ZAGREB, May 2 (MENA) – Croatia has registered 944 new coronavirus cases and 52 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team reported on Sunday. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the ....
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Czech reports 1,169 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-02 13:46:42 GMT - Czech - World - SN:63 - ID:8939107
PRAGUE, May 2 (MENA) – Only 1,169 new coronavirus cases were registered on May 1, the fewest for a Saturday since early September, Czech Radio reported on Sunday. Just under 2,500 people remained hospitalized due to Covid-19, one-fifth of them ....
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S. Korea faces looming COVID-19 vaccine shortage
Date: 2021-05-02 12:41:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:57 - ID:8939040
SEOUL, May 2 (MENA) - South Korea may soon face a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as less than 10 percent of the country's AstraZeneca vaccine doses are left, Yonhap reported Sunday. The health authority raised concerns over delays in the nation's ....
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Philippines logs 8,346 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-02 10:00:38 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:32 - ID:8938692
MANILA, May 2 (MENA) - The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Sunday 8,346 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,054,983. The death toll climbed to 17,431 after 77 more patients died from ....
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Bulgaria registers 466 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-02 09:54:36 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:31 - ID:8938657
SOFIA, May 2 (MENA) - Bulgaria registered 466 new cornavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 404,194, Sofia News Agency reported Sunday quoting a Health Ministry statement. According ....
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Afghan gov’t does not see any justification for Taliban violence -- Official
Date: 2021-05-02 09:21:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:8938592
KABUL, May 2 (MENA) - Afghanistan's National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib has said that the government does not see any justification for the Taliban war as NATO and US troops are preparing to withdraw, Khaama Press reported. Taliban is an ....
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US retaliates following rocket attacks on ‘Kandahar Airfield’
Date: 2021-05-02 08:49:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:8938566
KABUL, May 2 (MENA) - After a rocket attack on Kandahar Airfield on Saturday night, US forces responded back at the insurgents, Khaama Press reported. US forces spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett said that American forces conducted a “precision ....