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FT says India’s second wave of COVID-19 threat to world
Date: 2021-04-27 09:31:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:8930709
LONDON, April 27 (MENA) - The suffering of the Indian people in the country’s second wave of Covid-19 is a human tragedy on a vast scale. It is also a warning, and a danger, for the world, said The Financial Times (FT) newspaper. Many nations ....
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7,204 new COVID-19 cases in Philippines
Date: 2021-04-27 09:24:23 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:27 - ID:8930687
MANILA, April 27 (MENA) - The Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,204 new COVID-19 cases in Philippines on Tuesday, bringing the total active infections in the country to 71,675, Inquirer reported. According to a case bulletin from the DOH, the ....
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Tokyo 2020 defends request for Olympic nurses as virus spikes
Date: 2021-04-27 09:21:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:26 - ID:8930785
TOKYO, April 27 (MENA) - Tokyo Olympics organisers have defended their request for 500 nurses at the pandemic-delayed mega-event, after accusations of diverting crucial medical resources, said The Japan Times. Reports about their request to the ....
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South Korea records 512 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-04-27 08:53:58 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:8930722
SEOUL, April 27 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new virus cases stayed in the 500s for the second straight day Tuesday due to less testing as the country accelerates a vaccine rollout amid woes over another wave of the pandemic, Yonhap News Agency ....
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Road accident kills 7, injures 70 in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-04-27 08:40:22 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8930651
KABUL, April 27 (MENA) - Seven commuters lost lives and 70 others sustained injury as two passenger buses collided outside Kabul on Monday night, Xinhua quoted Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian as saying Tuesday. A Kabul-Kandahar bound bus ....
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The Hill: Vaccine slowdown poses new challenge for Biden's messaging
Date: 2021-04-27 08:39:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:8930642
WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden faces a new challenge in his COVID-19 messaging as much of the country remains unvaccinated despite significant progress in the early months of his administration, according to The Hill. The ....
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Cuba confirms 938 Covid-19 patients and six deaths
Date: 2021-04-27 08:31:28 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:21 - ID:8930644
HAANA, April 27 (MENA) - Cuba on Tuesday reported 938 Covid-19 patients, totaling 102,441 contagions in the country, as a result of a high autochthonous infections in recent times, Prensa Latina news agency reported. During his daily press ....
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Annual Japan diplomacy report targets Chinese military concerns
Date: 2021-04-27 08:13:04 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:8930592
TOKYO, April 27 (MENA) - The government emphasized concerns over China's military expansion and activities in the East and South China seas in an annual foreign policy report released Tuesday, but Beijing's growing assertiveness around Taiwan was ....
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5 persons killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2021-04-27 08:11:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:8930598
KABUL, April 27 (MENA) - At least five people, including a former Taliban member, were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Monday night, Tolo News reported Tuesday. The incident happened late Monday ....
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China launches nine commercial satellites
Date: 2021-04-27 07:55:53 GMT - China - World - SN:17 - ID:8930588
BEIJING, April 27 (MENA) - China launched its Long March-6 rocket on Tuesday, sending nine commercial satellites into space, Shine News reported. The rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at ....
