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Pakistan reports 4,487 new coronavirus cases, 142 deaths over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-04-27 05:47:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:8930429
ISLAMABAD, April 27 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 4,487 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 804,939. The country's death toll climbed to 17,329 after 142 people succumbed to the deadly disease, the Express ....
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India reports world's largest daily rise with over 353,000 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-04-26 20:27:09 GMT - India - World - SN:88 - ID:8930126
NEW DELHI, April 26 (MENA) - India recorded about a 353,000 daily increase in Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours for the second day in a row, with a total caseload crossing 17 million, the Times of India reported. With 352,991 people testing ....
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Portugal reports no COVID-related deaths in past day, first time since August 2020
Date: 2021-04-26 19:55:41 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:85 - ID:8930233
LISBON, April 26 (MENA) - Portugal reported no coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours on Monday for the first time in nearly nine months as the country emerges from a two-month lockdown, the health authority said. The country has ....
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UK reports another 6 deaths, 2,064 coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-04-26 18:43:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:8930042
LONDON, April 26 (MENA) - The UK has reported another six coronavirus-related deaths and 2,064 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported. Since the pandemic started, a total of 127,434 people have died in the UK within 28 days of ....
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Greece reports 1,317 new coronavirus cases, 80 deaths
Date: 2021-04-26 18:36:14 GMT - Greece - World - SN:74 - ID:8930121
ATHENS, April 26 (MENA) – Greek health authorities announced 1,317 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24-hour period on Monday, as well as 80 deaths, according to Kathimerini newspaper. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 334,436 ....
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Supermoon to appear in sky Tuesday -- NRIAG
Date: 2021-04-26 10:08:08 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:33 - ID:8929023
CAIRO, April 26 (MENA) - The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, will occur Tuesday at 5:33 a.m., the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) reported Monday. The moon will have reached perigee by that time, NRIAG ....
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US, UK lead global efforts to help India’s Covid crisis: paper
Date: 2021-04-26 10:06:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:32 - ID:8929044
LONDON, April 26 (MENA) - International efforts to help India fight its devastating coronavirus crisis have stepped up as the White House said the US would immediately provide raw materials for vaccine manufacture and the UK announced it had ....
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World military spending rises to almost $2 trillion in 2020
Date: 2021-04-26 10:00:44 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:31 - ID:8929045
STOCKHOLM, April 26 (MENA) - Total global military expenditure rose to $1981 billion last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent in real terms from 2019, according to new data published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ....
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South Africa declares J&J shots safe, roll-out set to resume
Date: 2021-04-26 09:27:35 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:27 - ID:8928974
CAPE TOWN, April 26 (MENA) - South Africa will resume administering Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccines to health-care workers on April 28, after putting their use on hold for two weeks due to concerns that they could be linked to blood clots, ....
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Paper: Fresh covid emergency could dampen Japan’s economic recovery hope
Date: 2021-04-26 09:10:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8928877
TOKYO, April 26 (MENA) - Japan’s fresh state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic threatens to nip hopes for an economic recovery in the bud by further weakening consumption, economists warned. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared Friday ....