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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 ....
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West looks past Covid-19, sees economic resurgence
Date: 2021-04-26 08:28:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8928727
WASHINGTON, April 26 (MENA) - After the worst year for the global economy since the Great Depression, the US is set to lead a vigorous rebound in the West as mass vaccination against Covid-19 propels a return to more or less normal life, according ....
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Greece lifts quarantine for 7 more countries
Date: 2021-04-26 08:27:11 GMT - Greece - World - SN:20 - ID:8928726
ATHENS, April 26 (MENA) - Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that the quarantine requirement is lifted for travelers from seven more countries, provided they obtain proof of vaccination, immunity, or negative test results for ....
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EU set to allow vaccinated US tourists this summer, NYT says
Date: 2021-04-26 08:06:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8928723
NEW YORK, April 26 (MENA) - The European Union plans to open its doors this summer to U.S. tourists who’ve been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the New York Times reported, citing the head of the bloc’s executive body. The change, which would ....
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U.S. sending aid to India amid COVID-19 crisis
Date: 2021-04-26 07:12:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8928648
WASHINGTON, April 26 (MENA) - The U.S. is sending protective gear, therapeutic drugs and raw materials for vaccines to India as it battles a catastrophic wave of COVID-19 cases that is taxing its health system, depleting oxygen supplies and forcing ....
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India reports record 352,991 new Covid-19 cases, more than 2,800 deaths
Date: 2021-04-26 07:12:07 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:8928649
NEW DELHI, April 26 (MENA) - India on Monday recorded 352,991 new cases for the second day in a row, with total caseload crossing 17 million even as daily deaths also jumped to an all-time high of over 2,800, the Times of India reported. With ....
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 146.8mn
Date: 2021-04-26 07:09:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8928639
WASHINGTON, April 26 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 146.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.10 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the ....
