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  • Chinese President Xi to attend Biden's climate change summit

    Date: 2021-04-21 08:40:19 GMT - China - World - SN:22 - ID:8920477

    BEIJING, April 21 (MENA) - China's President Xi Jinping will attend a US-led climate change summit on Thursday at the invitation of President Joe Biden, in the first meeting between the two leaders since the advent of the new US administration, NBC ....

  • Japan to impose fresh COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo

    Date: 2021-04-21 08:34:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:8920471

    TOKYO, April 21 (MENA) - The government plans to impose a fresh coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and Hyogo prefectures soon as a surge in severe cases chokes the areas' health care systems, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported, ....

  • 24,884 new cases of Covid-19 in Germany

    Date: 2021-04-21 07:55:16 GMT - Germany - World - SN:16 - ID:8920362

    BERLIN, April 21 (MENA) - The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported Wednesday 24,884 new infections, which is much more than the previous day (9.609). There were 331 corona deaths per day. The nationwide 7-day incidence dropped to 160.1. ....

  • 'It can't stop here': Biden, after Chauvin verdict, calls for passage of George Floyd bill

    Date: 2021-04-21 07:27:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8920360

    WASHINGTON, April 21 (MENA) - President Joe Biden called for a "moment of significant change" to fight systemic racism in policing Tuesday after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd, ....

  • India registers 295,000 new Covid-19 cases, 2,023 death

    Date: 2021-04-21 06:05:29 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:8920302

    NEW DELHI, April 21 (MENA) - The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections inched closer to 300,000 with more than 2,000 daily deaths, The India Times reported quoting the Union health ministry on Wednesday. A total of 295,041 fresh ....

  • Argentina starts producing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

    Date: 2021-04-20 22:09:46 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:113 - ID:8920169

    BUENOS AIRES, April 20 (MENA) - Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to start the production of Russia's Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a press release on Tuesday. "The Russian ....

  • Two Taiwanese pilots test positive for Covid-19

    Date: 2021-04-20 19:43:18 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:100 - ID:8919975

    TAIPEI, April 20 (MENA) - Two Taiwanese pilots tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after returning from an assignment to the United States, though the source of their infection remains undetermined, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center ....

  • EU regulator finds possible link between Johnson & Johnson vaccine and blood clots, but says benefits outweigh risks

    Date: 2021-04-20 19:16:06 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:98 - ID:8919964

    AMSTERDAM, April 20 (MENA) - Europe's medicines regulator said it has found a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine and rare blood clots, but emphasized that the overall benefits of getting the shot outweigh the risks, CNN ....

  • Greece seeks partnerships, more hardware

    Date: 2021-04-20 15:03:50 GMT - Greece - World - SN:70 - ID:8919491

    ATHENS, April 20 (MENA) - Greece has pledged to expand military cooperation with traditional NATO allies as well as Middle Eastern powers in a race to modernize its armed forces and face its militarily assertive neighbor Turkey, Kathermini reported ....

  • Moscow expels 2 Bulgarian diplomats

    Date: 2021-04-20 11:59:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:8919068

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - Two employees of the Bulgarian embassy in Moscow have been declared personae non grata in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria, the Russian Foreign Ministry was quoted by Sputnik on Tuesday. "On ....

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