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  • '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 ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus exceeds 142 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-04-20 10:09:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:8918778

    WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University (JHU) announced that the total number of global COVID-19 infections rose to 142,118,571 million people. The JHU statistics showed that 3,030,557 million people have died from COVID-19 virus ....

  • Russia reports 8,164 new COVID-19 cases, 379 deaths

    Date: 2021-04-20 09:39:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:8918645

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - Russia reported 8,164 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 1,996 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,718,854, the National Post reported. The government coronavirus task force ....

  • US ambassador to Russia to return to Washington briefly this week

    Date: 2021-04-20 08:42:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:8918566

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has confirmed on Tuesday that he would travel to Washington for consultations this week, noting that he would return to Moscow before the potential meeting between Russian President ....

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