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  • Sri Lanka bans 11 extremist organizations including Daesh, Qaeda

    Date: 2021-04-14 09:19:51 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:25 - ID:8908917

    COLOMBO, April 14 (MENA) - An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued banning 11 extremist organisations in Sri Lanka, including Daesh and Al Qaeda, the Daily News reported. The banned groups also include United Thawheed (Thowheedh) ....

  • Britain follows as Joe Biden says US troops will leave Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-04-14 09:04:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:8908866

    LONDON, April 14 (MENA) - Britain will withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan after President Biden said last night that US forces would leave by September 11, The Times reported. About 750 British soldiers are stationed in the country and ....

  • Biden to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

    Date: 2021-04-14 08:38:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8908819

    WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has decided to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted America's longest war, the ABC News quoted officials as ....

  • Coronavirus cases around world reach 137,456,881 million

    Date: 2021-04-14 07:24:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8908691

    WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University announced that the total number of coronavirus cases reached 137,456,881 million around the world. The fatalities from the pandemic reached 2,959,547 million cases, JHU said on its website ....

  • Moderna Covid vaccine efficacy falls slightly to 90% in US trial

    Date: 2021-04-14 07:23:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8908693

    WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - US biotech company Moderna announced COVID vaccine is 90 percent effective against all forms of the disease and 95 percent effective against severe disease, The Economic Times reported. The new results come from its ....

  • Biden accepts Pelosi invitation to address joint session of Congress on April 28

    Date: 2021-04-14 07:23:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8908692

    WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s invitation for him to address a joint session of Congress on April 28, ending weeks of speculation on when the president would deliver his first ....

  • EU remains world's leading ODA donor with €66.8 bln in 2020

    Date: 2021-04-13 22:28:58 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:92 - ID:8908412

    BRUSSELS, April 13 (MENA) - The collective Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the European Union and its 27 Member States amounted to €66.8 billion in 2020, representing 46 percent of global assistance. The EU's and its Member States ....

  • Moscow launches Phase Two clinical trials of COVID-globulin on 156 patients

    Date: 2021-04-13 20:08:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:8908447

    MOSCOW, April 13 (MENA) - Phase Two clinical trials of the COVID-globulin preparation created on the basis of blood of coronavirus patients have been launched in Moscow with 156 patients participating, according to the press service of the capital’s ....

  • Brazil reports 35,785 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-04-13 19:11:38 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:77 - ID:8908424

    RIO DE JANEIRO, April 13 (MENA) - Brazil recorded 35,785 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide count to 13.5 million. The Brazilian Health Ministry registered 1,480 deaths, raising the death toll to ....

  • Russia plans to expand production of its "Sputnik V" Covid-19 jab

    Date: 2021-04-13 18:41:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:8908330

    MOSCOW, April 13 (MENA) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) expected Tuesday that over 50 million doses of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine will be manufactured in India by this summer, RT reported. During a virtual press conference earlier ....

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