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Global coronavirus deaths exceed 3 million: JHU
Date: 2021-04-18 06:38:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8914947
WASHINGTON, April 30 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 140.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s ....
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US orders non-essential personnel out of Chad over fears of rebel attacks on capital
Date: 2021-04-18 06:30:47 GMT - Chad - World - SN:3 - ID:8914940
N'DJAMENA, April 18 (MENA) - The US has ordered its non-essential diplomats out of Chad over fears of insurgent attacks on the capital, as early election results show president Idriss Deby is poised to continue his three-decade rule of the African ....
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Pakistan reports 6,127 coronavirus cases in one day
Date: 2021-04-18 06:16:04 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:1 - ID:8914928
ISLAMABAD, April 18 (MENA) - Pakistan has reported 149 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 756,285. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 16,243 on Sunday. According to the ....
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Report: Iran identifies culprit behind Natanz sabotage act; says he fled country before attack
Date: 2021-04-17 21:39:41 GMT - Iran - World - SN:71 - ID:8914807
TEHRAN, April 17 (MNEA) - Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has identified the culprit behind the recent act of sabotage at its Natanz nuclear facility, who had fled the country before the attack, Press TV said. The Natanz nuclear site was hit by an ....
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Japan's PM urges Pfizer to provide more supplies of COVID-19 vaccine
Date: 2021-04-17 21:09:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:70 - ID:8914760
TOKYO, April 17 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. on Saturday to provide additional supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to Japan, Japanese officials said. Suga made the request during telephone ....
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NATO calls on Russia to allow freedom of navigation in Sea of Azov
Date: 2021-04-17 21:07:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:8914785
BRUSSELS, April 17 (MENA) - NATO considers Russia's actions to restrict access through the Kerch Strait and ban on navigation in the Sea of Azov a part of the country's broader pattern of destabilising behaviour in the region and calls on Russia to ....
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Czech govt expels 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 blast
Date: 2021-04-17 19:30:10 GMT - Czech - World - SN:64 - ID:8914669
PRAGUE, April 17 (MENA) - The Czech government said Saturday it will expel 18 Russian diplomats identified by local intelligence as secret agents of the Russian SVR and GRU services that are suspected of involvement in a 2014 explosion, Moscow Times ....
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Belarus detains group planning to kill president
Date: 2021-04-17 19:24:05 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:63 - ID:8914667
MINSK, April 17 (MENA) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the country's security forces had detained a group people backed by the US intelligence services, who had been planning to assassinate him and his children, Belarus News ....
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Participants in Iran nuclear deal ready to continue talks soon - Russian envoy
Date: 2021-04-17 18:53:51 GMT - Austria - World - SN:58 - ID:8914623
VIENNA, April 17 (MENA) - The participants in a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission expressed their resolve after their Saturday discussions to continue the talks on the Iran nuclear deal as soon as possible, ....
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South Korean FM meets US climate envoy
Date: 2021-04-17 18:31:51 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:8914620
SEOUL, April 17 (MENA) - South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met here on Saturday with US climate envoy John Kerry for talks ahead of a virtual climate summit of world leaders called by US President Joe Biden for next week. Kerry ....