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A year of Covid lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn, study says
Date: 2021-03-22 09:55:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:8864792
LONDON, March 22 (MENA) - A year of Covid-19 lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn – the equivalent of the entire annual output of the south-east of England or nearly twice that of Scotland, The Guardian quoted a report published on ....
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Taiwan starts Covid-19 vaccinations as premier receives AstraZeneca shot
Date: 2021-03-22 09:40:17 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:27 - ID:8864680
TAIPEI, March 22 (MENA) - Taiwan Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung received their first shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the country began administering the vaccines against ....
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Russia reports 9,284 new coronavirus cases, 361 deaths
Date: 2021-03-22 09:38:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:8864750
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Russia on Monday reported 9,284 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 1,586 in Moscow. This takes the total number of cases in Russia to 4,466,153 and 95,391 deaths, the Moscow Times reported, quoting the ....
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Russia launches 38 Satellites for 18 countries
Date: 2021-03-22 08:57:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:8864721
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, The Moscow Times quoted Russian space agency ....
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Japanese cautious after Tokyo region COVID-19 emergency lifted
Date: 2021-03-22 08:40:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:23 - ID:8864698
TOKYO, March 22 (MENA) - People in the Tokyo metropolitan region remained cautious Monday a day after it became the last area of Japan to exit the coronavirus state of emergency introduced in early January, Kyodo reported. Some were worried that ....
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South Korea defense chief embarks on trip to UAE
Date: 2021-03-22 08:08:16 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:8864591
SEOUL, March 22 (MENA) - Defense Minister Suh Wook has embarked on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India to meet with senior officials there to discuss ways to boost defense and arms industry ties, Yonhap quoted his office as saying ....
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Russia FM starts visit to China for talks on coordination of joint action
Date: 2021-03-22 07:55:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8864522
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived on a working visit to the Chinese city of Guilin for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Tass News Agency reported. The ministers are expected to discuss the ....
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Trump is returning to social media in a few months with his own platform, spokesman says
Date: 2021-03-22 07:46:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8864524
WASHINGTON, March 22 (MENA) - Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media -- but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday. Jason Miller, a long-time adviser and spokesperson for Trump's 2020 ....
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US homeland security secretary defends border policy amid surge
Date: 2021-03-22 07:45:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8864514
WASHINGTON, March 22 (MENA) - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his department’s handling of a surge of migrants at the southern US border, blaming the Trump administration for much of the current situation and saying that the ....
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 123.1 Million:JHU
Date: 2021-03-22 06:35:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8864466
WASHINGTON, March 22 (MENA) - The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 123.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.71 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the ....
