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IMF says US stimulus offers significant boost to global economy
Date: 2021-03-16 09:58:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:8853378
WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden's massive stimulus program is expected to boost US economic growth and also help to spur the global recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes. US GDP will expand five to six ....
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New Zealand reports 2,432 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-16 08:48:09 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:24 - ID:8853241
WELLINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - New Zealand health authorities reported on Tuesday 2,432 new coronavirus cases, including two imported cases, over the past 24 hours, New Zealand TV reported. The Ministry of Health said there are now 95 active cases ....
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Belgium records 1,578 new COVID-19 infections
Date: 2021-03-16 08:35:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:23 - ID:8853172
BRUSSELS, March 16 (MENA) - Belgium recorded 1,578 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, RTBF channel reported Tuesday. The scientific institute for public health of the federal Belgian State (Sciensano) also reported 104 virus-related deaths. It ....
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Germany reports 5,480 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-03-16 08:15:21 GMT - Germany - World - SN:22 - ID:8853155
BERLIN, March 16 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 5,480 to 2,581,084, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported death toll rose by 238 to reach ....
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Kazakhstan reports 954 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-16 08:14:05 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:21 - ID:8853148
NUR-SULTAN, March 16 (MENA) - The Kazakh Ministry of Health confirmed 954 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 225,685, Kazinform news agency reported on Tuesday. A statement issued by the ministry ....
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Blinken in Tokyo vows continued action to denuclearize N. Korea
Date: 2021-03-16 07:51:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8853123
TOKYO, March 16 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, currently visiting here, held separate talks Tuesday with their Japanese counterparts ahead of “two plus two” security talks, Time ....
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Brazil appoints new health minister
Date: 2021-03-16 07:35:13 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:14 - ID:8853094
BRASILIA, March 16 (MENA) - With COVID-19 infections and deaths soaring in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed that he will appoint appoint Marcelo Queiroga as the replacement to health minister Eduardo Pazuello, DW reported Tuesday. This ....
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Thai PM, ministers get Covid-19 shots
Date: 2021-03-16 07:20:02 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:8853054
BANGKOK, March 16 (MENA) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and other cabinet ministers were inoculated against Covid-19 at Government House on Tuesday morning, Bangkok Post reported. Their vaccinations had been postponed last Friday after ....
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8 killed, wounded in attack on bus in Afghanistan's Baghlan
Date: 2021-03-16 06:38:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8852976
KABUL, March 16 (MENA) - A student and a driver were killed and six more were wounded in gunmen attack on a bus carrying lecturers and students from Baghlan University in the city of Pul-e-Khumri on Tuesday morning, Tolo reported. Police said ....
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China reports 13 new imported COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-03-16 06:20:01 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8852942
BEIJING, March 16 (MENA) - Thirteen new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland, with six in Sichuan, five in Shanghai and one each in Tianjin and Jiangsu, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The total number of imported COVID-19 cases ....
