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Afghanistan: Prosecutor killed in gunmen attack in Paktia
Date: 2021-03-12 08:25:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8845677
KABUL, March 12 (MENA) - Prosecutor Mohammad Hassanyar, was killed in an attack by gunmen in the city of Gardez, the center of Paktia province, TOLO news channel quoted local officials as saying. Paktia governor Halim Fedaee said the attack ....
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South Korea reports 488 more cases of COVID-19
Date: 2021-03-12 08:24:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:8845693
SEOUL, March 12 (MENA) - South Korea reported 488 more cases of COVID-19 on Friday raising the total number of infections to 94,686, Yonhap news agency reported. Ten more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 1,662, added the news ....
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Tokyo registers 304 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-12 08:20:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:8845682
TOKYO, March 12 (MENA) - Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials said that 304 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capital on Friday, NHK radio reported. The new infections in Tokyo brings the total number of infection in ....
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Germany registers 12,834 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-12 06:10:01 GMT - Germany - World - SN:5 - ID:8845529
BERLIN, March 12 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany increased by 12,834 to 2,545,781, information from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. Fatalities rose by 252 over the past 24 ....
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Pakistan reports 2,701 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-12 06:05:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:8845526
ISLAMABAD, March 12 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 2,701 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 600,198, The Express Tribune newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll climbed to 13,430 after 54 ....
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India registers 23,285 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-12 06:00:54 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:8845521
NEW DELHI, March 12 (MENA) - India registered 23,285 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count to 11,308,846, Times of India newspaper reported on Friday. The Union Health Ministry data showed that 117 new ....
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UN launches new campaign to support global vaccine equity call
Date: 2021-03-11 22:34:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:125 - ID:8845460
WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, to support its call for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world, Xinhua reported. The campaign stresses the need ....
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Greece reports 2,570 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-11 21:17:24 GMT - Greece - World - SN:121 - ID:8845437
ATEHNS, March 11 (MENA) – The number of new reported cases of Covid-19 in Greece remained above the 1,000 mark on Thursday despite many parts of the country, including the capital, being in a hard lockdown for several weeks. In its daily bulletin ....
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UN chief warns of risk of famine for millions all over world
Date: 2021-03-11 20:52:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:118 - ID:8845423
NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”, the UN News Centre reported ....
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New coronavirus variant discovered in UK
Date: 2021-03-11 20:49:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:117 - ID:8845397
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - Public Health England has confirmed that a new Covid-19 variant from Antigua has been found, Evening Standard reported Thursday. It comes as four more cases of the Brazil variant were also identified. Three of the ....