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Canada sanctions 9 Russian officials over Navalny jailing
Date: 2021-03-24 16:56:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:8870229
MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Canada on Wednesday slapped new sanctions against nine Russian officials in response to "gross" rights violations and silencing of Kremlin critics including Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned and jailed, The Moscow Times ....
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Pope Francis calls for end to violence in Niger
Date: 2021-03-24 16:22:27 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:77 - ID:8869969
VATICAN, March 24 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Wednesday called for an end to the violence in Niger after terrorist attacks had recently claimed the lives of 137 people in the West African country. In a statement carried Vatican News, the supreme ....
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Italian authorities raid vaccine factory amid false fears AstraZeneca doses being hidden for UK
Date: 2021-03-24 16:02:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:8869952
LONDON, March 24 (MENA) - Italian authorities raided a vaccine factory amid fear 29 m AstraZeneca jabs meant for developing countries were hidden supplies meant for the UK, according to The Telegraph. The raid meant AstraZeneca fell victim to ....
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Arabia, China confer on boosting bilateral ties
Date: 2021-03-24 11:58:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:44 - ID:8869401
RIYADH, March 24 (MENA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan conferred with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on means to boost ties between Saudi Arabia and China. This came during their meeting on Wednesday to exchange points of view ....
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Second French minister hospitalized with Covid-19
Date: 2021-03-24 10:38:26 GMT - France - World - SN:35 - ID:8869241
PARIS, March 24 (MENA) - France's culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19 over the weekend, The Local quoted a source close to the minister as saying on Wednesday. The worsening symptoms for ....
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Armenian parliament votes to lift martial law
Date: 2021-03-24 08:25:39 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:20 - ID:8868905
YEREVAN, March 24 (MENA) - The Armenian National Assembly voted 118 to 1 with one abstention to lift the martial law, Russia Today reported Wednesday. The draft was submitted by the opposition Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia ....
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Tokyo reports 420 new coronavirus cases Wednesday
Date: 2021-03-24 08:24:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:8868914
TOKYO, March 24 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 420 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday. That's the largest daily figure in March, N H K News reported. The daily tally surpassed 400 for the second time this month, ....
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Dominic Raab to call on Nato allies to ‘face down’ threat from Russia
Date: 2021-03-24 07:47:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:8868844
LONDON, March 24 (MENA) - Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will issue a call to Nato to “face down” the threat from Russia and ensure that Moscow experiences real-world consequences for hostile activity, reported The Independent Wednesday. At the ....
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John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus hits 124 million worldwide
Date: 2021-03-24 07:42:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8868825
WASHINGTON, March 24 (MENA) - As many as 124,200,845 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,734,48 have died, according to John Hopkins University. It reported that there have been 70,451,21 cases of ....
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Germany registers 15,813 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-03-24 07:18:20 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:8868759
BERLIN, March 24 (MENA) - Germany registered 15,813 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. Also 248 new coronavirus related fatalities were reported ....
