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Indonesia adds 5,633 COVID-19 cases in single day
Date: 2021-03-10 18:46:55 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:99 - ID:8843184
JAKARTA, March 10 (MENA) - Indonesia reported 5,633 additional COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours ending Wednesday afternoon, bringing the country’s total case tally to 1,398,578, ANTARA News reported. The number of new cases was slightly higher ....
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South Korea to pay more to house US troops
Date: 2021-03-10 18:39:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:8843133
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - South Korea will pay nearly 14 percent more in 2021 to host US soldiers, according to the terms of an agreement between the two countries announced Wednesday. Details of the agreement come three days after the US State ....
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Pentagon approves request to extend National Guard protection of Capitol
Date: 2021-03-10 18:17:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:8843230
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request from the Capitol Police to extend the deployment of National Guard members to protect Congress into May, defense officials said Tuesday, keeping a military presence ....
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How Should Joe Biden respond to Russia’s Middle East strategy- Thinktank
Date: 2021-03-10 17:42:06 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:81 - ID:8843015
CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - Washington has prioritized counterterrorism for years and is only now shifting to great-power competition, but Moscow has never lost sight of geopolitics, and its actions in the region should be seen through that lens, ....
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23 new Covid-19 cases reported in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-03-10 16:08:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:8842678
KABUL, March 10 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,677 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported 35 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period, ....
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WHO: Over 2.7m new COVID-19 cases reported globally last week
Date: 2021-03-10 12:42:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:40 - ID:8842019
GENEVA, March 10 (MENA) – Over 2.7 million new COVID-19 cases were reported at global level last week, a 2% increase compared to the previous week, WHO said in a press release on Wednesday. The global case increase was driven by increases in ....
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Pandemic blamed for falling birth rates across much of Europe
Date: 2021-03-10 10:39:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:8841898
LONDON, March 10 (MENA) - It is not just that many more people are dying as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In several countries, considerably fewer are being born, the Financial Times reported. France’s national statistics institute was ....
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India records 17,921 new COVID cases, 133 deaths
Date: 2021-03-10 09:23:41 GMT - India - World - SN:19 - ID:8841677
NEW DELHI, March 10 (MENA) - India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,12,62,707 with 17,921 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the recoveries surpassed 1.09 crore, the India TV quoted the Union Health Ministry as saying on Wednesday. The death ....
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Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 9,146: RKI
Date: 2021-03-10 09:05:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:17 - ID:8841678
BERLIN, March 10 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 9,146 to 2,518,591, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The reported death toll rose by 300 to 72,489, ....
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Mexico reports 7,407 new coronavirus cases, 866 additional deaths
Date: 2021-03-10 08:47:50 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:16 - ID:8841679
MEXICO CITY, March 10 (MENA) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 7,407 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 866 additional fatalities, bringing the total tally of infections to 2,137,884 and 191,789 deaths, according to ....