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Merkel: AstraZeneca shot to be used for people over 65 in Germany
Date: 2021-03-04 08:10:47 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:8830171
BERLIN, March 4 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the coronavirus vaccine co-developed by AstraZeneca plc and the Oxford University will be used for people older than 65, reversing the government's previous ....
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UN official: 38 killed in Myanmar protests
Date: 2021-03-04 08:02:21 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:22 - ID:8830179
NAYPYITAW, March 4 (MENA) - Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities on Wednesday, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month’s military coup ....
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Female doctor killed in Nangarhar blast
Date: 2021-03-04 07:59:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8830174
KABUL, March 4 (MENA) - A female doctor was killed in an IED explosion attached to a rickshaw in which she was traveling in district 3 of the city of Jalalabad east of Afghanistan on Thursday morning, the provincial governor’s office ....
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Kazakhstan reports 804 daily cases of coronavirus
Date: 2021-03-04 07:58:09 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:19 - ID:8830172
NUR-SULTAN, March 4 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, 804 more people tested positive for coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has confirmed a total of 215,610 cases of coronavirus, Kazinform news agency reported on Thursday. As ....
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Pakistan records 1,519 Coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-04 07:37:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8830177
ISLAMABAD, March 4 (MENA) - Pakistan on Thursday reported 1,519 new infections of the novel coronavirus after conducting 40,473 tests—a positivity ratio of 3.75 percent, Newsweek Pakistan reported. In the 24 hours preceding 8 a.m., Thursday, ....
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Targeting journalists in Afghanistan must stop: European Union
Date: 2021-03-04 07:21:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8830090
BRUSSELS, March 4 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) in a statement has called on an end to targeted attacks on journalists and women in Afghanistan and says the violence in Afghanistan must stop, TOLOnews reported. The EU said that the attack on ....
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US condemns ICC probes into Israeli crimes in Palestine
Date: 2021-03-04 07:18:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8830083
WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The United States on Wednesday criticized the International Criminal Court for launching an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, and expressed its support for Israel. “We strongly ....
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House cancels Thursday session after police warn of 'possible plot to breach the Capitol'
Date: 2021-03-04 06:58:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8830082
WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - The House of Representatives canceled its Thursday session after receiving information about a possible security threat at the Capitol on March 4, said USA Today. The United States Capitol Police said Wednesday they ....
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Biden extends by a year sanctions against Russia imposed in light of Ukraine situation
Date: 2021-03-03 22:33:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:139 - ID:8829959
WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has extended by one year the effect of several sanctions imposed earlier against Russia in light of the situation in Ukraine, Sputnik reported Wednesday. Biden extended the restrictions against ....
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Eight wounded in terrorist attack in Sweden
Date: 2021-03-03 21:12:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:127 - ID:8829925
LONDON, March 3 (MENA) - A man attacked eight people with a “sharp weapon,” seriously injuring two, in the Swedish city of Vetlanda on Wednesday, police said, in what they called a suspected terrorist crime. The assailant was taken to hospital ....
