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UK daily Covid-19 deaths dip below 100 for 1st time since last October
Date: 2021-03-07 22:20:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:8837073
LONDON, March 7 (MENA) – The UK has recorded a further 82 coronavirus deaths and 5,177 cases in the last 24 hours, Sky News reported on Sunday. It's the first time the number of daily deaths has dropped below 100 since October 9 last year. Then, ....
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US administers over 90 mln does of COVID-19 vaccines
Date: 2021-03-07 21:48:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:8837065
WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) - The United States has administered 90,351,750 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning and distributed 116,363,405 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The vaccine doses are for ....
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Swiss voters agree face coverings should be banned
Date: 2021-03-07 20:38:16 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:99 - ID:8837003
BERN, March 7 (MENA) - Swiss voters on Sunday voted to ban the burka across the country, making Switzerland the fourth country to take the move following France, Belgium, and Austria. According to World Radio Switzerland, 51.2% said face ....
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Afghan security adviser: Negotiations with Taliban not to lead to durable peace
Date: 2021-03-07 19:36:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:96 - ID:8836909
KABUL, March 7 (MENA) - Afghanistan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said negotiations with the Taliban will lead to a temporary peace, reiterating that achieving real peace requires addressing the regional and international dimensions of ....
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Italy reports 20,765 new Covid-19 cases, 207 fatalities in 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-07 19:15:42 GMT - Italy - World - SN:95 - ID:8836852
ROME, March 7 (MENA) - The Italian health ministry announced Sunday that 207 coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Italy over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, as many as 20,765 new infections were registered in the country over the same ....
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Greece reports 1,142 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths
Date: 2021-03-07 19:14:36 GMT - Greece - World - SN:94 - ID:8836867
ATEHNS, March 7 (MENA) – The number of new reported cases of Covid-19 in Greece remained above the 1,000 mark on Sunday despite many parts of the country, including the capital, being in a hard lockdown for several weeks. In its daily bulletin on ....
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UK records another drop in coronavirus infections as number of first jabs hits 22.2 million
Date: 2021-03-07 18:34:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:92 - ID:8836793
LONDON, March 7 (MENA) - The UK has recorded another drop in COVID infections, with 5,177 reported in the last 24 hours, Sky News reported. The latest figure is down from the 6,035 coronavirus cases recorded last Sunday. Meanwhile, a total of ....
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UN chief sets six key building blocks to end gender bias in wake of Covid-19
Date: 2021-03-07 18:24:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:91 - ID:8836734
GENEVA, March 7 (MENA) - The Covid-19 pandemic is worsening already deep inequalities facing women and girls, erasing years of progress towards gender equality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. In an article published by the global ....
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US will respond to Iraq missile attack when it chooses: Defense Secretary
Date: 2021-03-07 17:29:48 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:84 - ID:8836622
WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned those responsible for carrying out last week’s rocket attack against an Iraqi base that hosts American troops will be held to account. “We’ll strike if that’s what we think ....
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14 security personnel killed, injured in northern Afghanistan
Date: 2021-03-07 17:15:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:82 - ID:8836725
KABUL, March 7 (MENA) - Eight Afghan security force members were killed and six more wounded in an attack by the Taliban in Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province on Saturday night, the provincial police said. The police said that five Taliban ....
