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UK reports 738 deaths, 12,718 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-17 17:15:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:8804845
LONDON, Feb 17 (MENA) - The UK has reported another 12,718 coronavirus cases and 738 further deaths - and almost 16 million people have now had their first dose of a vaccine, Sky News reported. While the number of new infections is higher than ....
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Indonesia reports 9,687 new COVID-19 cases, 192 deaths
Date: 2021-02-17 16:55:12 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:56 - ID:8804774
JAKARTA, Feb 17 (MENA) - The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 9,687 in the past 24 hours to 1,243,646, the Indonesian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The country recorded 192 new virus-related deaths, taking the death toll to 33,788, ....
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Nigerian president orders operation to rescue abducted schoolboys
Date: 2021-02-17 16:53:42 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:54 - ID:8804747
ABUJA, Feb 17 (MENA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday condemned the abduction of schoolboys from a school in central Nigeria and ordered a rescue operation, his office said. "The President has directed the Armed Forces and ....
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Vaccine delays in developing nations risk prolonging pandemic
Date: 2021-02-17 16:51:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8804831
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - In the race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19, developing countries are running dangerously behind as mutations of the virus make it harder to catch up—a situation that could spell at least another year of ....
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Two Russian Su-27s intercept French military aircraft over Black Sea
Date: 2021-02-17 16:03:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8804677
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (MENA) - Two Russian Su-27 fighters intercepted a group of French military aircraft over the Black Sea and escorted them until they flew away from Russia's borders, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Control Center (NDCC) ....
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Snowstorms hit East Med, army called out in Greece
Date: 2021-02-17 15:56:41 GMT - Greece - World - SN:44 - ID:8804548
ATHENS, Feb 17 (MENA) - Greek authorities called in the armed forces on Wednesday to help repair widespread damage caused by heavy snowfall in Athens, Kathimerini reported. The Athens snowstorm, described by authorities as the most severe in 20 ....
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EU clinches more vaccine deals after underwhelming rollout
Date: 2021-02-17 15:30:40 GMT - Greece - World - SN:40 - ID:8804646
ATHENS, Feb 17 (MENA) - The European Commission secured hundreds of millions of additional Covid-19 vaccines and vowed to accelerate authorization of shots targeting variants as it sought to put its inoculation campaign back on track, Bloomberg ....
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1,400 new coronavirus infections in Japan
Date: 2021-02-17 15:19:09 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:8804547
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) – Health authorities across Japan reported more than 1,400 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday with 79 deaths. Currently 607 people are in serious condition, NHK reported. Coronavirus vaccinations are now underway in ....
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Japan, US agree on Tokyo costs to host American forces in FY 2021
Date: 2021-02-17 14:58:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:36 - ID:8804072
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Japan and the United States have agreed to keep Tokyo's costs to host US forces stationed in the country at around the current level for fiscal 2021 following the expiration of a five-year deal, the Japanese government said ....
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Visitors to Japan fall 98.3% in Jan., down for 16th month in row
Date: 2021-02-17 14:23:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:31 - ID:8804070
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) – The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan plunged 98.3 percent in January from a year earlier to 46,500, down for the 16th straight month, after the country suspended the entry of all nonresident foreign nationals due ....
