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Japan to begin COVID vaccinations on Wednesday
Date: 2021-02-15 08:02:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:8799941
TOKYO, Feb 15 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says coronavirus vaccinations will begin on Wednesday, starting with medical workers, NHK reported. Suga spoke at a Lower House budget committee meeting on Monday. He said the ....
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Pfizer vaccine rollout date confirmed as first doses arrive in Australia
Date: 2021-02-15 07:47:42 GMT - Australia - World - SN:13 - ID:8800013
CANBERRA, Feb 15 (MENA) - The first shipment of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines landed in Australia, 9News reported Monday quoting Health Minister Greg Hunt. Comparing the arrival of the doses to man stepping foot on the moon, Hunt opened his ....
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UNC considers resuming tours to inter-Korean border village amid eased social distancing scheme
Date: 2021-02-15 07:46:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8799997
SEOUL, Feb 15 (MENA) - The United Nations Command (UNC) said Monday that it has been exploring ways to resume tours to the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom, as South Korea eased antivirus social distancing rules, Yonhap News Agency ....
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Chinese FM: Preparations on track for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Date: 2021-02-15 07:44:11 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:8799989
BEIJING, Feb 15 (MENA) - China welcomes delegations from across the world to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and will definitely make the games worthwhile, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. Wang made the ....
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Japan’s double-digit expansion signals resilience in economy
Date: 2021-02-15 07:41:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8799943
TOKYO, Feb 15 (MENA) - Japan’s economy clocked another quarter of double-digit growth and finished the pandemic year in better shape than initially expected, signaling potential for a more sure-footed recovery once a damaging state of emergency ....
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Germany records 4,426 new corona infections, 116 new deaths over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-02-15 06:15:58 GMT - Germany - World - SN:7 - ID:8799898
BERLIN, Feb 15 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 4,426 to 2,338,987, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reported death toll rose by 116 to 65,076, the ....
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Biden calls on Congress to 'enact commonsense gun law reforms'
Date: 2021-02-14 21:58:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:8799793
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to institute "commonsense gun law reforms," including widespread firearm sales background checks and a ban on assault weapons -- highlighting an "epidemic of gun ....
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Western embassies warn Myanmar's army to avoid violence
Date: 2021-02-14 21:36:39 GMT - Germany - World - SN:92 - ID:8799771
BERLIN, Feb 14 (MENA) - Western embassies in Myanmar called on the country's military junta to "refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians after security forces deployed armored vehicles in several cities on Sunday. In a statement ....
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Putin attributes pro-Navalny protests to Russians' irritation
Date: 2021-02-14 21:32:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:8799768
MOSCOW, Feb 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he understood Russians, who are irritated by the current problems in the country’s social and economic sectors, according to TASS news agency on Sunday In a fragment of Putin’s meeting ....
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UK: Children to go back to school on March 8 as Covid cases drop by 80%
Date: 2021-02-14 21:09:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:89 - ID:8799770
LONDON, Feb 14 (MENA) – All children are set to return to the classrooms on March 8 after two months of home-learning to stop the spread of Covid-19, Evening Standard reported on Sunday. Boris Johnson is expected to announce the measure this week ....
