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  • Biden’s first week: flurry of executive orders, frustrations of governing

    Date: 2021-01-29 16:00:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:8774931

    LONDON, Jan 29 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden had just signed a latest round of executive orders on Thursday when he revealed his impatience with one aspect of his budding presidency, Financial Times reported. After setting down his pen, the new ....

  • Pentagon to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Guantanamo Bay prisoners

    Date: 2021-01-29 14:55:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:8774809

    NEW YORK, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Pentagon will offer coronavirus vaccinations to inmates at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba by as soon as next week, defense officials with knowledge of the decision confirmed to Fox News on Thursday. Clayton ....

  • S. Korea denies plan to build nuclear reactors in N. Korea

    Date: 2021-01-29 13:33:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:35 - ID:8774706

    SEOUL, Jan 29 (MENA) - South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has denied there were official plans to build nuclear power plants in North Korea as alleged by a recent news report, South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported ....

  • Blast outside Israeli embassy in India

    Date: 2021-01-29 13:26:40 GMT - India - World - SN:33 - ID:8774756

    NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (MENA) - A blast occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi and four-five vehicles were damaged in it, India Today reported. The Delhi Police has confirmed the blast and said no injury has been reported so far. It said the ....

  • Cyprus, Germany defense ministers discuss Turkey's illegal actions and developments in E. Mediterranean

    Date: 2021-01-29 12:51:56 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:31 - ID:8774608

    Nicosia, Jan 29 (MENA) – Turkey’s illegal actions and the violations of Cyprus’ sovereign rights, were the focus of a teleconference that took place between the Ministers of Defense of Cyprus Charalampos Petrides and Germany Annegret ....

  • Afghanistan reports 69 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-01-29 11:56:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:29 - ID:8774582

    KABUL, Jan 29 (MENA) – The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 69 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,790 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Tolo News reported. The ministry also reported one death and 23 recoveries from ....

  • Germany reports 14,022 coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-29 11:15:40 GMT - Germany - World - SN:24 - ID:8774553

    BERLIN, Jan 29 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany rose by 14,022 to 2,192,850, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. The death toll increased by 839 to 55,752, the tally ....

  • Czech Republic registers 7,937 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-29 10:15:06 GMT - Czech - World - SN:22 - ID:8774438

    PRAGUE, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Czech Republic recorded 7,937 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, Czech Radio reported Friday. The European country has so far registered 16,721 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to the ....

  • Russia registers 19,238 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-29 10:04:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:8774439

    MOSCOW, Jan 29 (MENA) - A total of 19,238 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Russia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total case count in the country to 3,813,048, the coronavirus prevention anti-crisis center announced Friday. The case ....

  • Philippines reports 1,849 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-01-29 09:01:55 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:8774352

    MANILA, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Department of Health said on Friday that 1,849 more people got infected with COVID-19, pushing the country’s caseload to 521,413, Philippine Star newspaper reported. At least 475,765 individuals have recovered from ....

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