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UK health secretary issues warning over coronavirus deaths
Date: 2021-01-26 21:33:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:8770974
LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) – UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has issued a statement after coronavirus deaths in the UK reached a grim milestone, pleading for people to continue to "stay at home, save lives and protect the NHS, Daily Express ....
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IMF raises its forecast for global economic growth
Date: 2021-01-26 15:30:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:8770331
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2021 and said the coronavirus-triggered downturn in 2020 would be nearly a full percentage point less severe than ....
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Russia reports 18,241 new COVID-19 cases, 564 deaths
Date: 2021-01-26 09:22:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:8769645
MOSCOW, Jan 26 (MENA) - Russia on Tuesday reported 18,241 new COVID-19 cases, taking its official national tally to 3,756,931, The Moscow Times reported. Authorities also confirmed 564 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll ....
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UN chief says Covid-19 generated worst economic crisis in 100 years
Date: 2021-01-26 09:19:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:8769648
GENEVA, Jan 26 (MENA) - COVID-19 has generated the worst economic crisis for nearly a century, exposing inequalities and fragilities both within and among countries, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a Davos speech posted on the UN News ....
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Japan’s ANA to suspend 16 international routes in summer
Date: 2021-01-26 09:14:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:8769637
TOKYO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Top Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it would suspend 16 international routes and reduce service to three other routes during the summer as the Covid-19 pandemic restricts travel around the world, Kyodo News ....
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New Zealand borders to stay closed until citizens are 'vaccinated and protected'
Date: 2021-01-26 09:00:46 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:18 - ID:8769607
WELLINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said New Zealand and “the world” need to return to some semblance of normality before she opens the country’s borders to foreign nationals, The Guardian reported Tuesday. The prime ....
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Spain reports 93,822 new coronavirus cases, 767 deaths over weekend
Date: 2021-01-26 08:34:12 GMT - Spain - World - SN:16 - ID:8769590
MADRID, Jan 26 (MENA) - Spain's Ministry of Health has reported 93,822 new cases of COVID-19 and 767 deaths over the period from 14:00 local time on Friday to 14:00 on Monday. Spain's cumulative tally of coronavirus cases has so far risen to ....
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US reports first case of Brazilian COVID variant in Minnesota
Date: 2021-01-26 07:50:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8769514
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - Minnesota has identified the US first-known COVID-19 infection that involves a more contagious Brazilian coronavirus strain, Star Tribune reported Tuesday. Genomic sequencing of lab samples from COVID-19 patients ....
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Biden to approach China relationship with ‘patience,’ White House says
Date: 2021-01-26 07:25:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8769488
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden’s administration is approaching its relationship with Beijing with “patience”, Bloomberg reported quoting Press Secretary Jen Psaki. “We’re starting from an approach of patience as it relates to ....
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US reports 147,254 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-26 07:17:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8769462
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Johns Hopkins University announced that 147,254 new coronavirus cases were registered in the US in the past 24 hours. The new cases take the total number of infections up to 25,293,201, said CNN on ....