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  • Tokyo reports 2,001 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-15 07:45:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:8753022

    TOKYO, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it confirmed 2,001 new cases of coronavirus infection on Friday, NHK News reported. This is the first time since last Saturday that the daily tally in the capital has exceeded 2,000. The ....

  • Coronavirus: 2,417 new cases reported in Pakistan in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-15 07:44:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8752967

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (MENA) - Pakistan's Covid-19 tally climbed to 514,338, after the National Command and Operation Centre reported 2,417 new cases over the past 24 hours, according to The Express Tribune newspaper. Meanwhile, 45 people succumbed ....

  • South Korea reports 513 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-15 07:24:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8752966

    SEOUL, Jan 15 (MENA) - South Korea added 513 more COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, including 484 local infections, raising the total caseload to 71,241, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The number of new ....

  • India's virus caseload tally rises to 10,527,683 with 15,590 new cases

    Date: 2021-01-15 07:22:21 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:8752964

    NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (MENA) - India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 10,527,683 after 15,590 people tested positive for the infection over the past 24 hours, Times of India newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll increased to 151,918 with 191 ....

  • Washington places "Hasm" movement in Egypt on list of terror groups

    Date: 2021-01-14 22:23:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:8752890

    WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (MENA) - The US Department of The Treasury has placed Hasm movement, an affiliate to Daesh terrorist group in Sinai and the Muslim Brotherhood group, on its terror list. In a statement, the Department of Treasury said "Ansar ....

  • Man who carried Confederate flag into Capitol during riot arrested

    Date: 2021-01-14 21:26:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:8752767

    WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (MENA) – A man who carried the Confederate battle flag into the US Capitol as part of an invasion by a mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump surrendered with his son Thursday after arrest warrants were issued for their ....

  • Lift lockdown or lose your job! Boris warned he's facing leadership coup – MPs turn on PM

    Date: 2021-01-14 21:26:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:8752848

    LONDON, Jan 14 (MENA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been warned he could be turfed out of Downing Street by Tory backbenchers unless he signals his plan to end the coronavirus lockdown, Express reported. Johnson has been told he must come ....

  • Greek parliament approves plan to buy French Rafale fighters

    Date: 2021-01-14 21:20:22 GMT - Greece - World - SN:74 - ID:8752859

    ATHENS, Jan 14 (MENA) - Greek lawmakers in a vote Thursday approved a defense procurement program to purchase 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes, part of an armaments plan announced by the government in September, ABC News reported. Greece has ....

  • Magnitude-6.2 quake hits Indonesia's West Sulawesi

    Date: 2021-01-14 21:19:36 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:72 - ID:8752855

    JAKARTA, Jan 14 (MENA) - A strong, magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which hit at 2:18 am local ....

  • UK bans travel from South America and Portugal over new variant

    Date: 2021-01-14 19:55:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:8752726

    LONDON, Jan 14 (MENA) - The UK Government has banned international arrivals from the whole of South America, as well as Portugal, Panama and Cape Verde, over concerns about the spread of a new variant of Covid-19, The Telegraph reported. The new ....

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