ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Canada announces HRK 2.5 million in aid in response to earthquake in Croatia
Date: 2021-01-05 22:08:59 GMT - Canada - World - SN:59 - ID:8740624
OTTAWA, Jan 5 (MENA) - Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, François-Philippe Champagne, announced financial support for emergencies and recovery efforts in Croatia, after the recent devastating earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale, ....
-
Denmark to impose tougher coronavirus restrictions
Date: 2021-01-05 21:44:56 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:57 - ID:8740607
COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (MENA) – Denmark will introduce new tougher measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, CNN reported on Tuesday. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned the "situation is really serious" as the country sees further ....
-
UK steps up biggest vaccine drive, with one in 50 now infected
Date: 2021-01-05 21:40:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:8740601
LONDON, Jan 5 (MENA) – More than one million people in England now have coronavirus, the British government said, as medics race to vaccinate the most vulnerable against the rapidly spreading disease, Bloomberg reported. Rocketing case rates ....
-
NY reports 1st case of new strain of coronavirus
Date: 2021-01-05 08:15:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8739439
NEW YORK, Jan 5 (MENA) - New York joined a growing number of states on Monday to confirm the presence of a new strain of the coronavirus that's believed to be at least 50 percent more contagious, NBC reported Tuesday. A man in his 60s living in ....
-
FMs of Cyprus, China confer on bilateral ties, Turkish provocations
Date: 2021-01-05 07:59:14 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:9 - ID:8739417
NICOSIA, Jan 5 (MENA) - Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides met Monday with visiting Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations. The meeting also took up Turkish provocations in the economic region. ....
-
US reports more than 180,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-01-05 07:30:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8739356
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University announced on Tuesday that 180,477 new coronavirus cases were detected in the US in the past 24 hours. According to the CNN, death cases reported in the same period reached 1,903. The new ....
-
British PM imposes national lockdown on England to combat new Covid variant
Date: 2021-01-04 21:17:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:8739208
LONDON, Jan 4 (MENA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said England is adopting a national lockdown that he hopes will be tough enough to contain a new, highly contagious variant of Covid-19, CNBC reported. People can only leave their homes ....
-
24 new Covid-19 infections in Singapore, all imported including 15 foreign domestic workers
Date: 2021-01-04 10:40:56 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:25 - ID:8738331
SINGAPORE, Jan 4 (MENA) - Singapore reported 24 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, all of which were imported, Today Online reported. All 24 cases had been placed on stay-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of ....
-
Russia reports 23,351 new coronavirus cases, 482 deaths
Date: 2021-01-04 09:53:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8738246
MOSCOW, Jan 4 (MENA) - Russia on Monday reported 23,351 new coronavirus cases over the previous 24 hours, including 3,591 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 3,260,138. Authorities said 482 people had died, taking Russia’s official death toll ....
-
Germany: Confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 9,847
Date: 2021-01-04 09:01:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:16 - ID:8738176
BERLIN, Jan 4 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 9,847 to 1,775,513, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reported death toll rose by 302 to 34,574, the ....
