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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Brussels records 2,927 new coronavirus infections, 56 deaths
Date: 2021-01-14 11:28:04 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:33 - ID:8751997
BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (MENA) - Total infections of coronavirus cases in Belgium on Thursday increased to 670,249 with 2,927 new infections reported by Belgian health authorities, according to RTBF channel. Moreover, they said 56 more deaths from ....
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Poland confirms 9,436 new coronavirus cases, 381 more deaths
Date: 2021-01-14 10:18:54 GMT - Poland - World - SN:27 - ID:8751814
WARSAW, Jan 14 (MENA) - Poland on Thursday reported 9,436 new coronavirus infections and 381 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases to 1,414,362 and fatalities to 32,456, Radio Poland reported on Thursday. Of the new cases confirmed on ....
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WHO team arrives in Wuhan to probe origin of coronavirus
Date: 2021-01-14 07:46:49 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:8751486
BEIJING, Jan 14 (MENA) - A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicized probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight ....
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Ex-CIA chief has 'a lot of confidence' in security at inauguration
Date: 2021-01-14 07:01:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8751443
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (MENA) - Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said he is confident law enforcement will be able to protect President-elect Biden at next week's inauguration. His comments come as security forces are facing scrutiny over rioters' ....
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Sri Lanka detects first patient with new COVID-19 variant
Date: 2021-01-13 22:27:21 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:88 - ID:8751327
COLOMBO, Jan 13 (MENA) – Sri Lanka has detected the new strain of the COVID-19 virus after a British national who recently arrived in capital Colombo tested positive for the new variant, Xinhua reported. This is the first case of the new variant ....
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Spain records 38,869 new coronavirus
Date: 2021-01-13 19:37:28 GMT - Spain - World - SN:79 - ID:8751265
MADRID, Jan 13 (MENA) - Spain reported 38,869 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, marking the highest one-day increase since the pandemic began, the Health Ministry said. The new figures brought to 2,176,089 the cumulative number, the ministry ....
