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212 new Covid cases reported in Thailand
Date: 2021-01-09 07:48:52 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:9 - ID:8744327
BANGKOK, Jan 9 (MENA) - The government reported a total of 212 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, raising the cumulative total past 10,000 to 10,053, with no new deaths, according to Bangkok Post newspaper. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the ....
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Tokyo reports 2,268 new COVID-19 cases Saturday
Date: 2021-01-09 07:30:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:8744313
TOKYO, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says 2,268 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in the capital on Saturday, according to NHK radio. The number is the third highest so far. This is the third day in a row the daily ....
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South Korea reports 641 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-09 06:48:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8744256
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - South Korea added 641 more COVID-19 cases, including 596 local infections, raising the total caseload to 67,999, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The country's new coronavirus cases ....
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Coronavirus: India registers 18,222 new infections, 228 deaths in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-09 06:35:01 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:8744255
NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (MENA) - India's Covid-19 tally of cases climbed to 10,431,639 with 18,222 new cases in a day, The Times of India newspaper reported Saturday. The death toll in the country also jumped to 150,798 with the novel coronavirus ....
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Biden: Those responsible for Capitol officer's death to be held accountable
Date: 2021-01-08 20:20:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:8744163
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) – President-elect Joe Biden vowed Friday that those responsible for the death of a Capitol Police officer following the riots that engulfed the nation’s capital this week will be held to account, the Hill reported. In ....
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3 former US presidents to attend Biden’s inauguration
Date: 2021-01-08 18:30:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:8744066
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Former US President George W. Bush, who became one of the first key Republicans to acknowledge the electoral victory of President-elect Joseph Biden Jr. in November, will attend Biden’s inauguration later this month, CNN ....
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US sanctions Iraq’s PMU militia leader on human rights abuses
Date: 2021-01-08 17:19:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:8744028
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) – The US Treasury Department has sanctioned Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit militia Chairman and former National Security Advisor Falih al-Fayyadh on connections to human rights abuse, according to an official ....
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EU hits back as blame game over vaccine procurement intensifies
Date: 2021-01-08 16:49:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:8743982
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The EU has hit back at criticism from member states that its bloc-wide vaccine procurement plan has failed to secure enough doses to enable a rapid start to inoculations, Financial Times reported. In a letter to German ....
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Greece to launch platform for mass vaccination Monday
Date: 2021-01-08 16:12:29 GMT - Greece - World - SN:49 - ID:8743913
ATHENS, Jan 8 (MENA) - A government platform designed to organize the country’s public coronavirus vaccination campaign is due to launch on Monday, with the registration of citizens aged over 85 years old, First batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrives in ....
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London mayor declares state of emergency as coronavirus cases rise
Date: 2021-01-08 16:04:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:8743956
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident" in the capital due to rising coronavirus cases threatening to overwhelm hospitals, Sky News reported. City Hall said growing infection rates are "putting immense ....
