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Rockets hit US base in Afghanistan, no casualties
Date: 2020-12-19 08:30:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8717747
KABUL, Dec 19 (MENA) - Five rockets were fired at a major US base in Afghanistan on Saturday, but there were no casualties, ABC News quoted NATO and provincial officials as saying. The rockets hit Bagram Airfield, said Wahida Shahkar, ....
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Ukraine registers 11,742 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-12-19 08:28:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:8717799
KIEV, Dec 19 (MENA) - Ukraine registered 11,742 new cases of COVID-19 on December 19, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 956,123. Currently, there are 365,118 active cases across the country. In ....
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Germany reports 31,300 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-19 08:15:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:8717774
BERLIN, Dec 19 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 31,300 to 1,471,238, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll rose by 702 to 25,640, ....
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India's coronavirus cases pass 10 mn
Date: 2020-12-19 08:08:04 GMT - India - World - SN:12 - ID:8717763
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (MENA) - India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases on Saturday, official data showed, the second highest in the world after the Us although new infection rates appear to have fallen sharply in recent weeks. Total cases hit ....
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Tokyo reports 736 new cases of coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-19 07:26:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:8717732
TOKYO, Dec 19 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 736 new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital on Saturday. It is the second highest figure after Thursday's record of 822. The daily tally has topped 600 for four days in a ....
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S. Korea: Daily virus cases above 1,000 for 4th day
Date: 2020-12-19 07:24:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8717698
SEOUL, Dec 19 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases topped the 1,000 mark for the fourth consecutive day Saturday on continued cluster infections nationwide, deepening concerns over hospital bed shortages for seriously ill patients, ....
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Putin, Russian Security Council mull threats of military AI
Date: 2020-12-18 19:39:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:8717499
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met Friday with permanent members of his country's Security Council to discuss threats to national security associated with the development of artificial intelligence technologies in the ....
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Azerbaijan-Russia border closed due to coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-18 16:58:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:8717422
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - The border between Azerbaijan and Russia is closed to all passenger traffic till March 1, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Moscow said in a statement Friday. The decision was taken due to a sharp increase in coronavirus ....
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US VP Pence receives COVID-19 vaccine live on TV
Date: 2020-12-18 16:29:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8717350
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, second lady Karen Pence, have received their first COVID-19 vaccinations live on television, in an effort to reassure the public the vaccine is safe and effective, Voice of ....
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Belgiam PM denies contracting coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-18 15:08:58 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:45 - ID:8717302
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (MENA) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Crowe said he did not contract coronavirus, after attending an EU summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, Russia Today reported on Friday. A number of senior EU officials who ....
