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Russia reports 28,137 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-12 08:37:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8708823
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 28,137 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours on Saturday, including 6,622 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 2,625,848 since the pandemic began. Authorities said 560 people died overnight, ....
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US records 235,000 new Covid-19 cases, 2,600 deaths
Date: 2020-12-12 08:35:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8708815
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - The US registered a new record of covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with almost 235,000, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. The number of new virus-related fatalities reached 2,600, Alhurra ....
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One killed, another wounded in rocket attacks on Kabul
Date: 2020-12-12 08:16:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8708783
KABUL, Dec 12 (MENA) - Rockets land in various parts of Kabul, reports indicated one person is dead and two others were wounded on Saturday morning, the Ministry of Interior said. In a second attack on the capital of Afghanistan, at least four ....
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Pakistan reports 2,729 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-12 08:14:05 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8708792
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 (MENA) - Pakistan's National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) on Saturday said 2,729 new coronavirus cases have been reported over the past 24 hours, raising the country's coronavirus tally to 435,056, according to Geo News ....
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Rockets landed in various parts of Kabul; 3 killed, wounded
Date: 2020-12-12 08:08:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8708766
KABUL, Dec 12 (MENA) - At least one person was killed and two more were wounded after multiple rockets were fired on different parts of Kabul early Saturday morning, the Interior Affairs Ministry said. This is the second rocket attack in the city ....
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Tokyo reports record-high 621 coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-12 08:06:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:8708782
TOKYO, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed a record 621 new cases of coronavirus infection in the Japanese capital on Saturday, according to NHK radio. The figure topped the previous daily high of 602 recorded on ....
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South Korea registers record high of 950 coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-12 07:13:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8708734
SEOUL, Dec 12 (MENA) - The daily number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea crossed the 900-mark on Saturday, reaching a record high nearly 11 months after the country reported its first virus case. The country added 950 more COVID-19 cases, ....
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Russia begins development of nuclear tug for flights to moon, Jupiter, Venus
Date: 2020-12-11 20:09:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8708581
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) – Roscosmos has signed a contract worth 4.2 billion rubles ($57.5 million) for the preliminary design of nuclear space tug Nuklon for flights to the Moon, Jupiter and Venus, according to the materials of the state corporation ....
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Top Austrian court lifts headscarf ban in elementary schools
Date: 2020-12-11 18:44:00 GMT - Austria - World - SN:54 - ID:8708504
VIENNA, Dec 11 (MENA) - The Austrian Constitutional Court on Friday overturned a ban on headscarves for students in elementary schools, deeming it discriminatory and unconstitutional. Strictly speaking, the law forbids children from wearing ....
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Dismantlement of Yongbyon complex should not be underrated: US expert
Date: 2020-12-11 16:52:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:50 - ID:8708481
SEOUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - The dismantling of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex should not be underestimated in the denuclearization process, Yonhap news quoted an American nuclear expert as saying on Friday. Siegfried Hecker, known for his 2010 ....
