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  • EU chief urges gradual lifting of coronavirus lockdowns, warns of a third wave

    Date: 2020-11-25 09:56:13 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:24 - ID:8686476

    BRUSSELS, Nov 25 (MENA) - European governments should lift coronavirus lockdowns and other social restrictions gradually to prevent a third wave of infections, according to the president of the European Commission. Europe has been grappling with ....

  • FSB foils Daesh terror attacks in Moscow Region

    Date: 2020-11-25 08:54:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:8686356

    MOSCOW, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Federal Security Service (FSB) thwarted activity of Daesh that plotted terror attacks in the Moscow Region, the FSB Public Relations Center told TASS Wednesday. "The FSB curbed the activity of an inter-regional cell of ....

  • No active Covid-19 clusters in Singapore since Feb 3; 13 of 18 cases are foreign domestic workers

    Date: 2020-11-25 08:50:59 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:16 - ID:8686324

    SINGAPORE, Nov 25 (MENA) - There are no more active clusters of Covid-19 here, the first time since Feb 3 that this has been so, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) said. Earlier in the afternoon, MOH had reported 18 new cases of Covid-19 and ....

  • Russia registers 23,675 new Covid-19 cases, another all-time high of 507 deaths - HQ

    Date: 2020-11-25 08:22:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:8686307

    MOSCOW, Nov 25 (MENA) - Russia registered 23,675 new Covid-19 cases, the all-time high of 507 deaths, and more than 25,000 recoveries in the past 24 hours, Interfax quoted the coronavirus response headquarters as saying on Wednesday. "Over the ....

  • Armenian PM believes Russian peacekeepers will stay in Karabakh for over five years

    Date: 2020-11-25 08:17:36 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:13 - ID:8686285

    YEREVAN, Nov 25 (MENA) - Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan believes that Russian peacekeepers will stay in Nagorno Karabakh for more than five years. “True, five years may be enough to create guarantees of security and stability in the ....

  • John Hopkins: More than 172,000 new coronavirus infections in the US over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-11-25 07:27:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8686222

    WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (MENA) - John Hopkins University said the number of coronavirus cases in the US rose to 12,591,163 as 172,935 new cases have been reported, CNN said on Wednesday. Deaths resulting from the virus reached 259,925, as 2,146 new ....

  • Japan PM Suga defends travel subsidy program amid coronavirus resurgence

    Date: 2020-11-25 07:26:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8686224

    TOKYO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday defended his government's decision to continue its economy-boosting travel subsidy campaign, repeating his claim that there is no evidence it caused the nation's recent ....

  • Pompeo: US is committed to permanent partnership with Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-11-25 06:41:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:6 - ID:8686146

    GENEVA, Nov 25 (MENA) - US State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said that the US is committed to permanent partnership with Afghanistan. In a speech he delivered at Geneva conference, he added that the US will continue supporting Afghanistan ....

  • Russian envoy says US Sanctions 'illegitimate,' 'discriminatory'

    Date: 2020-11-24 22:49:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:92 - ID:8686049

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday that the latest round of US sanctions against Russian entities is illegitimate and discriminatory and does not contribute to normalizing bilateral ....

  • France reports 1,005 coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2020-11-24 21:11:52 GMT - France - World - SN:86 - ID:8686028

    PARIS, Nov 24 (MENA) - France also reported 1,005 new deaths from coronavirus, pushing the total above 50,000 for the first time at 50,237, France 24 reported. The tally included 454 deaths in hospital over the past 24 hours and 551 in retirement ....

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