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  • Britain records 11,299 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-24 20:30:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:8686005

    LONDON, Nov 24 (MENA) - Britain on Tuesday recorded the fewest daily Covid-19 cases in almost eight weeks in yet another sign that England's lockdown is working as 11,299 more positive tests were declared — but deaths are at a six-month high. ....

  • Biden says US 'ready to lead' again on global stage

    Date: 2020-11-24 20:03:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8685966

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) – President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States will be "ready to lead" again on the global stage after he succeeds President Donald Trump in January, pledging to work together with Washington’s allies abroad, ....

  • Biden introduces his first Cabinet nominees

    Date: 2020-11-24 19:38:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:8685932

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) – US President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. introduced his nominations for high-profile national security and foreign policy roles on Tuesday, as he continued to chart his course toward his inauguration one day after the ....

  • Coronavirus situation in Russia mostly under control, Kremlin says

    Date: 2020-11-24 18:49:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:8685898

    MOSCOW, Nov 24 (MENA) - Russian healthcare is highly overloaded amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the infection spread in general remains under control, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Tuesday. "The ....

  • 13 killed in roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-11-24 17:49:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:8685862

    KABUL, Nov 24 (MENA) - Roadside bombs exploded in central Afghanistan on Tuesday killing at least 13 civilians and a traffic policeman, officials said, even as government negotiators and the Taliban meet to try to end decades of war, ABC news ....

  • Curtailed Christmas could be 'safest bet': WHO

    Date: 2020-11-24 11:33:16 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:40 - ID:8685008

    GENEVA, Nov 24 (MENA) - The World Health Organization has said that avoiding family gatherings would be "the safest bet" over Christmas, insisting there is no zero-risk option for traditional holiday merry-making during the coronavirus ....

  • No Covid-19 cases in community and dorms for 13 days in Singapore

    Date: 2020-11-24 09:13:49 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:27 - ID:8684814

    SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (MENA) - For the past 13 days, there have been zero Covid-19 cases from the dormitories and the community, marking the longest stretch without local cases in Singapore since the coronavirus outbreak in January this year, Today ....

  • Russia's coronavirus situation becoming more complicated, deputy PM says

    Date: 2020-11-24 08:46:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:8684766

    MOSCOW, Nov 24 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova on Tuesday said the coronavirus situation was becoming more complicated with the onset of autumn and winter, Russian news agencies reported. Russia registered a record 25,173 ....

  • Pentagon to begin immediately implementing transition plan to Biden

    Date: 2020-11-24 07:29:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8684606

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) - The US Department of Defense has received notice that pursuant to the Presidential Transition Act, the GSA Administrator is making certain post-election resources and services available to the Biden-Harris Transition ....

  • GSA ready to begin presidential transition in US

    Date: 2020-11-24 06:17:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8684508

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) - Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration, has said in a letter to US President-elect Joe Biden that her office is ready to begin the formal presidential transition, after weeks of pressure from Democrats ....

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