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  • US Secret Service sends more agents to Delaware in anticipation of potential Biden win

    Date: 2020-11-06 15:42:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:8660791

    WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (MENA) - More US Secret Service agents have been sent to Wilmington, Delaware, in anticipation of a potential Joe Biden presidential win, CNN reported Friday. The extra Secret Service agents were sent to Delaware Thursday, two ....

  • Austria closes two mosque frequented by Vienna attacker

    Date: 2020-11-06 15:32:54 GMT - Austria - World - SN:54 - ID:8660792

    VIENNA, Nov 6 (MENA) - Austria has ordered the closure of two mosques in the capital Vienna frequented by the jihadist gunman who shot dead four people in the city center earlier in the week, the Daily Mail reported. The shooting on Monday was ....

  • Japanese PM warns of coronavirus resurgence in Japan as temperatures fall

    Date: 2020-11-06 14:59:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:52 - ID:8660665

    TOKYO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga warned Friday of signs of a resurgent spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan as colder weather drives more people indoors, KYODO News Agency reported. "We have to watch the situation ....

  • Putin not planning to resign, Kremlin says

    Date: 2020-11-06 14:54:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:8660752

    MOSCOW, Nov 6 (MENA) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has refuted the article published by the British tabloid The Sun, which claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to resign due to health problems. Peskov assured that Putin has no ....

  • WHO looking at how Covid mutation among minks may affect future vaccine

    Date: 2020-11-06 14:13:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:8660676

    GENEVA, Nov 6 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it would review biosecurity measures across the globe after Danish health authorities found a mutated form of the coronavirus present in the country’s mink farms. The detection ....

  • US court dismisses Trump request to stop counting Philadelphia ballots

    Date: 2020-11-06 13:40:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:8660601

    WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (MENA) - A federal judge reportedly dismissed an emergency injunction Thursday evening brought by the Trump campaign that afternoon to stop the counting of votes in Philadelphia that claimed election workers ignored an earlier ....

  • China slams US decision to delist ETIM as terrorist organization

    Date: 2020-11-06 13:29:22 GMT - China - World - SN:41 - ID:8660605

    BEIJING, Nov 6 (MENA) - China on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the US decision to drop the East Turkestan Islamic Movement from its list of terrorist organizations, CGTN network reported. "Terrorism is terrorism. ....

  • Five persons suspected of propagating 'terrorist ideas' arrested In Tatarstan

    Date: 2020-11-06 13:07:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:8660621

    MOSCOW, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement on Friday that its officers, along with National Guard troops, detained five individuals suspected of propagating "terrorist ideas" among Tatarstan's Muslims. The ....

  • New York Times: Biden leads in Georgia, inching closer to the presidency

    Date: 2020-11-06 12:46:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:8660575

    NEW YORK, Nov 6 (MENA) - Joseph R. Biden Jr. leads in Georgia, inching closer to the presidency. Biden is currently up by 1,096 votes, the New York Times. Biden’s lead increased by 179 votes after additional reports from Clayton County. ....

  • Afghanistan registers 40 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2020-11-06 12:37:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:8660473

    KABUL, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday 40 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 397 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Public Health Ministry did not report any death or recovery from COVID-19 in the ....

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