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  • EU regulator approves first Covid booster shots targeting Omicron variant

    Date: 2022-09-02 07:22:47 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:11 - ID:9751222

    BRUSSELS, Sept 2 (MENA) – The European Union's drug regulator backed two separate Covid-19 vaccine boosters updated to target the Omicron variant and developed by Moderna and the team of Pfizer and BioNTech, France 24 reported. Europe is ....

  • Typhoon Hinnamnor to slam Okinawa islands through weekend

    Date: 2022-09-02 07:21:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9751238

    TOKYO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor is slowly moving toward Okinawa on Friday from its current location to the south of the Japanese prefecture, with stormy weather set to hit on the weekend, Kyodo news agency reported. The typhoon ....

  • Poland receives 5.98 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-09-02 07:15:52 GMT - Poland - World - SN:8 - ID:9751226

    WARSAW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Some 5.983 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Friday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 24,300 ....

  • India reports more than 6,168 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-09-02 07:13:34 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:9751221

    NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (MENA) - India on Friday logged 6,168 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 44,442,507, NDTV reported, quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count due to COVID-19 climbed to 527,932 with 21 more ....

  • Japan to penalize hospitals not accepting infectious disease patients

    Date: 2022-09-02 07:05:29 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:9751192

    TOKYO, Sept 2 (MENA) – The Japanese government decided Friday to introduce penalties for major hospitals that fail to provide outpatient care and prepare beds for patients with COVID-19 and other infectious diseases against prearrangements with ....

  • Biden warns US faces powerful threat from anti-democratic forces

    Date: 2022-09-02 07:04:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9751167

    WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (MENA) – US President Biden delivered a forceful address on what he called a dangerous assault on American democracy, warning that "too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal" as "Donald Trump and the MAGA ....

  • Macron hopeful of Iran nuclear deal in next few days

    Date: 2022-09-01 22:36:29 GMT - France - World - SN:92 - ID:9751088

    PARIS, Sept 1 (MENA) – France's president said on Thursday he hoped a deal to revive the Iran nuclear deal would be concluded in the coming days. "I hope that in the next few days the JCPOA will be concluded," Emmanuel Macron said, referring to ....

  • White House adviser Fauci warns of ‘pretty bad flu season’ in US

    Date: 2022-09-01 22:36:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9751086

    WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - Outgoing chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci said the U.S. should prepare for a “pretty bad flu season” later this year, the Hill reported. Speaking with Bloomberg Law, Fauci noted that a more severe flu ....

  • Almost 300 migrants crossed English Channel everyday last month

    Date: 2022-09-01 21:23:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:9751060

    LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) – Some 8,644 people made the perilous journey in 189 boats over the course of the 31-day period, equal to 278 a day, with trips taking place on 21 of those days. The total, the highest since records began in 2018, outstrips the ....

  • IAEA mission arrives at Ukraine's Zaporozhye nuclear power plant

    Date: 2022-09-01 13:22:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:51 - ID:9750265

    KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) - An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission arrived at Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Thursday, TASS News Agency reported. The IAEA mission will assess the physical damage caused to the plant, ....

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