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India reports 67,084 new COVID cases
Date: 2022-02-10 07:45:46 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:9409916
NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (MENA) - India reported 67,084 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, raising its tally to 42,478,060, NDTV reported Wednesday. India's active caseload, which has come down significantly in the last few days, ....
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Philippines to reopen borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists beginning Thursday
Date: 2022-02-10 07:40:39 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:12 - ID:9410015
MANILA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The Philippines will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated international travelers beginning Thursday in a bid to drive recovery for the country's hard-hit tourism industry, ABS-CBN reported, quoting officials. In a ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 403 million
Date: 2022-02-10 06:58:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9409941
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 403 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Thursday that the ....
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Kerry due in France to attend One Ocean Summit
Date: 2022-02-10 06:37:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9409922
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Brest, France, to participate in the One Planet Summit for the Ocean (“One Ocean Summit”) on February 10-11, according to the US State Department. The ....
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Tokyo, 12 prefs. to remain under COVID quasi-emergency until March 6
Date: 2022-02-10 06:25:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:4 - ID:9409906
TOKYO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Japan will decide Thursday to extend by three weeks until March 6 a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency for Tokyo and 12 prefectures as the nation scrambles to rein in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant, ....
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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump adviser Peter Navarro
Date: 2022-02-09 22:25:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:121 - ID:9409814
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday subpoenaed Trump White House official Peter Navarro for records and testimony, the ABC New reported. Navarro, who served as ....
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US vice president to attend Munich Security Conference later this month
Date: 2022-02-09 21:23:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:9409751
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the Munich Security Conference this month, a White House official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Harris' latest high-profile foreign trip comes as the US has partnered with ....
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Africa is on the right track to pharmaceutical independence -- EU chief
Date: 2022-02-09 20:13:40 GMT - Senegal - World - SN:112 - ID:9409702
DAKAR, Feb 9 (MENA) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Africa is on the right track to develop its pharmaceutical independence. In a statement released by the commission on Wednesday, Leyen added that the researchers ....
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Sweden referred to Court of Justice for failing to transpose EU rules on acquisition, possession of firearms
Date: 2022-02-09 19:58:24 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:109 - ID:9409726
BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (MENA) - The European Commission has decided on Wednesday to refer Sweden to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify some of the national measures necessary to transpose EU rules on the acquisition and ....
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New York state lifts indoor mask mandate as surge in omicron cases subsides
Date: 2022-02-09 19:18:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:9409679
NEW YORK, Feb 9 (MENA) - New York is dropping its strict indoor mask mandate as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday as quoted by euronews. Hochul doesn’t plan to renew the health ....