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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, ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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