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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 374 m
Date: 2022-01-31 08:51:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9393449
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload hit 374,701,198, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Monday that the current global death toll reached 5,664,012. The US continues ....
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Biden calls for Taliban to release American hostage before legitimacy recognized
Date: 2022-01-31 08:01:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9393374
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - President Biden on Sunday called for the release of American hostage Mark Frerichs ahead of the two-year anniversary of his abduction if the Taliban expects to be recognized as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, ....
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British PM Johnson cancels planned visit to Japan: gov't sources
Date: 2022-01-31 07:54:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:9393381
TOKYO, Jan 31 (MENA) - The British government has canceled Prime Minister Boris Johnson's planned visit to Japan in February due to growing tensions over Ukraine and his alleged participation in COVID lockdown-breaking parties, Kyodo quoted Japanese ....
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PM Kishida says not considering COVID state of emergency for Tokyo
Date: 2022-01-31 07:35:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:9393338
TOKYO, Jan 31 (MENA) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he is not yet considering declaring a state of emergency for Tokyo over a recent spike in novel coronavirus cases amid the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, Kyodo ....
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Germany reports 78,318 new infections
Date: 2022-01-31 07:30:06 GMT - Germany - World - SN:11 - ID:9393339
BERLIN, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 78,318 positive tests in Germany within 24 hours. That is 14,925 more cases than on Monday a week ago, when 63,393 new infections were reported. The nationwide seven-day ....
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UK to close work from home tax loophole after it cost gov't £500m
Date: 2022-01-30 20:21:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:9393004
LONDON, Jan 30 (MENA) - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is to axe a tax which allows employees to claim money if they have been forced to work from home during the pandemic after it cost the Treasury £500 million, the Evening ....
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Britain ‘ruling nothing out’ if Russia invades Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-30 11:40:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9392175
LONDON, Jan 30 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned she is “ruling absolutely nothing out” in the instance of a Russian incursion into Ukraine. Asked whether the UK could back a Ukraine resistance force, she said Britain is ....
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Japan reports 37,678 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-01-30 09:22:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:26 - ID:9391937
TOKYO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Japan reported on Sunday 37,678 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number of cases to 2,643,205, according NHK. As many as 14 deaths were reported, upping the tally to 18,763. (MENA) M N E/D A E ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 372mn
Date: 2022-01-30 09:22:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:9391964
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 372 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Sunday that the current ....
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Afghanistan says its territories not to be used against Pakistan
Date: 2022-01-30 09:21:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:9391967
KABUL, Jan 30 (MENA) - Afghanistan's acting Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi assured a high-level Pakistani delegation, led by National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf, that Afghan soil would not be used against its neighbors, including ....
