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  • JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 351,409,807

    Date: 2022-01-24 07:30:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9381967

    WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - As many as 351,409,807 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,596,593 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....

  • India logs 306,064 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-01-24 07:29:59 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:9381985

    NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (MENA) - India reported 306,064 new cases of Covid-19 and 439 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, Business Standard reported Monday. Total Covid-19 cases increased to 39.54 million and pandemic fatalities to ....

  • Mexico reports 98 more COVID-19 deaths; 20,872 new cases

    Date: 2022-01-24 06:59:48 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:12 - ID:9381943

    MEXICO CITY, Jan 24 (MENA) - Mexico on Sunday reported 98 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the official death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began to 303,183, according to media reports. The country also reported 20,872 new confirmed ....

  • Washington orders US staffers' families to leave Ukraine

    Date: 2022-01-24 06:34:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9381927

    WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA ) - The State Department ordered Sunday night the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion, MSN reported . The department told the ....

  • Ex-Afghan national security adviser lists causes for republic's fall

    Date: 2022-01-23 21:30:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:86 - ID:9381805

    KABUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - National Security Advisor (NSA) for the previous Afghan government Hamdullah Mohib, in an interview with Foreign Policy recounted multiple factors which led to the collapse of the republican system on August 15, 2021, Tolo ....

  • Armenia's president resigns

    Date: 2022-01-23 20:57:49 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:85 - ID:9381798

    YEREVAN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian announced Sunday that he is resigning his largely ceremonial position. In a statement on his official website, Sarkissian attributed the the resignation move to the inability of his ....

  • COVID prompts rise in extreme poverty in West Africa in 2021: UN

    Date: 2022-01-23 18:08:33 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:78 - ID:9381416

    NEW YORK, Jan 23 (MENA) - Extreme poverty in Western Africa increased by nearly 3 percent last year, says a new report on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 published by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The report, ....

  • UK reports 74,799 new Covid-19 cases, 75 deaths in one day

    Date: 2022-01-23 17:49:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:9381605

    LONDON, Jan 23 (MENA) - The British Health Ministry announced that some 74,799 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 15,859,288. In a statement carried by Sky News on Sunday, the ....

  • US Navy intercepts ship carrying explosives from Iran bound for Yemen

    Date: 2022-01-23 16:01:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:9381188

    WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - The US 5th Fleet announced that two American warships stopped last week a "stateless" ship and found on board 40 tons of fertilizer that can be used to make explosives. The ship, which was not flying the flag of any ....

  • Pope calls for day of prayer for peace for Ukraine

    Date: 2022-01-23 15:17:24 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:62 - ID:9381297

    VATICAN CITY, Jan 23 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his concern over “rising tensions” in Ukraine that threaten peace, and called for political talks that put at the center “human brotherhood instead of partisan interests.” "I am ....

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