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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 307 mn

    Date: 2022-01-10 06:16:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9358951

    WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (MENA) - As many as 307,174,030 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,488,597 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....

  • At least 19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC fire

    Date: 2022-01-09 21:47:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:9358821

    WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) – At least 19 people are dead, including nine children, following a massive fire in New York City on Sunday, ABC News reported. More than 200 firefighters responded to the scene of the five-alarm fire that originated ....

  • Russian diplomat: Initial talks with US in Geneva 'complex but businesslike'

    Date: 2022-01-09 21:36:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:107 - ID:9358819

    GENEVA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that preliminary talks with a top US diplomat in Geneva late on Sunday on the eve of a crucial meeting had been "complex but businesslike," according to Sputnik. Speaking ....

  • UK education secretary backs reduction of isolation period to five days

    Date: 2022-01-09 20:07:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:9358756

    LONDON, Jan 9 (MENA) - UK Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has become the first Government Minister to publicly support the reduction of the Covid isolation period from seven to five days, which he said would be “more helpful”. Speaking to The ....

  • UK records 141,472 new cases, further 97 coronavirus-related deaths

    Date: 2022-01-09 19:36:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:97 - ID:9358652

    LONDON, Jan 9 (MENA) - The UK has recorded 141,472 new COVID-19 cases and a further 97 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported Sunday. The latest government figures compare to 146,390 infections and 313 fatalities recorded on ....

  • Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of unrest

    Date: 2022-01-09 18:07:57 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:84 - ID:9358514

    NUR-SULTAN, Jan 9 (MENA) - Kazakhstan's health ministry said that 164 people were killed and over 2,200 others wounded in protests that have rocked the country over the past week. Most of the deaths, 103, were in Almaty, the country's largest ....

  • Russia announces working attitude of Russia before negotiations with US

    Date: 2022-01-09 16:34:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:76 - ID:9358459

    MOSCOW, Jan 9 (MENA) – Russia goes to negotiations with the US on security guarantees with a working attitude, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said. She clarified that the first round of Russian-American ....

  • Cyprus FM resigns, hints at presidency bid

    Date: 2022-01-09 15:06:55 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:65 - ID:9358352

    NICOSIA, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, released a statement on Sunday revealing that he had tendered his resignation several days ago and hinted at a possible bid for the presidency at the 2023 elections, ....

  • 164 people killed in Kazakhstan unrest

    Date: 2022-01-09 14:34:10 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:62 - ID:9358150

    NUR SULTAN, Jan 9 (MENA) - The number of fatalities during unrest in Kazakhstan has amounted to 164, Khabar 24 TV channel reported on Sunday citing data from the country's health ministry. In a statement carried by TASS news agency, the ministry ....

  • 100 Russians back to Moscow from Kazakhstan

    Date: 2022-01-09 14:31:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:9358208

    MOSCOW, Jan 9 (MENA) - A Russian military plane delivered to Moscow 100 Russian citizens from Almaty of Kazakhstan who were staying with relatives and on a tourist trip, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. More than a hundred people died in ....

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