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17,220 new Covid-cases, highest in over 3 months
Date: 2022-01-06 09:29:33 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:27 - ID:9353697
MANILA, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Philippines’ tally of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases continued to grow with 17,220 additional infections reported by the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide on Thursday, according to Sun Star. These new cases, ....
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Taiwan to support Lithuania with $200m fund after dispute with China
Date: 2022-01-06 08:22:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:9353583
LONDON, Jan 6 (MENA) - Taiwan is setting up a $200m fund to invest in Lithuania and is aiming to take as many of the Baltic country’s goods banned by China as possible, as Taipei tries to reward Vilnius for its diplomatic support, the Financial ....
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US, Japan discuss North Korea's latest missile test
Date: 2022-01-06 07:55:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9353595
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned North Korea's latest missile test in his telephone conversation with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Yonhap reported Thursday. The two also discussed ways to ....
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Over 1,000 new cases reported for first time in nearly 3 months as Omicron-driven fifth wave spreads
Date: 2022-01-06 07:48:06 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:17 - ID:9353573
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (MENA) - Pakistan on Thursday reported 1,085 new coronavirus cases for the last 24 hours, marking it the first time in nearly three months that daily infections exceeded 1,000, the Pakistani newspaper of Dawn reported. The ....
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US, Israel confer on latest developments between Russia, Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-06 07:13:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9353495
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conferred with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday on the latest developments between Russia and Ukraine. Both discussed a range of regional and global challenges, ....
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US condemns acts of violence in Kazakhstan, calls for restraint
Date: 2022-01-06 06:25:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9353480
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - The United States on Wednesday condemned violence and property destruction in Kazakhstan and called on protesters and authorities to exercise restraint, the National Post quoted the State Department as saying in a ....
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India records over 90,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours
Date: 2022-01-06 06:14:31 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9353470
NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (MENA) - India reported 90,928 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 56 percent higher than yesterday's 58,097 cases, NDTV reported. The country has 2,630 cases of the Omicron variant - the most in Maharashtra with 797 ....
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US bases in Japan requested to impose curfews amid COVID spread
Date: 2022-01-06 06:13:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9353469
TOKYO, Jan 6 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday asked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to impose curfews on US bases in Japan, following a recent surge of coronavirus infections among American military personnel, ....
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France reports new record of more than 332,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2022-01-05 22:27:24 GMT - France - World - SN:109 - ID:9353377
PARIS, Jan 5 (MENA) – France registered a record of more than 332,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the number of deaths also rose as the country battles a fifth wave of the virus, France 24 reported. The final number of new ....
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Advocates call for 22 billion more of mRNA vaccine doses to ward off global omicron threat
Date: 2022-01-05 21:08:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:9353350
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The fast-spreading omicron variant has heightened the need for billions of additional vaccine doses to protect vulnerable populations and tamp down new variants around the world, according to a new report prepared by a ....
