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  • 3 soldiers killed, wounded in attack on Ranger base in Thailand

    Date: 2022-01-04 08:50:42 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:9350254

    BANGKOK, Jan 4 (MENA) - A ranger was killed and two others were wounded when insurgents attacked their operations base in Rangae district, The Bangkok Post quoted the police as saying on Tuesday. Militants attacked the checkpoint in front of the ....

  • Germany reports 30,561 coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2022-01-04 07:13:37 GMT - Germany - World - SN:7 - ID:9350106

    BERLIN, Jan 4 (MENA) - Germany recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases on Tuesday with 30,561 new infections registered in the past 24 hours, said the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The newly confirmed cases bring the total number of ....

  • India reports 37,379 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-01-04 06:46:39 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:9350071

    NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (MENA) - India on Tuesday reported 37,379 new Covid cases taking the total number to 34,960,261 cases while the active cases rose to 171,830, according to the Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 482,017 with 124 ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases top 292m

    Date: 2022-01-04 06:17:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9350048

    WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 292 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Tuesday that the current ....

  • Trump children subpoenaed in tax fraud probe

    Date: 2022-01-03 23:01:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:92 - ID:9349904

    NEW YORK, Jan 3 (MENA) - Two of former President Donald Trump’s children were subpoenaed by New York authorities probing whether his real-estate business manipulated the value of key assets for tax and insurance purposes, Bloomberg ....

  • FDA says 25% of 5-11 years old kids vaccinated in US

    Date: 2022-01-03 23:00:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9349851

    WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday said about 25% of eligible 5-11 year olds had been vaccinated in the United States, ABC News reported. "Last I looked only about 25% of eligible 5-11 year olds had been ....

  • Indonesia reports 152 cases of Omicron variant

    Date: 2022-01-03 20:01:21 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:89 - ID:9349771

    JAKARTA/SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (MENA) – The number of people infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Indonesia has now reached 152, ANTARA reported. "(Of the total) 146 are imported cases and six are local transmissions," Health Minister Budi ....

  • 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan

    Date: 2022-01-03 20:01:04 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:88 - ID:9349772

    TAIPEI, Jan 3 (MENA) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off eastern Taiwan on Monday, according to the island's Central Weather Bureau. The quake hit at 5:46 p.m. and originated in waters east of Hualien, a county on the island's east coast, at ....

  • NHS faces significant pressure in coming weeks, says Boris Johnson

    Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:9349773

    LONDON, Jan 3 (MENA) - The NHS will face significant pressure in the coming weeks from the nationwide spread of the Omicron variant, Boris Johnson has said, while rejecting the idea that England’s relatively limited Covid restrictions amounted to a ....

  • British hospitals under pressure for next few weeks amid Omicron surge: UK PM

    Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9349853

    LONDON, Jan 3 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that considerable pressure on the NHS is likely to last for weeks to come, as staff shortages threatened standards of care at the country’s hospitals. Speaking during a visit ....

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