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  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 282 million

    Date: 2021-12-29 06:31:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9341494

    WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - As many as 282,840,785 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Wednesday. It added that about 5,414,686 have died from the virus ....

  • US sets daily COVID-19 infection record

    Date: 2021-12-29 06:18:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9341482

    WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - The US on Wednesday set a single-day record of new COVID-19 infections, with 441,278 new cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Infection. The numbers surpass the previous high of about 290,000 cases ....

  • Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to rise globally

    Date: 2021-12-28 22:09:53 GMT - all over the world - World - SN:85 - ID:9341406

    WORLD CAPITALS, Dec 28 (MENA) - Several countries have seen a daily increase in coronavirus cases and deaths recently. Iran recorded 2,128 new coronavirus cases and 40 deaths in the past 24 hours, upping the total cases and deaths to 6,188,857 ....

  • UN delivers 28 tonnes of humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2021-12-28 12:51:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:46 - ID:9340427

    KIEV, Dec 28 (MENA) - More than 28 tonnes of humanitarian aid from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner were delivered to the temporarily occupied territory through the entry-exit checkpoint “Shchastia”, Ukrinform reported. "The ....

  • Philippines to buy two new South Korean warships for P28B

    Date: 2021-12-28 12:42:31 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:45 - ID:9340428

    MANILA, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Philippines has ordered two new warships from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday, modernizing Manila's navy as it faces a dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, ....

  • Russia records 21,922 new infections of coronavirus

    Date: 2021-12-28 09:10:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:9339974

    MOSCOW, Dec 28 (MENA) - Russia detected 21,922 new Covid infections in the past 24 hours, a 21% decrease on the 27,910 cases recorded on Tuesday two weeks ago, Tass news agency reported. Russia experienced spiking cases in early-November and has ....

  • 'Extremism in Afghanistan a threat to Pakistan': Information min.

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:28:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:9339773

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 28 (MENA) - Pakistani Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that the extremist elements in Afghanistan pose a threat to Pakistan, GEO news channel reported. "Women are not allowed to travel alone in ....

  • Super Typhoon 'Rai' kill 397 people in the Philippines

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:22:38 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:9339791

    MANILA, Dec 28 (MENA) - Super Typhoon Rai has killed 397 people in the Philippines, injured 1,147 others and left 83 missing, ABC17 News channel quoted official figures as saying. More than half a million people were still in evacuation centers ....

  • WFP to deliver aid to 100,000 families in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:06:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:9339805

    KABUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - The World Food Program (WFP) is assisting with food more than 100,000 Afghan families in western Farah province, Pajhwok reported Tuesday. The aid is being provided through an organization called Fradata, said the WFP ....

  • Czech Republic reports 6,850 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:03:33 GMT - Czech - World - SN:16 - ID:9339770

    PRAGUE, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Czech Republic registered 6,850 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, Radio Prague International reported Tuesday. The new coronavirus infection tally is 2,000 cases less than the number that has been reported ....

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