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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 267,820,343
Date: 2021-12-09 05:52:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:9309961
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - As many as 267,820,343 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Thursday. It added that 5,279,041 people have died from the virus ....
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WHO says omicron variant could change course of the Covid pandemic
Date: 2021-12-08 22:37:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:108 - ID:9309917
GENEVA, Dec 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the highly mutated omicron variant of Covid-19 could change the course of the pandemic. The exact impact is “still difficult to know,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom ....
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US accuses El Salvador of secretly negotiating truce with gang leaders
Date: 2021-12-08 22:33:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:9309913
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - The US has accused the government of El Salvador president Nayib Bukele of secretly negotiating a truce with leaders of the country’s feared MS-13 and Barrio 18 street gangs, ABC news reported. The explosive accusation ....
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Canada joins diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Date: 2021-12-08 22:01:06 GMT - Canada - World - SN:105 - ID:9309893
OTTAWA, Dec 8 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will launch a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, joining the US, UK, Australia and Lithuania, the National Post ....
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Pfizer CEO says 4th Covid vaccine doses may needed sooner than expected due to omicron
Date: 2021-12-08 20:50:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:9309855
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) – Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Wednesday that people might need a fourth Covid-19 shot sooner than expected after preliminary research shows the new omicron variant can undermine protective antibodies generated by the ....
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Biden: Sending US troops to Ukraine 'not on the table'
Date: 2021-12-08 18:05:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9309693
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the United States is not considering sending troops to Ukraine amid rising fears about the possibility of a Russian military invasion, the Hill newspaper said. “That is not on ....
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UK records more than 100 new cases of Omicron variant for second day in a row
Date: 2021-12-08 17:07:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:9309627
LONDON, Dec 8 (MENA) - Some 115 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported across England, the UK Health Security Agency said as quoted by The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday. It brings the total number of confirmed Omicron cases in ....
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Indian chief of staff killed in helicopter crash
Date: 2021-12-08 14:24:29 GMT - India - World - SN:51 - ID:9309234
NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (MENA) - India's military chief was killed in a helicopter crash in southern Tamil Nadu state, ABC News quoted the country's air force as having said. General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 others died in the crash, the air force ....
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Indian helicopter carrying top general crashes
Date: 2021-12-08 09:23:44 GMT - India - World - SN:26 - ID:9308438
NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (MENA) - An Indian Air Force helicopter with Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat on board crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday. Indian media reports said five people have been confirmed dead in the incident. There ....
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Czech Republic reports 19,482 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-12-08 09:10:44 GMT - Czech - World - SN:25 - ID:9308374
PRAGUE, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Czech Republic registered 19,428 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, Czech Radio reported Wednesday. The new coronavirus infection tally is less 2,500 than the number that has been reported for the same day ....
