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  • Russia reports 1,181 more coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2021-12-09 11:13:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:9310554

    MOSCOW, Dec 9 (MENA) - Over the past day, medical experts recorded 30,209 new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia, the country's Operational Headquarters said in a statement as quoted by Tass news agency . The total number of registered ....

  • France reports 61,340 Covid cases, 129 deaths in span of 24 hours

    Date: 2021-12-09 09:18:25 GMT - France - World - SN:24 - ID:9310223

    PARIS, Dec 9 (MENA) - France recorded 61,340 new Covid-19 infections and 129 deaths in a span of 24 hours, France Info channel reported. The health authorities in France said Thursday that as many as 13,044 coronavirus cases are now in ....

  • Russian embassy calls US Senator's words about nuclear weapons irresponsible

    Date: 2021-12-09 09:15:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9310299

    WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - US Senator Roger Wicker’s statements about possible use of nuclear weapons against Russia in case of aggravation of the situation around Ukraine are irresponsible, the Russian embassy to the United States said on Thursday ....

  • US, Iceland committed to continuing cooperation in facing global challenges

    Date: 2021-12-09 09:03:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9310074

    WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - The US and Iceland reiterated commitment to maintaining joint action in facing global challenges of mutual concern, including Covid recovery and the pandemic's impacts on trade, in addition to green energy solutions to ....

  • Cuba detects first Omicron case

    Date: 2021-12-09 08:48:32 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:19 - ID:9310233

    HAVANA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Cuba has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a person who had traveled from Mozambique, Cuban state media agency ACN reported late on Wednesday. The traveler, a health worker that resides in Cuba's ....

  • Japan in talks with Pfizer about expedited vaccine delivery: Kishida

    Date: 2021-12-09 07:29:01 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9310080

    TOKYO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Japan has been in talks with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. about the possibility of moving up the schedule to receive its COVID-19 vaccine doses as the nation steps up its booster shot drive, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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