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US, 21 countries voice worry over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-12-05 09:56:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9303011
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - The US and another 21 countries have voiced deep concern over reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces as documented by Human Rights Watch and others. A ....
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32,602 cases of coronavirus detected in Russia
Date: 2021-12-05 09:32:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:9303010
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) - Over the past day, 32,602 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Russia, Sputnik News Agency reported Sunday. Thus, the total number of infected since the beginning of the pandemic in the country amounted to 9 801 ....
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Japanese drugmaker Shionogi mulls developing vaccine for Omicron
Date: 2021-12-05 08:21:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9302873
TOKYO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co is considering developing a vaccine for the new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, one of its officials said as quoted by Sky news. The Osaka-based firm official said ....
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Australian children aged five to 11 set to receive Pfizer Covid vaccine from mid-January
Date: 2021-12-05 08:01:40 GMT - Australia - World - SN:15 - ID:9302810
CANBERRA, Dec 5 (MENA) - Australian children aged five to 11 could receive the Pfizer vaccine against Covid as soon as January 10, following provisional approval by the country’s drugs regulator, Herald Sun newspaper reported. The Therapeutic ....
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Germany records 42,055 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-12-05 06:39:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:9302770
BERLIN, Dec 5 (MENA) - Germany's seven-day incidence rate, which calculates how many per 100,000 are infected with COVID-19, declined slightly to 439.2 on Sunday. The number of infections from coronavirus recorded daily also went down in ....
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India records 8,895 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-12-05 06:33:42 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:9302767
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (MENA) - A total of 8,895 new COVID-19 cases and 2,796 deaths were reported across the country in the last 24 hours, NDTV channel reported quoting the Health Ministry on Sunday. As per the ministry, the spike in deaths was ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 265 mn
Date: 2021-12-05 06:32:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9302768
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - As many as 265,387,764 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Sunday. It added that 5,248,738 people have died from the virus ....
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Biden and Putin to hold call amid Ukraine invasion fears
Date: 2021-12-05 05:38:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9302735
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin will speak via video call on Tuesday, the White House said amid mounting tensions over Ukraine. It comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had ....
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Iran walks back all prior concessions in nuclear talks, US official says
Date: 2021-12-04 23:02:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:9302696
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) – Iran walked back all compromises made in previous talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, pocketed compromises made by others and asked for more in its latest proposals, The Guardian quoted a senior US state department ....
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Vietnam to suspend flights from 10 African countries over Omicron variant
Date: 2021-12-04 17:01:08 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:51 - ID:9302368
HANOI, Dec 4 (MENA) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the suspension of flights, including repatriation flights, from 10 African countries to prevent the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 from entering Vietnam. Along with ....
