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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 242,015,245

    Date: 2021-10-21 08:01:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9229038

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 cases reached 242,015,245, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU added on Thursday that the current global deaths due to the virus reached 4,921,245. The ....

  • Boris Johnson threatens Facebook and Twitter chiefs with criminal action in hate crackdown

    Date: 2021-10-20 20:43:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:112 - ID:9228802

    LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned social media giants will face "criminal sanctions with tough sentences" if they allow foul content on their platforms, the Daily Express reported. The prime minister laid down ....

  • New sub-variant rips through UK as cases and deaths soar by 20%

    Date: 2021-10-20 19:57:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:108 - ID:9228746

    LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) – UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned that a new version of the Delta variant is ripping through the UK in a press conference on Wednesday as Covid cases rise and deaths soar by 20 percent, Daily Express newspaper reported. ....

  • FIFA chief hints biennial World Cup plans

    Date: 2021-10-20 19:29:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:105 - ID:9228758

    ZURICH, Oct 20 (MENA) - The FIFA Council has approved a global summit on the international calendar - and principally the proposal to stage World Cups every two years - on December 20, according to an official statement by the international ....

  • UK health minister says Covid cases may hit 100,000 a day in winter

    Date: 2021-10-20 18:15:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:95 - ID:9228636

    LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Wednesday said the government won’t be implementing the so-called “plan B” strategy of its fall-winter Covid plan, defying warnings from health leaders that the country risks “stumbling ....

  • Men much more likely to die from coronavirus than women - study

    Date: 2021-10-20 16:57:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:9228541

    WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - Men are much more likely to die from COVID-19 than women as the death rate has been about 50% higher for men, according to a new study by Brookings Institution on Wednesday. Notably, this gap does not appear to be ....

  • Saudi Arabia supports UN Alliance of Civilizations with dlrs 1 million

    Date: 2021-10-20 08:39:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:24 - ID:9227080

    New York, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Abdullah bin Yahya al-Muallimi delivered a check of one million dollars to the UN High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations ....

  • Magnitude 4.3 earthquake jolts island of Crete

    Date: 2021-10-20 07:55:50 GMT - Greece - World - SN:18 - ID:9227074

    ATHENS, Oct 20 (MENA) - A moderate earthquake jolted the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday, the latest in a series of temblors in the area following a 5.8-magnitude quake that struck on September 27, Kathimerini newspaper reported. The ....

  • Blinken: US does not demand to choose between itself, China

    Date: 2021-10-20 07:45:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9227012

    WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - The United States is not asking partners to choose between them and China, and is not trying to restrain China, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. “We are not asking countries to choose between the United ....

  • Facebook planning to rebrand company with new name

    Date: 2021-10-20 06:30:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9226948

    CALIFORNIA, Oct 20 (MENA) - Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, The Verge reported. The coming name change, which CEO ....

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