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  • Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to rise globally

    Date: 2021-11-05 12:55:02 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:35 - ID:9254324

    WORLD CAPITALS, Nov 5 (MENA) - Several countries have seen daily increase in the coronavirus cases and deaths recently. Russia recorded 40,735 new coronavirus cases and 1,192 deaths in the past 24 hours, upping the total cases and deaths to ....

  • Germany to give additional $693 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-11-05 09:14:30 GMT - Germany - World - SN:20 - ID:9254162

    BERLIN, Nov 5 (MENA) - Germany has announced an additional package of 600 million euros (USD 693 million) to crisis-hit Afghanistan. "Germany has pledged an additional 600 million euro to increase humanitarian assistance & provide funding for ....

  • Japan to allow fully vaccinated foreigners to enter country

    Date: 2021-11-05 09:09:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9254156

    TOKYO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Japan has decided to allow all fully vaccinated foreigners, except for tourists, to enter the country, national broadcaster NHK reported Friday. The government will begin accepting applications from their sponsors starting ....

  • Kishida to be reappointed as Japan PM in Diet session on Nov. 10

    Date: 2021-11-05 08:41:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9254118

    TOKYO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to hold a special parliamentary session for three days from Wednesday, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set to be reappointed as Japan's leader, Kyodo news agency ....

  • WFP starts financial support plan for poor families in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-11-05 06:00:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:4 - ID:9253984

    KABUL, Nov 5 (MENA) - The World Food Program (WFP) has started implementing a financial support plan for poor families in Afghanistan, said WFP representative in Kabul Sami Alokozai on Friday. He pointed out in press statements that the program ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 248,598,120

    Date: 2021-11-05 05:51:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9253974

    WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 cases reached 248,598,120, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) figures. JHU revealed on Friday that the current deaths surged to more than five million reaching 5,029,234. The US ....

  • Czech President Milos Zeman leaves intensive care unit amid political stalemate

    Date: 2021-11-04 22:52:01 GMT - Czech - World - SN:95 - ID:9253911

    PRAGUE, Nov 4 (MENA) - The president of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman has left intensive care at a Prague hospital, Euronews reported. Zeman has now been transferred to a rehabilitation unit, according to the hospital where he is being ....

  • Putin, Lukashenko approve union state's military doctrine

    Date: 2021-11-04 18:42:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:9253769

    MOSCOW, Nov 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have approved the military doctrine of the Union State and the concept of the migration policy of the two countries, Sputnik reported. ....

  • UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress, resolve plight of world’s stateless

    Date: 2021-11-04 16:07:44 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:9253269

    GENEVA, Nov 4 (MENA) - More action is needed to resolve the plight of millions around the world who are still without citizenship, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) urged. This came in a statement released by the UNHCR on Thursday, marking seven ....

  • WHO: European countries must work harder to prevent coronavirus spreading further

    Date: 2021-11-04 15:04:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:9253266

    LONDON, Nov 4 (MENA) - European countries must work harder to prevent the coronavirus spreading further as deaths and new cases surge, the World Health Organization’s Europe head said on Thursday. Current transmission rates in 53 European ....

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