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Number of geothermal power plants in Japan quadruples since Fukushima disaste
Date: 2021-11-07 07:36:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:9256762
TOKYO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The number of geothermal power plants in Japan has quadrupled since the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture, the Japan Times reported according to industry data. Despite the surge, according to Thermal and Nuclear ....
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Sydney to further ease Covid-19 curbs on Monday
Date: 2021-11-07 07:35:01 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:9256776
CANBERRA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of people have got both doses of ....
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Two dead, four injured in overnight NYC shootings
Date: 2021-11-07 07:34:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9256766
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - Two people were killed and four others hurt in separate shootings across the city overnight, police said as quoted by New York Times newspaper. Cops responding to a 911 call just after 11 p.m. Friday found a man on ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 248,078,147
Date: 2021-11-07 06:20:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9256705
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - As many as 249,538,695 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Sunday. It added that 5,044,795 people have died from the virus ....
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Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston Music Festival: CNN
Date: 2021-11-07 06:08:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9256693
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - The crowd at a Houston music festival suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms and killing eight people ....
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Shavkat Mirziyoyev announces Uzbekistan’s new development strategy
Date: 2021-11-06 16:50:04 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:54 - ID:9256253
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – Tashkent hosted a ceremony of the newly elected President of Uzbekistan who was taking oath, Uzbekistan Embassy in Cairo said in a press release. Shavkat Mirziyoyev made a speech over the priorities of the next five ....
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Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to rise globally
Date: 2021-11-06 16:08:40 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:49 - ID:9256132
WORLD CAPITALS, Nov 6 (MENA) - Several countries have seen daily increase in the coronavirus cases and deaths recently. Russia recorded 41,335 new coronavirus cases and 1,188 deaths in the past 24 hours, upping the total cases and deaths to ....
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Sinovac says Covid-19 vaccine safe for children, babies
Date: 2021-11-06 16:05:00 GMT - China - World - SN:48 - ID:9256074
BEIJING, Nov 6 (MENA) - Chinese drug maker Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe for children and babies as young as six months old based on the latest data, according to company officials, who hope next-generation shots being developed may offer more ....
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Czech PM to step down and signal end to political uncertainty
Date: 2021-11-06 15:47:59 GMT - Czech - World - SN:43 - ID:9256068
PRAGUE, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Czech Republic’s ailing president has signaled an end to prolonged political uncertainty in the country by saying he will accept the resignation of its prime minister, Andrej Babiš, following a general election defeat, The ....
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8 dead, numerous injured at Astroworld Festival in Houston
Date: 2021-11-06 10:48:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9255559
NEW YORK, Nov 6 (MENA) - At least eight people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the Astroworld music festival in Houston while rapper Travis Scott was performing, USNews reported. ....