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Global coronavirus cases surpass 247 mn
Date: 2021-11-03 08:23:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:9250660
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - As many as 247,447,923 people are reported to have been infected with Covid-19 globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Meantime, 5,011,786 people died from the virus worldwide, reported the CNN Wednesday ....
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US CDC recommends pediatric Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years
Date: 2021-11-03 07:35:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9250619
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against Covid-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine. Al-Hurra TV channel said Wednesday the CDC now ....
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Covid-19 infection cases surpass 247 million worldwide
Date: 2021-11-02 20:03:37 GMT - all over the world - World - SN:92 - ID:9250290
WORLD CAPITALS, Nov 2 (MENA) – Covid-19 infections hit 247,129,785 cases, while the death toll reached 5,500,638 worldwide, according to data released on Tuesday. The United States topped the list of the largest confirmed coronavirus cases, while ....
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23 people killed, 50 injured in attack on hospital in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-11-02 16:09:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:9249933
KABUL, Nov 2 (MENA) - Two explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, killing 23 people and wounding 50 others. The attack was carried out by four attackers on Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan hospital in Kabul, Khaama Press Agency ....
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos takes stage at COP26 to pledge $2 billion towards nature conservation
Date: 2021-11-02 15:59:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:9249688
GLASGOW, Nov 1 (MENA) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s second richest person, announced a $2 billion pledge from his Bezos Earth Fund towards restoring nature and transforming food systems during a speech at the UN climate conference COP26 ....
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Experts say India’s net zero target much more ambitious than that of China or EU 2 last London
Date: 2021-11-02 15:02:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:9249780
More than India’s net zero pledge, though it carries diplomatic relevance, it is the other announcements that will drive real change in the coming years, said Navroz Dubash, a professor at the public policy think-tank Centre for Policy ....
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European Commission head praises Emissions Trading System
Date: 2021-11-02 15:00:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:60 - ID:9249692
GLASGOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said an Emissions Trading System that was introduced in 2005 has helped decouple growth from greenhouse gas emissions. We put an Emissions Trading System on ....
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Experts say India’s net zero target much more ambitious than that of China or EU
Date: 2021-11-02 14:17:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:9249690
LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) - Experts said India’s net zero target is arguably much more ambitious than that of China or the European Union, despite coming a decade or two later. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement of a 2070 ....
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Cypriot president: World needs to enhance efforts to address climate change
Date: 2021-11-02 13:56:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:53 - ID:9249602
GLSAGOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has set out his government’s action plan to tackle climate change during the plenary of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. In his National ....
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4.0-magnitude tremor recorded off Crete
Date: 2021-11-02 12:00:02 GMT - Greece - World - SN:39 - ID:9249365
ATHENS, Nov 2 (MENA) - A new earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale was recorded off the southeastern coast of Crete on Tuesday morning, Kathimerini newspaper reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at 11.17 a.m. ....