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  • 1 killed, 14 wounded in shootout at Minnesota bar

    Date: 2021-10-10 15:54:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:9210898

    WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (MENA) - A shootout at a busy bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, early Sunday left a woman dead and 14 other people wounded, authorities, quoted by ABC news, said. The shooting happened shortly after midnight at the Seventh Street ....

  • IMF: MENA economies at "critical juncture" over limited COVID-19 vaccine access

    Date: 2021-10-10 13:46:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:9210481

    WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (MENA) - Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour on Sunday said the economies of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries are at a critical juncture, as ....

  • Australia to reopen Sydney after 70% vaccination

    Date: 2021-10-10 11:03:42 GMT - Australia - World - SN:37 - ID:9210174

    CANBERRA, Oct 10 (MENA) - New South Wales Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet said the state has reached 70% fully-vaccinated benchmark; an opportunity for some changes to the state’s roadmap out of lockdown, but bringing forward freedoms for the ....

  • UNEP head: Migratory birds affected by climate change

    Date: 2021-10-10 10:42:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:9210108

    NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - Head of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Inger Andersen said migratory birds bear witness to and are impacted by, the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the UN Media Center said ....

  • Russia reports 28,647 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-10-10 10:33:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:9210308

    MOSCOW, Oct 10 (MENA) - Russia recorded 28,647 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Sunday. The total number of cases has reached 7,775,365, according to figures from the crisis center. The number ....

  • Japan's Osaka eases Covid-19 vaccine reservation requirement to speed up inoculations ahead of next wave

    Date: 2021-10-10 09:53:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:9210109

    TOKYO, Oct 10 (MENA) - Osaka Prefecture has started offering Covid-19 vaccines without reservations at two locations, aiming to speed up inoculations among younger people in particular before the possible sixth wave, at a time when its daily ....

  • Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passes away at 85

    Date: 2021-10-10 08:53:15 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:21 - ID:9210051

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (MENA) - Pakistan's notable nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan -- also known as the 'father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program' -- passed away in Islamabad on Sunday, at the age of 85, the Express Tribune reported. Dr ....

  • More than 7 mn doses distributed in the US over 7 days

    Date: 2021-10-10 07:58:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9209936

    WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (MENA) - The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway in the US as more than 7 million doses have been administered over the past seven days, according to data collected by Bloomberg and declared by the US vaccination ....

  • Pakistani airlines to expand charter flights operation to UK, Europe

    Date: 2021-10-10 07:48:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:9209946

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (MENA) - The national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to expand its charter flights operation for the UK and European Union countries, The Express Tribune reported Sunday. Keeping in view the ....

  • US state department condemns Houthi attack on King Abdullah Airport in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2021-10-10 07:32:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9209861

    WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (MENA) - The US State Department has denounced the Houthi assault on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Airport in Jazan on Saturday. US State Department Spokesman Ned Price criticized this incident on his Twitter account saying ....

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