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UK health service hits 2 million COVID-19 booster vaccine shots
Date: 2021-10-09 15:03:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:9209312
LONDON, Oct 9 (MENA) - More than 2 million so-called “top up” COVID-19 vaccine booster jabs have been delivered to people in priority categories in England within three weeks, Financial Express reported Saturday, quoting the UK health ....
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Japan may exempt Australian troops in joint drills from death penalty
Date: 2021-10-09 14:40:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:43 - ID:9209264
TOKYO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Japan is considering exempting Australian soldiers from the death penalty for crimes committed during joint drills on its soil after the issue of capital punishment stalled negotiations for a defense cooperation pact between ....
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France: Key terrorist leader killed in Sahel region
Date: 2021-10-09 09:40:48 GMT - France - World - SN:19 - ID:9208494
PARIS, Oct 9 (MENA) - The French anti-terror mission in the Sahel region of West Africa, Barkhane, said it killed a key leader of a terrorist group specialized in laying hand-made mines. The terrorist leader was killed on Thursday in Mali, near ....
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Japan receives 53 evacuees from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-09 09:05:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:9208389
TOKYO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Japan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that 53 evacuees from Afghanistan have arrived in the country, the first group to depart the Taliban-ruled country for Japan by air, Kyodo News Agency reported. The group includes 27 ....
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Washington condemns attack on mosque in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-09 07:02:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9208261
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - The US Department of State condemned on Friday an attack on a mosque in Kunduz province of Afghanistan. "The United States condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack on worshippers at Friday prayers in Kunduz, ....
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White House: Biden's health is 'great'
Date: 2021-10-09 06:56:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9208259
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki assured that President Joe Biden is 'doing great' after a reporter questioned her on his coughing during speeches on Friday. 'He's doing great. He's got some allergies,' Psaki ....
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Biden declines Trump request to withhold WH records from Jan. 6 committee
Date: 2021-10-08 21:15:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9208144
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between the current and ....
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US navy initiates probe into nuclear-powered submarine accident
Date: 2021-10-08 20:27:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:9208143
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The US Navy confirmed that it has initiated a probe to find out the specifics of the object that hit the nuclear-powered submarine. It also reiterated that "safety of the crew" remains its top priority, the US Navy said ....
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EU should pay for walls against migrants, 12 nations tell bloc
Date: 2021-10-08 20:27:13 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:79 - ID:9208132
BRUSSELS, Oct 8 (MENA) - Twelve countries have urged the European Union to pay for countries to build walls to prevent illegal migration, in a letter sent to the bloc’s executive arm. Ministers from nations including Austria, Greece, Hungary and ....
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UN chief condemns 'horrific' attack at Afghanistan's Kunduz mosque
Date: 2021-10-08 20:25:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:76 - ID:9208095
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the "horrific" attack "in the strongest terms" at Afghanistan's Kunduz mosque, noting that it represents the third assault on a religious institution, in less than a ....
