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Philippines: Nationwide COVID vaccination of younger kids begins Feb. 14
Date: 2022-02-04 06:44:42 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:7 - ID:9400273
MANILA, Feb 4 (MENA) - The government of the Philippines will roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 nationwide on February 14, ABS-CBN News reported, quoting an official as saying on Friday. Some 780,000 Pfizer jabs for children ....
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New Zealand reports 272 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-02-04 06:44:33 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:6 - ID:9400297
WELLINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - New Zealand registered 272 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health ministry reported Friday. This brings the total number of infections in the country to 17,277, while the total number of fatalities reached ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 387mn
Date: 2022-02-04 06:44:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9400292
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 387 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....
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Japan mulls sending natural gas to Europe in contingency over Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-03 22:37:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:123 - ID:9400126
TOKYO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Japan is weighing an option to divert part of its natural gas reserves to Europe in case Russia restricts gas supplies to the region in response to projected sanctions following a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo News ....
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Germany's Olaf Scholz announces impending Moscow visit
Date: 2022-02-03 22:37:39 GMT - Germany - World - SN:122 - ID:9400127
BERLIN, Feb 3 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he would travel to Moscow in the near future to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deutsche Welle reported. "That is planned soon," Scholz told public broadcaster ZDF ....
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4 senior aides to Boris Johnson resign in wake of 'Partygate' scandal
Date: 2022-02-03 22:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:120 - ID:9400141
LONDON, Feb 3 (MENA) - Four senior aides to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday in the wake of the Downing Street 'Partygate' scandal, SkyNews reported. Downing Street announced in an evening statement that it had accepted ....
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US designates Indonesia-Based Organization for Support to Terrorism
Date: 2022-02-03 21:56:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:9400125
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - The United States is designating World Human Care, an Indonesia-based organization that has provided financial support to Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), an Indonesia-based terrorist group. World Human Care provides ....
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Blinken: Daesh leader killed in airstrike on Syria
Date: 2022-02-03 21:55:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:117 - ID:9400124
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - The military operation authorized by US President Biden and carried out by U.S. forces last night in northwest Syria has resulted in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of Daesh – a significant ....
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Putin hails Argentina as one of Russia’s key partners in Latin America
Date: 2022-02-03 21:18:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:116 - ID:9400048
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Argentina is one of Russia’s key partners in Latin America, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following talks with his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez on Thursday, TASS reported. "I would ....
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Lavrov wishes China success in hosting Olympics at meeting with Wang Yi
Date: 2022-02-03 21:17:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:9400044
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wished China success in hosting the 24th Winter Olympic Games at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday. The two top diplomats agreed that a diplomatic boycott of the ....