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  • 6,358 more COVID-19 cases reported in Kazakhstan, total at 761,249

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:47:20 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:15 - ID:9131140

    NUR SULTAN, Aug 26 (MENA) - Kazakhstan has added 6,358 cases of the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, Kazinform news agency reported. Almaty city is the only area to report the four-digit number of fresh daily COVID-19 cases – 1,605. ....

  • Pakistan reports 4,553 new cases, 85 deaths amid Covid surge

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:43:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:9131137

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (MENA) - Amid the recent uptick in coronavirus cases owing to the fourth wave of the pandemic, Pakistan has recorded 85 new deaths and 4,553 new infections on Thursday, the Daily Pakistan reported. According to the latest ....

  • Ukraine reports 1,581 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:41:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:9131151

    KIEV, Aug 26 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 1,581 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 2,278,171, Ukrinform news agency quoted the Ukrainian Health Ministry as saying. "Some 1,581 new ....

  • Johns Hopkins: Coronavirus cases hit 213,866,744 worldwide

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:38:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9131239

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - As many as 213,866,744 people have been reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Thursday. It added that 4,463,127 have died from the virus worldwide. ....

  • US warns Americans of threat at Kabul airport: ‘Leave immediately’

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:37:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:9131162

    KABUL, Aug 26 (MENA) - The US Embassy warned Americans to stay away from the Kabul airport and told anyone outside the perimeter to “leave immediately,” citing unnamed security threats, The Seattle Times reported. Thousands of Afghan nationals ....

  • 229 Covid fatalities, 18,501 cases in Thailand

    Date: 2021-08-26 07:34:31 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:9131163

    BANGKOK, Aug 26 (MENA) - There were another 229 Covid-19 fatalities and 18,501 new cases recorded in Thailand over the past 24 hours, the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted the Public Health Ministry as saying on Thursday morning. There were 18,362 ....

  • US still working to contact most of the estimated 1,500 American citizens left in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-08-25 23:03:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:124 - ID:9131048

    WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that there may be as many as 1,500 Americans in Afghanistan left to evacuate, a calculation that he described as “difficult to pin down with absolute precision at any ....

  • Blinken speaks to German FM on Afghan issue

    Date: 2021-08-25 22:14:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:121 - ID:9131033

    WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas discussed coordinating efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last week, the News Today reported. The ....

  • CAF urges British govt to allow African players to join national teams

    Date: 2021-08-25 21:27:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:117 - ID:9131008

    CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) urged the British government to allow the African players playing in the English Premier League to join their national teams to participate in the qualification matches of 2022 FIFA ....

  • Cuba reports 8,637 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-08-25 21:00:57 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:114 - ID:9130965

    HAVANA, Aug 25 (MENA) - Cuba reported 8,637 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday after the study of 50,543 samples, so the country accumulates 7,634,180 samples taken and 611,163 positive, Contramaestre News quoted Dr. Francisco Durán, national ....

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