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Denmark eases culture restrictions but keeps nightlife curbs
Date: 2022-01-16 10:21:15 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:36 - ID:9369314
COPENHAGEN, Jan 16 (MENA) - Denmark’s government has confirmed the re-opening of cultural institutions, which have been closed due to Covid-19 since December 19, RTVF reported. A maximum of 500 people will be allowed into indoor venues ....
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'Difficult weeks ahead,’ warns German Health Minister on Omicron fears
Date: 2022-01-16 10:19:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:35 - ID:9369316
BERLIN, Jan 16 (MENA) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach warned on Sunday that Germany faces a high death toll and major impact on hospital treatment in the current wave of Covid cases with the highly contagious Omicron variant. “We are ....
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Gavi distributes 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to 144 countries
Date: 2022-01-16 09:43:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:30 - ID:9369182
GENEVA, Jan 16 (MENA) - The Gavi Alliance has announced the delivery of 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to about 144 countries. The Gavi, a vaccine alliance which co-manages COVAX, is a global health partnership of public and private sector ....
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UNHCR urges world countries to support Afghanistan
Date: 2022-01-16 09:27:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:9369120
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) urged world countries to provide humanitarian relief and recovery assistance to the Afghan people. Much of the population of Marja in Afghanistan's Helmand ....
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Russia confirms 29,230 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2022-01-16 09:22:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:9369165
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed on Sunday 29,230 new Covid-19 infections and 686 deaths. Russia now stands at 10,803,534 cases of coronavirus and 321,320 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center as quoted by ....
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Russian peacekeepers return from Kazakhstan aboard 19 planes
Date: 2022-01-16 09:06:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9369130
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Eighteen Russian military-transport aircraft Il-76 and one An-124 Ruslan of the Russian Aerospace Forces with Russian peacekeepers on board flew from Almaty on Sunday, Tass reported, quoting Russia’s Defense ....
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UN chief voices concern over warnings against Tsunami waves in Pacific Ocean
Date: 2022-01-16 08:17:55 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:17 - ID:9368979
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the Tsunami warnings issued by a number of countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US. " The UN offices in the Pacific are closely ....
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Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami waves after Tonga eruption
Date: 2022-01-16 08:16:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:9368986
TOKYO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Japan’s Pacific coast was hit early Sunday by a tsunami following a massive underwater volcanic eruption in the South Pacific island country of Tonga the previous day, prompting the weather agency to issue a tsunami warning ....
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Germany's COVID-19 cases hit 52,504
Date: 2022-01-16 07:26:40 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:9368963
BERLIN, Jan 16 (MENA) - Germany reported 52,504 new coronavirus infections on Sunday as the contagious Omicron variant rips through a population with lower vaccination rates than some other parts of Europe, Bloomberg news reported. Germany's ....
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Russia has no relation to attacks on Ukrainian governmental websites - Kremlin spokesman
Date: 2022-01-16 07:26:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:9368944
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia has no relation to cyber attacks on Ukrainian governmental websites, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "We’ve read those reports, as well as media. We have nothing to do with it, and Russia has nothing to do ....
