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  • Tokyo reports 2,612 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-10 11:01:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:34 - ID:9104288

    TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 2,612 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, NHK reported. That's down 1,097 from a week ago. Tokyo's daily count of seriously ill COVID-19 patients is 176, up 19 ....

  • Russia reports 21,378 new COVID-19 cases, 792 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-10 10:58:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:9104281

    MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russia on Tuesday reported 21,378 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,811 in the city of St Petersburg, taking the official national case tally to 6,491,288 since the pandemic began. Coronavirus officials also confirmed 792 ....

  • Greek PM apologizes amid 'unprecedented' wildfires

    Date: 2021-08-10 09:35:26 GMT - Greece - World - SN:26 - ID:9104168

    ATHENS, Aug 10 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized on Monday amid a backlash against his government's response to the country's devastating wildfires, Kathimerine newspaper reported. Hit by its worst heatwave in decades, ....

  • Russia reports 23,120 new Covid cases

    Date: 2021-08-10 08:27:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:9104106

    MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russia reported 23,120 new coronavirus cases and 794 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to The Moscow Times. The latest toll brings the total number of infections in Russia to 6,379,904. A total of 162,509 deaths have ....

  • Afghan FM, Iran envoy discuss situation in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-08-10 07:25:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:9104011

    KABUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar conferred with Iran’s special envoy Ebrahim Taherian on the latest security developments in the country, Pajhwok news agency reported Tuesday. Atmar hailed the outcome of the ....

  • India reports lowest daily Covid cases in 5 months

    Date: 2021-08-10 07:24:09 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9104009

    NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (MENA) - India logged 28,204 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 147 days, taking the total tally of cases to 31,998,158, NDTV reported Tuesday. The number of active cases fell to 388,508, the lowest in 139 days, according ....

  • JHU: Global Covid-19 caseload tops 203m

    Date: 2021-08-10 07:07:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9103982

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 203 million and the deaths surged to more than four million, according to CNN. In its latest update, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) revealed that the current global caseload ....

  • US admits Afghanistan 'not going in the right direction'

    Date: 2021-08-10 07:06:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9103962

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US officials have called the situation on the ground in Afghanistan “deeply concerning,” pointing to the Taliban takeover of five provincial capitals in a 72-hour-period, VOA reported. Afghanistan “is clearly not going ....

  • Moldova reports 177 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-09 22:28:18 GMT - Moldova - World - SN:90 - ID:9103654

    CHISINAU, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Moldovan Ministry of Health said 177 new coronavirus cases were registered in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 260,807. The ministry added that four new deaths were recorded, taking ....

  • UK weather: Forecasters say sun is on the way

    Date: 2021-08-09 21:05:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:9103716

    LONDON, Aug 9 (MENA) – Torrential rain brought flooding to the capital on Saturday but Londoners are expected to experience warmer weather in the coming days with temperatures in the high 20s, Evening Standard reported. Tuesday will start “fine ....

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