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  • Blinken to visit Kuwait, India next week

    Date: 2021-07-23 16:05:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:9074986

    WASHINGTON, July 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week, the State Department said on Friday. Blinken will also visit Kuwait and meet senior officials there at the end of the July 26-29 trip. In a ....

  • New Zealand-Australia travel bubble bursts

    Date: 2021-07-23 15:51:24 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:49 - ID:9074972

    WELLINGTON, July 23 (MENA) - Quarantine-free travel from all Australian states and territories to New Zealand will be suspended, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced Friday. The news ....

  • Indonesia reports record Covid-19 deaths of 1,566

    Date: 2021-07-23 14:41:57 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:44 - ID:9074889

    JAKARTA, July 23 (MENA) - Indonesia's Health Ministry said that coronavirus cases across the archipelago rose by 49,071 within the past 24 hours to 3,082,410, with the death toll adding by 1,566 to 80,598, The Star reported Friday. This has been ....

  • Search continues off Greek island for missing migrants

    Date: 2021-07-23 14:17:51 GMT - Greece - World - SN:42 - ID:9074849

    ATHENS, July 23 (MENA) - Search and rescue operations continued Friday off the coast of the Greek island of Crete for several people believed missing a day after a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants sank in high winds, ABC News ....

  • Over 1.5 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China

    Date: 2021-07-23 12:07:53 GMT - China - World - SN:36 - ID:9074667

    BEIJING, July 23 (MENA) - More than 1.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Thursday, the National Health Commission announced on Friday. China accelerated its pace of free COVID-19 vaccinations for the whole ....

  • JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 192,694,291

    Date: 2021-07-23 11:53:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:9074595

    WASHINGTON, July 23 (MENA) - The US' Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Friday that the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level hit 192,694,291. The university added that the total number of deaths reached now 4,138,553, ....

  • Afghan forces gain control over Herat's Karokh district

    Date: 2021-07-23 11:18:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:9074519

    KABUL, July 23 (MENA) - The Afghan government forces have gained control over Herat's Karokh district from the clutches of the Taliban, Russia Today reported on Friday. At least 152 Taliban terrorists were also killed while 52 were wounded ....

  • S.Korea: Vaccination incentive to be rescinded for travelers from 10 more countries

    Date: 2021-07-23 11:04:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:9074538

    SEOUL, July 23 (MENA) - Russia, Uzbekistan and eight other countries have been newly designated by the Korean government as nations where highly contagious variants of the coronavirus are spreading quickly, thus arrivals from those countries will no ....

  • Kabul says Taliban claim it controls 90% of Afghan borders an 'absolute lie'

    Date: 2021-07-23 10:18:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:9074504

    KABUL, July 23 (MENA) - Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry has rejected a Taliban claim that the insurgents control 90 percent of the country’s borders, calling the assertion an "absolute lie”, Gandhara reported Friday. "It is baseless propaganda," ....

  • Thailand records 14,575 new COVID-19 cases, 114 deaths

    Date: 2021-07-23 09:51:00 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:22 - ID:9074412

    BANGKOK, July 23 (MENA) - Thailand reported 14,575 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 467,707, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning. The ministry added that 114 ....

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