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Australia unlikely to follow Netherlands and impose lockdown
Date: 2021-12-19 07:12:26 GMT - Australia - World - SN:15 - ID:9325689
SYDNEY, Dec 19 (MENA) - Health Minister Greg Hunt said it is unlikely Australia will follow the Netherlands and impose significant lockdowns to suppress surging Omicron infections, The West Australian newspaper reported. Asked on Sunday about the ....
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New Zealand detects 5 more cases of Omicron at border
Date: 2021-12-19 07:11:47 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:14 - ID:9325688
WELLINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - New Zealand detected five more Omicron cases in international arrivals, taking the country's total cases of the COVID-19 variant to 13, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday as quoted by The New Zealand ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 274 million
Date: 2021-12-19 07:10:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9325687
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - As many as 274,213,886 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Sunday. It reported that about 5,349,699 have died from the ....
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Germany adds UK to ‘virus variant’ risk list
Date: 2021-12-19 05:54:49 GMT - Germany - World - SN:4 - ID:9325657
BERLIN, Dec 19 (MENA) - Germany announced that the United Kingdom would be placed in its highest Covid risk category, banning tourist travel as well as tightening testing and quarantine rules, The Mail Online newspaper reported. The UK will be ....
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Two imported cases of Omicron variant detected in central China's Hunan
Date: 2021-12-19 05:36:33 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:9325647
BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - Central China's Hunan Province detected the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in two passengers who had arrived from overseas in the provincial capital of Changsha. The whole-genome sequencing and analysis by the Hunan ....
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Oldest person in China dies
Date: 2021-12-19 05:34:09 GMT - China - World - SN:2 - ID:9325646
BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - China’s oldest person, Alimihan Seyiti, has died at the age of 135 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Saturday as quoted by Xinhua news agency. Hailing from Komuxerik township of Shule County ....
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NATO to face ‘military-technical alternative’ if it rejects Russian proposals - diplomat
Date: 2021-12-18 22:13:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:9325555
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - NATO should take Russian proposals for security guarantees seriously or face a "military-technical alternative," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Solovyov Live YouTube channel on Saturday. "They ....
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SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites successfully
Date: 2021-12-18 20:09:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:9325491
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - A SpaceX rocket carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California early Saturday, according to US News. In a tweet, SpaceX said: "Deployment of 52 Starlink satellites confirmed." "Falcon 9’s first ....
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Daily UK Omicron cases triple to 10,000
Date: 2021-12-18 16:32:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:9325225
LONDON, Dec 18 (MENA) - More than 10,000 new Omicron cases have been reported in the UK in the highest increase so far - as the number of overall COVID infections exceeded 90,000 for the second day running, Sky News reported Saturday. The UK ....
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Russia develops new guided missile that can be used with drones
Date: 2021-12-18 15:30:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:9325101
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) – Russia has developed a new guided missile, X-BPLA, which can be used as part of the armament system for drones and helicopters, a source in the defence industry told Sputnik on Saturday. "X-BPLA is a new development based ....
