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  • India reports 7,992 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-12-11 06:57:07 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:9313017

    NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (MENA) - India on Saturday registered 7,992 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, India Today newspaper reported. The new cases bring the total infections in the country to 34,682,736, according to the Indian Heath ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 269,168,292

    Date: 2021-12-11 05:49:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9312959

    WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 269 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed Saturday that the current ....

  • 54 migrants dead, 105 injured after vehicle overturns in Chiapas, Mexico: Authorities

    Date: 2021-12-10 20:59:26 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:62 - ID:9312838

    MEXICO CITY, Dec 10 (MENA) - A vehicle full of migrants overturned in Chiapas, Mexico, Thursday night, leaving 54 dead and 105 injured, authorities said. "After the accident that occurred in Chiapa de Corzo, I inform you that unfortunately 49 ....

  • CIA employees worked in Russian govt in mid-1990s, Putin says

    Date: 2021-12-10 17:10:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:9312607

    MOSCOW, Dec 10 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin shed some light on the methods that foreign states used to influence the Russian Federation in mid-1990s. He underscored that he thwarted such actions in the early 2000s, TASS news agency ....

  • Canada imposes additional sanctions on entities affiliated with Myanmar military regime

    Date: 2021-12-10 17:06:34 GMT - Canada - World - SN:52 - ID:9312678

    OTTAWA, Dec 10 (MENA) - Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced additional sanctions against four entities, under the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations in response to the Myanmar military's ongoing repression of the ....

  • Scientists puzzle over Omicron’s origins as variant spreads Emergence of mutation prompts virologists to weigh competing theories

    Date: 2021-12-10 16:58:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:9312662

    LONDON, Dec 10 (MENA) - Reports of a heavily mutated coronavirus variant first surfaced in late November after a flurry of baffling genomes was uploaded to a global database, the Financial Times reported. Omicron, as it came to be known, was ....

  • US ignores Russian warnings; NATO moves maximally close - Russian diplomat

    Date: 2021-12-10 16:53:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9312614

    MOSCOW, Dec 10 (MENA) - Moscow and Washington should reach an understanding on the need to bring their positions on arms control closer to each other and find points of contact, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov ....

  • Finland picks Lockheed Martin F-35A in dlrs 11bn defense deal

    Date: 2021-12-10 16:17:17 GMT - Finland - World - SN:45 - ID:9312591

    HELSINKI, Dec 10 (MENA) - Finland has agreed to buy 64 Lockheed Martin fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of combat planes in a 10 billion-euro (dlrs 11.3 billion) deal that represents the Finnish military’s largest ever purchase, the ....

  • India's Omicron tally rises to 26

    Date: 2021-12-10 15:12:07 GMT - India - World - SN:41 - ID:9312491

    NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (MENA) India's Omicron cases tally rose to 26 on Friday after one more tested positive for the new Covid variant in Mumbai, the Indian Express reported. A resident of Dharavi area who recently returned from Tanzania was found ....

  • Australia's coal-fired power plants closing earlier than expected

    Date: 2021-12-10 15:00:21 GMT - Australia - World - SN:40 - ID:9312489

    CANBERRA, Dec 10 (MENA) - Australia's national energy grid is forecast to be coal-free by 2043, with governments urged to plan for early plant closures while ramping up cleaner alternatives, the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia (SBS News) ....

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