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US envoy for climate travels to Europe
Date: 2021-12-07 06:56:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9306287
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, Brussels and Paris from December 7-10, 2021, a statement by the State Department read Tuesday. Secretary Kerry will also meet virtually with ....
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India logs 6,822 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-12-07 06:26:50 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9306231
NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (MENA) - India on Tuesday registered 6,822 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, 17.9 per cent lower than Monday, India Today newspaper reported. It brings the total caseload to 34,648,383. At least 220 deaths were reported ....
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JHU: Global Covid-19 cases top 266m
Date: 2021-12-07 06:26:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9306230
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 266 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed Tuesday that the current ....
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Cambodia lifts travel ban for passengers arriving from 10 African countries
Date: 2021-12-07 05:46:32 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:3 - ID:9306221
PHNOM PENH, Dec 7 (MENA) - Cambodia has lifted an entry ban for passengers arriving from 10 African countries, according to the Cambodian Health Ministry. The ban had been introduced to prevent the spread of the novel Omicron coronavirus ....
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12 inmates escape from judicial lockup in Lahore
Date: 2021-12-07 05:35:25 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:9306216
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (MENA) - Twelve inmates have escaped from the district court of Lahore's Model Town after a scuffle broke out between two groups, Geo News reported. A total of 166 prisoners from two prisons were brought to the bakshi khana ....
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Croatia confirms two cases of Omicron infection
Date: 2021-12-06 20:56:36 GMT - Croatia - World - SN:84 - ID:9306025
ZAGREB, Dec 6 (MENA) – Croatia confirmed two cases of Omicron infection on Monday, but the source of the new COVID-19 strain remained to be identified, Xinhua reported. Both patients were interviewed in order to identify the source of the ....
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No US gov't official will attend Beijing Winter Olympics, White House announces
Date: 2021-12-06 20:54:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:9306026
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The United States will not send President Biden or any US government official to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the White House announced Monday. "The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or ....
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US, European nations concerned over human rights violations in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-12-06 18:22:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:9305867
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK have expressed their profound concern about recent reports of the Ethiopian government’s detention of large numbers of Ethiopian citizens on the basis ....
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Germany's Social Democrats announce ministers for new government
Date: 2021-12-06 15:17:52 GMT - Germany - World - SN:56 - ID:9305618
BERLIN, Dec 6 (MENA) - The next German Chancellor Olaf Scholz threw in a number of minor surprises as he nominated the Social Democrats' much-awaited Cabinet ministers on Monday, according to Deutsche Welle. Inviting each designated minister to ....
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Pakistan: 2 pilots killed in military helicopter crash near Indian borders
Date: 2021-12-06 14:42:20 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:54 - ID:9305237
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6 (MENA) - Two Pakistani pilots died Monday in a helicopter crash in the Siachen region near India's borders. Rescue helicopters and troops have been dispatched to Siachen, the military, quoted by Express Tribune, said. Siachen ....