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Karl Nehammer sworn in as new Austrian chancellor
Date: 2021-12-06 13:29:05 GMT - Austria - World - SN:46 - ID:9305405
VIENNA, Dec 6 (MENA) - Karl Nehammer was sworn in as Austrian chancellor by President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday in a ceremony in Vienna's Hofburg Palace as the country's third leader in three months, Deutsche Welle reported. He now ....
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Poland registers over 13,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-12-06 13:06:41 GMT - Poland - World - SN:43 - ID:9305150
WARSAW, Dec 6 (MENA) - Poland's Health Ministry confirmed Monday registering 13,250 new cases of coronavirus and 25 new fatalities. The Health Ministry said that Poland’s all registered COVID-19 cases rose to 3,684,671 while death cases rose to ....
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Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid - The Independent
Date: 2021-12-06 11:36:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:9305018
LONDON, Dec 6 (MENA) - Another pandemic will threaten human lives and could be “more contagious” and “more lethal”, one of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine inventors has warned. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, delivering the 44th prestigious ....
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Blinken hopes Russia to opt for de-escalation path in Ukraine
Date: 2021-12-06 09:19:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:9304610
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hopes Russia will prefer to de-escalate the conflict with Ukraine and calls on Moscow to withdraw their troops away from the Ukrainian border. That’s according to the Voice of ....
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China seeks first military base on Africa’s Atlantic coast, US Intelligence finds
Date: 2021-12-06 08:22:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9304514
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - Classified American intelligence reports suggest China intends to establish its first permanent military presence on the Atlantic Ocean in the tiny Central African country of Equatorial Guinea, according to U.S. ....
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Japan PM vows to "prepare for worst" amid Omicron variant fears
Date: 2021-12-06 07:44:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9304510
TOKYO, Dec 6 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to "prepare for the worst" in dealing with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus while still moving swiftly to get the economy back on track, Kyodo reported Monday. In a policy ....
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CDC director Walensky: Talks ongoing for authorization of omicron booster,
Date: 2021-12-06 07:41:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9304455
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - Federal regulators and COVID-19 vaccine makers are in "conversations" to streamline authorization of a booster shot specific to the rising omicron variant, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 265.8 mn
Date: 2021-12-06 05:38:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9304391
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - As many as 265,854,752 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,255,648 people have died from the virus ....
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US condemns militant attack on civilians in Mali
Date: 2021-12-06 05:10:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9304375
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The United States strongly condemned a militant attack on a bus in central Mali that killed at least 31 people and wounded 17, the State Department said on Sunday night. Unidentified gunmen on Friday opened fire on the ....
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Russia opting for persuasion rather than compulsion concerning vaccination – Putin
Date: 2021-12-05 21:47:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9304287
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) – Russia’s authorities are opting for persuasion rather than compulsion in what concerns vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection, TASS quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on Sunday. "Indeed, the most ....
