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  • India records 8,895 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-12-05 06:33:42 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:9302767

    NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (MENA) - A total of 8,895 new COVID-19 cases and 2,796 deaths were reported across the country in the last 24 hours, NDTV channel reported quoting the Health Ministry on Sunday. As per the ministry, the spike in deaths was ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 265 mn

    Date: 2021-12-05 06:32:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9302768

    WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - As many as 265,387,764 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Sunday. It added that 5,248,738 people have died from the virus ....

  • Biden and Putin to hold call amid Ukraine invasion fears

    Date: 2021-12-05 05:38:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9302735

    WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin will speak via video call on Tuesday, the White House said amid mounting tensions over Ukraine. It comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had ....

  • Iran walks back all prior concessions in nuclear talks, US official says

    Date: 2021-12-04 23:02:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:9302696

    WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) – Iran walked back all compromises made in previous talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, pocketed compromises made by others and asked for more in its latest proposals, The Guardian quoted a senior US state department ....

  • Vietnam to suspend flights from 10 African countries over Omicron variant

    Date: 2021-12-04 17:01:08 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:51 - ID:9302368

    HANOI, Dec 4 (MENA) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the suspension of flights, including repatriation flights, from 10 African countries to prevent the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 from entering Vietnam. Along with ....

  • Russia detects 32,974 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-12-04 09:18:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9301623

    MOSCOW, Dec 4 (MENA) - Russia has registered 32,974 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, with the total number of infections reaching 9,769,011 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Saturday. The number of ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 264,950,626

    Date: 2021-12-04 07:31:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9301495

    WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - As many as 264,950,626 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 5,243,474 people have died from the virus ....

  • UN: Millions of Afghans starving as winter approaches

    Date: 2021-12-04 06:44:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:9301449

    KABUL, Dec 4 (MENA) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that war and insecurity in Afghanistan have displaced 3.5 million people in the country who are on the brink of poverty as the winter season is approaching, reported ....

  • US: Omicron cases detected in 10 states

    Date: 2021-12-04 06:13:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9301415

    WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - US authorities on Saturday announced that coronavirus strain Omicron has been detected in 10 US states after one week of its appearance in South Africa. Authorities added that Omicron could exist in other US states ....

  • S. Korea may need to expand entry ban over omicron: official

    Date: 2021-12-03 18:44:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:70 - ID:9301218

    SEOUL, Dec 3 (MENA) - South Korea is expected to put more countries under an entry ban imposed over concerns about the omicron variant if the present pace of transmission continues, Yonhap news agency quoted a Cheong Wa Dae official as saying on ....

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