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Brazil reports 79,277 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-26 06:20:59 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:2 - ID:9029601
BRASILIA, June 26 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 79,277 to reach 18,322,760 within the past 24 hours, the National Ministry of Health said on Saturday. According to the ministry, the death toll has ....
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd
Date: 2021-06-25 21:32:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9029536
WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison, CNN reported. Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white ....
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WHO's Tedros on Tigray bombing: denying health care access to victims 'unacceptable'
Date: 2021-06-25 18:21:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:68 - ID:9029347
GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that ambulances had been blocked from reaching victims of an air strike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region this week, describing as "unacceptable" ....
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Russia to respond proportionately to any threats of unilateral sanctions — diplomat
Date: 2021-06-25 18:13:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:9029343
MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Russia is ready to continue equal dialogue with the European Union, but it won’t tolerate any preliminary conditions, the more so, threats of unilateral and illegal sanctions against it and warns that such sanctions will be ....
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Greece reports 395 COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths
Date: 2021-06-25 17:45:32 GMT - Greece - World - SN:65 - ID:9029308
ATHENS, June 25 (MENA) - Greece health authorities reported 395 new coronavirus cases and 21 deaths in the past 24 hours, Kathimerini newspaper reported Friday. The new figures bring the total number of infections to 420,295 and and virus-related ....
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Brussels to ban diesel cars from 2030, petrol cars from 2035
Date: 2021-06-25 17:41:38 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:64 - ID:9029300
BRUSSELS, June 25 (MENA) - The city of Brussels plans to ban diesel cars from 2030 and petrol vehicles from 2035 as part of efforts to improve air quality and meet regional climate targets, Politico Europe reported Friday. Its low-emission zone, ....
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WHO: Delta variant now reported in 85 countries globally
Date: 2021-06-25 17:04:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:61 - ID:9029258
GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the COVID-19 Delta variant has been identified in at least 85 countries, and is spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations, CGNT TV news service reported on ....
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Many missing after building collapse are from Latin America
Date: 2021-06-25 16:53:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:9029247
WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - Many nationals from Latin American nations — including Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Cuba, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Argentina — are among those reported missing by friends, officials and family following the ....
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U.S. is assessing whether Taliban is serious about peace - Blinken
Date: 2021-06-25 16:12:07 GMT - France - World - SN:53 - ID:9029186
PARIS, June 25 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday Washington was assessing whether the Taliban was serious about ending the conflict in Afghanistan, and that trying to take back the country by force was not consistent ....
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4 dead, 11 hurt, dozens missing in high-rise collapse near Miami Beach, officials say
Date: 2021-06-25 13:59:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:9028951
WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - More than 150 people were unaccounted for after a high-rise condo building partially collapsed near Miami Beach early Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and 11 injured, officials said as quoted by ....
