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PM Trudeau rejects calls to open Canada-U.S. border
Date: 2021-06-22 07:38:37 GMT - Canada - World - SN:11 - ID:9022777
OTTAWA, June 22 (MENA) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected calls from business leaders and the tourism sector to reopen the border with the United States in time for the summer travel season, according to media reports. Non-essential ....
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Repeat coronavirus vaccination needed after 6 months, Russian health minister says
Date: 2021-06-22 07:00:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:9022805
MOSCOW, June 22 (MENA) - Russians who were vaccinated against the coronavirus over six months ago should revaccinate themselves for extra protection as the country grapples with the third wave of the pandemic, The Moscow Times quoted Health Minister ....
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Over 60 Russian regions face rising incidence of coronavirus infections: health minister
Date: 2021-06-21 22:28:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:9022637
MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - About 65 Russian regions are facing a rising incidence of coronavirus infections, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said at a session, the footage of which was shown by Rossiya-24 TV channel. "A rise in infections is ....
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Greece reports 209 new Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-21 20:22:12 GMT - Greece - World - SN:103 - ID:9022464
ATHENS, June 21 (MENA) - The Greek National Organization for Public Health on Monday reported 17 more deaths from Covid-19 and 209 new confirmed cases over the past 24 hours. The new figures take the respective totals to 12,565 and 418,548, ....
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EU slaps new sanctions against 78 people, 8 entities in Belarus
Date: 2021-06-21 19:08:51 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:97 - ID:9022339
BRUSSELS, June 21 (MENA) - The European Union has expanded its sanctions against Belarus by additionally blacklisting 78 natural persons and eight legal entities, the European Council said in a statement issued on Monday. "The Council today decided ....
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US slaps sanctions on Belarus over human rights abuses, erosion of democracy
Date: 2021-06-21 18:32:21 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:93 - ID:9022338
WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Belarusian individuals and entities, the US Treasury Department said, joining Britain, Canada and the European Union in applying pressure for human ....
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UK reports 5 more coronavirus deaths, 10,633 new cases
Date: 2021-06-21 16:54:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9022217
LONDON, June 21 (MENA) - The UK has reported five coronavirus deaths and 10,633 new cases over the past 24 hours, Sky News reported Monday. Another 163,750 people also had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 109,408 had a second dose. It ....
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EIB, Santander provide €2 bln to support European companies affected by COVID-19
Date: 2021-06-21 15:26:10 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:74 - ID:9022082
BRUSSELS, June 21 (MENA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed two agreements with Santander under the Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF), approved as part of the €540 billion package of measures with which the European Union is responding to ....
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Afghanistan records 1,847 new cases of coronavirus, 78 deaths
Date: 2021-06-21 13:26:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:9021798
KABUL, June 21 (MENA) - The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 1,847 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,629 samples tested in the last 24 hours, said Tolo news agency. The ministry also reported 78 deaths and 670 recoveries from ....
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Swedish PM ousted in parliament no-confidence vote
Date: 2021-06-21 11:25:15 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:37 - ID:9021316
STOCKHOLM, June 21 (MENA) - Sweden's parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a no-confidence motion on Monday, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to either resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or ....