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  • India reports nearly 100,000 covid-19 infections

    Date: 2021-06-09 08:51:57 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:9000562

    NEW DELHI, June 9 (MENA) - India reports 92,596 daily new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 29,089,069, said The Times of India on Wednesday. With 2,219 deaths, India's death toll from the virus stands at 353,528. ....

  • Canadian PM denounces terrorist attack targeting Muslim family in Ontario

    Date: 2021-06-08 21:06:46 GMT - Canada - World - SN:74 - ID:9000370

    ONTARIO, June 8 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has labeled as a "terrorist attack" the killing of four members of a Muslim family, who were run down by a man driving a pick-up truck in London, Ontario. "This killing was no ....

  • WHO chief calls on vaccine makers to give half their doses to Covax

    Date: 2021-06-08 16:26:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8999985

    WASHINGTON, June 8 (MENA) - World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on coronavirus vaccine manufacturers to give half their doses to Covax, the initiative to distribute vaccines equitably, as part of a push to ....

  • Greece registers 1,339 new coronavirus cases, 30 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-08 16:24:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:56 - ID:8999984

    ATHENS, June 8 (MENA) - Greece’s National Organization of Public Health (EODY) announced 1,339 new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the country on Tuesday, from 808 the previous day, which brought the total number to 411,534. EODY data also showed that ....

  • Massive internet outage hits websites including Amazon, gov.uk and Guardian

    Date: 2021-06-08 11:46:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:8999302

    LONDON, June 8 (MENA) - A massive internet outage has affected websites including the Guardian, the UK government’s website gov.uk, Amazon and Reddit. The issue made the sites inaccessible to many users for more than an hour on Tuesday morning, The ....

  • Britons told to ‘holiday at home’ and avoid foreign travel despite ‘vaccines working’

    Date: 2021-06-08 09:29:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:8998886

    LONDON, June 8 (MENA) - Brits should “holiday at home” this summer rather than travel abroad, The Independent reported Tuesday quoting Environment Secretary George Eustice. Eustice said that because of the “risks” associated with foreign travel, ....

  • Russia reports 9,977 new COVID-19 cases, 379 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-08 09:22:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:8998883

    MOSCOW, June 8 (MENA) - Russia reported 9,977 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 3,817 in Moscow, taking the official national infection tally to 5,145,843, the National Post reported. The government coronavirus task force also said that ....

  • Canadian PM "horrified" by attack on Muslim family

    Date: 2021-06-08 09:14:00 GMT - Canada - World - SN:23 - ID:8998803

    OTTAWA, June 8 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Canadian Justin Trudeau said that he is "horrified" by the attack on a Muslim family in the city of London, Ontario. Four members of a Muslim family were killed in a "premeditated" vehicle attack on ....

  • Death toll from train collision in southern Pakistan rises to 48

    Date: 2021-06-07 21:48:03 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:94 - ID:8998368

    ISLAMABAD, June 7 (MENA) – The death toll from a collision between two passenger express trains in southern Pakistan Sindh's Ghotki district rose to 48 people and more than 100 injured on Monday. The death toll is likely to rise as rescuers were ....

  • Despite pandemic, level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits historic levels

    Date: 2021-06-07 20:58:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:8998324

    WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) – Level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit historic levels despite the outbreak of Covid-19, The Washington Post reported. Economies worldwide nearly ground to a halt over the 15 months of the coronavirus pandemic, ....

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