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  • At least 30 killed, scores injured as two passenger trains collide in southern Pakistan

    Date: 2021-06-07 05:31:46 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:3 - ID:8996574

    ISLAMABAD, June 7 (MENA) - A collision between two passenger express trains in southern Pakistan Sindh's Ghotki district killed at least 30 people and injured scores more on Monday, with the death toll likely to rise as rescuers were still trying to ....

  • Pakistan reports 1,490 new coronavirus cases, 58 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-07 05:24:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:8996565

    ISLAMABAD, June 7 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 1,490 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 933,630, the Express Tribune reported on Monday. The country's death toll climbed to 21,323 after 58 more people ....

  • 3 people dead, 5 injured in shooting near Miami Dade-Kendall campus, cops say

    Date: 2021-06-06 21:10:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:8996440

    FLORIDA, June 6 (MENA) - Another Miami-Dade mass shooting and a possibly connected car crash killed three people and sent five others to the hospital with gunshot wounds, Miami-Dade police said Sunday morning. The woman shot dead was identified ....

  • Mexico votes on López Obrador's "transformation" at mid-term

    Date: 2021-06-06 19:24:57 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:87 - ID:8996364

    MEXICO CITY, June 6 (MENA) - Mexicans went to the polls Sunday to elect the entire lower house of Congress, almost half the country’s governors and most mayors in a vote that will determine whether Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ....

  • COVID-19: UK reports another 5,341 coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-06-06 18:33:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8996282

    LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The UK has reported another 5,341 coronvirus cases, down on yesterday - but significantly up on the same day last week, Sky News reported on Sunday. A further four deaths have also been recorded within 28 days of a ....

  • German health minister under fire for unfit mask plans

    Date: 2021-06-06 18:19:02 GMT - Germany - World - SN:78 - ID:8996224

    BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn is facing fierce cross-party criticism after a report emerged about his ministry's plans to dispose of unusable face masks by handing them out to vulnerable groups amid the coronavirus ....

  • Indian variant 'around 40% more transmissible' than Kent strain, Matt Hancock says

    Date: 2021-06-06 09:53:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:8995329

    LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The Indian (Delta) variant of COVID-19 is 40% more transmissible than the Kent (Alpha) strain, Matt Hancock told Sky News. The health secretary said the new variant had made decisions behind the June 21 unlocking of ....

  • US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-06-06 09:49:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:8995287

    WASHINGTON, June 6 (MENA) - A US delegation led by Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has left for to Kabul and the region for talks on the peace process in Afghanistan. The US delegation comprised ....

  • 37 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Armenia

    Date: 2021-06-06 09:24:46 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:32 - ID:8995216

    YEREVAN, June 6 (MENA) - Armenia confirmed 37 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 223,180, Report informs, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health. Also, four more deaths from ....

  • Senior age government employees to stay home as COVID-19 cases rise in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-06-06 09:03:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:8995204

    KABUL, June 6 (MENA) - As the increase of COVID-19 cases spread concerns in Afghanistan, the government has decided to send senior age government officials and employees home, Khaama Press reported. The government of Afghanistan issued a ....

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