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Ghada Wali: Confronting illicit drugs requires int'l coordination
Date: 2021-06-01 11:57:15 GMT - Austria - World - SN:43 - ID:8986968
VIENNA, June 1 (MENA) - Ghada Wali, director-general of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has said confronting illicit drug trafficking requires international ....
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China reports first human case of bird flu strain H10N3 in world
Date: 2021-06-01 11:17:36 GMT - China - World - SN:37 - ID:8986952
BEIJING, June 1 (MENA) - China has reported the first case of human infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu from the country's eastern Jiangsu province, China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday. The patient, a 41-year-old man from ....
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Heathrow opens new facility to process passengers from red list countries
Date: 2021-06-01 09:40:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:8986702
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - Heathrow has begun processing arrivals from red list countries in a dedicated terminal following concerns about them mixing with other passengers, the Guardian reported. Travelers arriving from red list nations on direct ....
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Malaysia imposes second coronavirus lockdown to tackle worsening Covid-19 surge
Date: 2021-06-01 09:22:37 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:25 - ID:8986630
KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (MENA) - Malaysia imposes a partial lockdown, banning all social activities but allowing the economic sector to operate, Hindustan Times reported. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin caved in to growing calls for large-scale ....
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Russia reports 9,500 new COVID-19 cases, 372 deaths
Date: 2021-06-01 09:21:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:8986643
MOSCOW, June 1 (MENA) - Russia on Tuesday reported 9,500 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 3,669 in Moscow, taking the national infection tally to 5,081,417, the National Post reported. The government coronavirus task force said ....
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British minister warns of increase in infections from Indian coronavirus variant
Date: 2021-06-01 08:29:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:8986536
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - Minister for Small Business, Labor Markets and Consumers Paul Scully on Tuesday warned of an increase in infections from the Indian variant of coronavirus. In statements to the Guardian, he noted that no decision on this ....
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Pandemic prompts record plunge in Japan-issued visas in 2020
Date: 2021-06-01 08:14:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:8986524
TOKYO, June 1 (MENA) - The number of visas issued by Japan in 2020 dropped around 87% from a year earlier, the sharpest decline since comparable records were made available in 1999, due to pandemic-induced travel restrictions, The Japan Times quoted ....
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Scientists call on UK to speed up second Covid jabs as India variant spreads
Date: 2021-06-01 07:52:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:8986462
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - Scientists are urging the government to speed up second doses of Covid vaccines and delay a decision on easing lockdown restrictions in England on June 21 in an effort to tackle the creeping spread of new cases, The Guardian ....
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Covid lockdown school closures ‘hit mothers’ mental health but left fathers unaffected’
Date: 2021-06-01 07:46:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:8986375
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - School closures in England during the Covid lockdown badly damaged the mental health of mothers but had no impact on fathers’ wellbeing, research has found, The Guardian reported. Doing childcare and home schooling as well ....
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JHU: Total coronavirus infections worldwide hit 170,721,894
Date: 2021-06-01 07:36:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8986391
WASHINGTON, June 1 (MENA) - The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Tuesday that the total coronavirus infections worldwide hit now 170,721,894. According to a report by the university on its website, the total number of deaths due to the ....
