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  • Czech President Zeman in intensive care

    Date: 2021-10-10 19:19:54 GMT - Czech - World - SN:108 - ID:9211315

    PRAGUE, Oct 10 (MENA) - Czech President Milos Zeman was receiving treatment in an intensive care unit on Sunday, creating uncertainty at a time when he is due to lead political talks about forming a new government after a parliamentary election, Sky ....

  • UK reports over 34,574 new Covid-19 cases, 38 deaths in one day

    Date: 2021-10-10 18:38:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:99 - ID:9211235

    LONDON, Oct 10 (MENA) - The UK recorded 34,574 new coronavirus cases and 38 deaths over the past 24 hours, Sky News reported Sunday. That compares to 133 deaths and 34,950 infections yesterday, and 43 and 30,439 this time last week. The number ....

  • Several Russians removed from US sanction list ahead of Nuland’s visit

    Date: 2021-10-10 18:04:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:93 - ID:9211187

    MOSCOW, Oct 10 (MENA) - Several Russians have been deleted from the US sanction lists in exchange for Russia’s consent to receive US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted ....

  • 1 killed, 14 wounded in shootout at Minnesota bar

    Date: 2021-10-10 15:54:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:9210898

    WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (MENA) - A shootout at a busy bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, early Sunday left a woman dead and 14 other people wounded, authorities, quoted by ABC news, said. The shooting happened shortly after midnight at the Seventh Street ....

  • IMF: MENA economies at "critical juncture" over limited COVID-19 vaccine access

    Date: 2021-10-10 13:46:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:9210481

    WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (MENA) - Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour on Sunday said the economies of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries are at a critical juncture, as ....

  • Australia to reopen Sydney after 70% vaccination

    Date: 2021-10-10 11:03:42 GMT - Australia - World - SN:37 - ID:9210174

    CANBERRA, Oct 10 (MENA) - New South Wales Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet said the state has reached 70% fully-vaccinated benchmark; an opportunity for some changes to the state’s roadmap out of lockdown, but bringing forward freedoms for the ....

  • UNEP head: Migratory birds affected by climate change

    Date: 2021-10-10 10:42:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:9210108

    NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - Head of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Inger Andersen said migratory birds bear witness to and are impacted by, the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the UN Media Center said ....

  • Russia reports 28,647 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-10-10 10:33:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:9210308

    MOSCOW, Oct 10 (MENA) - Russia recorded 28,647 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Sunday. The total number of cases has reached 7,775,365, according to figures from the crisis center. The number ....

  • Japan's Osaka eases Covid-19 vaccine reservation requirement to speed up inoculations ahead of next wave

    Date: 2021-10-10 09:53:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:9210109

    TOKYO, Oct 10 (MENA) - Osaka Prefecture has started offering Covid-19 vaccines without reservations at two locations, aiming to speed up inoculations among younger people in particular before the possible sixth wave, at a time when its daily ....

  • Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passes away at 85

    Date: 2021-10-10 08:53:15 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:21 - ID:9210051

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (MENA) - Pakistan's notable nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan -- also known as the 'father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program' -- passed away in Islamabad on Sunday, at the age of 85, the Express Tribune reported. Dr ....

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