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  • Russia reports 8,419 new COVID-19 cases, 334 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-09 09:01:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:8948949

    MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - Russia reported 8,419 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Sunday, taking the national tally to 4,880,262, Sputnik News Agency reported. The government coronavirus task force said 334 people had died in the last ....

  • India records 403,738 fresh Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-05-09 08:19:53 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:8948887

    NEW DELHI, May 9 (MENA) - India recorded 403,738 fresh Covid-19 cases in a day, which pushed the tally to 22,296,414, The Times of India reported according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 242,362 ....

  • Afghan school blast toll rises to 58, more than 100 injuries

    Date: 2021-05-09 07:35:19 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8948801

    KABUL, May 9 (MENA) - The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 58, Afghan officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to at least 150 injured, Khaama Press ....

  • Chinese mainland reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, all imported

    Date: 2021-05-09 07:34:23 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8948736

    BEIJING, May 9 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 12 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday. Of them, six were reported in Shanghai, five in Guangdong and ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus exceeds 157 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-05-09 06:27:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8948720

    WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - As many as 157,690,329 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 3,283,048 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It reported that there have been 93,709,032 ....

  • China says its rocket disintegrated over Indian Ocean after uncontrolled re-entry

    Date: 2021-05-09 06:16:10 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:8948705

    BEIJING, May 9 (MENA) - Debris from a Chinese rocketfell back to Earth on Sunday, disintegrating over the Indian Ocean, according to Chinese state media. The reports cited the China Manned Space Engineering Office as saying that the point of ....

  • Two avalanches in French Alps kill seven

    Date: 2021-05-08 19:28:10 GMT - France - World - SN:72 - ID:8948406

    PARIS, May 8 (MENA) - Two avalanches in the French Alpine region of Savoie left seven people dead Saturday, France 24 reported on Saturday, quoting prefecture sources. Local authorities had already warned Friday of unstable snow formations given ....

  • Blasts near girls' school in Kabul; 30 people killed

    Date: 2021-05-08 18:47:19 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:8948374

    KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - At least three blasts happened near Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in west of Kabul on Saturday, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. According to the ministry, at least 30 people were killed and 52 more were wounded in the ....

  • Merkel rejects US move to waive patents on vaccines

    Date: 2021-05-08 18:27:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8948325

    LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed opposition to the US President Joe Biden administration’s proposal to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, saying it would have “serious implications” for ....

  • Khalilzad says US to back Afghan Republic if Taliban rejects peace

    Date: 2021-05-08 16:27:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:8948197

    KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - US special envoy to Afganistan Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday the United States will stand with Afghans who support the Republic if Taliban do not choose peace, the local Tolo News reported. He made the remarks after ....

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