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  • Finland pauses use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in young men

    Date: 2021-10-07 09:18:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:9205642

    LONDON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Finland will pause the use of Moderna's (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine for men born in 1991 and later due to reports of a rare cardiovascular side effect, the institute for health and welfare said on Thursday as quoted by the ....

  • 22.6 million Pinoys fully vaccinated vs COVID, nearly 30 pct of gov't target

    Date: 2021-10-07 08:27:50 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:25 - ID:9205532

    MANILA, Oct 7 (MENA) - The Philippines has fully vaccinated at least 22.6 million people against COVID-19, Malacañang said on Thursday, as the country continued to fight one of Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks, ABC.CBN reported. Authorities ....

  • 44 percent of Republicans want Trump to run again in 2024: survey

    Date: 2021-10-07 08:27:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:9205549

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Nearly half of Republicans want former President Trump to run for office again in 2024, The Hill quoted a survey by the Pew Research Center released Thursday as saying. The survey, conducted between Sept. 13-19, 2021, ....

  • UN calls on donors to scale up life-saving response to crisis in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-10-07 07:32:05 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:17 - ID:9205472

    NEW YORK, Oct 7 (MENA) - Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on August 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. People displaced by the Taliban advancing ....

  • At least 20 killed as magnitude 5.9 earthquake jolts Balochistan

    Date: 2021-10-07 06:54:21 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:9205438

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck parts of Balochistan early on Thursday morning, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 300, The Express Tribune reported. According to the Provincial Disaster Management ....

  • Philippines vice president to run for president in 2022

    Date: 2021-10-07 06:46:06 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:9205444

    MANILA, Oct 7 (MENA) - Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday she will run for the presidency in a 2022 election. Robredo, 56, a human rights lawyer and widow of a former interior minister, leads the opposition and has been ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 236 million

    Date: 2021-10-07 06:26:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9205422

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - As many as 236,511,950 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Thursday. It reported that about 4,828,340 have died from the ....

  • De Mistura appointed envoy for Western Sahara

    Date: 2021-10-06 20:14:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:9205197

    NEW YORK, Oct 6 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of the Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura of Italy as his Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, UN Regional Information Center reported on ....

  • Brazil lifts restrictions on UK travelers

    Date: 2021-10-06 20:00:34 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:95 - ID:9205203

    BRASILIA, Oct 6 (MENA) - The South American country has lifted a ban on travelers coming from the UK, South Africa and India due to the pandemic, Sky News reported. Anyone entering the country will only need to show a negative coronavirus test - ....

  • Travel ban lifted for more than 30 countries in huge boost for holidays - full list

    Date: 2021-10-06 19:21:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:9205142

    LONDON, Oct 6 (MENA) - The UK Foreign Office is no longer advising against travelling to 30 countries on the list, which means holidaymakers should now be able to secure travel insurance. Advice is expected to be lifted for more countries in the ....

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