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Japan reports 3,700 Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-17 15:37:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:73 - ID:8961124
TOKYO, May 17 (MENA) - Japan's health ministry said on Monday 3,700 new Covid-19 cases were detected in the country in a span of 24 hours. As many as 419 fresh confirmed cases were reported in the capital Tokyo over the past 24 hours, NHK ....
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Ghada Waly opens 30th session of CCPCJ 3 last Vienna
Date: 2021-05-17 13:29:24 GMT - Austria - World - SN:45 - ID:8960899
Meeting for the first time since the 14th UN Crime Congress, the Crime Commission will take forward the Kyoto Declaration, adopted at the Congress, to step up shared responses to crime challenges and accelerate progress towards delivering on the ....
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Ghada Waly opens 30th session of CCPCJ 2 Vienna
Date: 2021-05-17 13:28:42 GMT - Austria - World - SN:44 - ID:8960889
Egyptian Justice Minister Omar Marawan, leading Egypt's delegation, participated in the meeting. Marawan said in his speech that Egypt is exerting strenuous efforts to boost efficiency of criminal justice systems in shadow of the ....
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Ghada Waly opens 30th session of CCPCJ
Date: 2021-05-17 13:13:52 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:43 - ID:8960661
VIENNA, May 17 (MENA) - The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) opened its 30th session here on Monday, with a focus on protecting the vulnerable through comprehensive justice responses as the covid-19 pandemic continues ....
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Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO
Date: 2021-05-17 10:05:14 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:30 - ID:8960278
GENEVA, May 17 (MENA) - Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the International Labor ....
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 5,412 - RKI
Date: 2021-05-17 08:04:13 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:8960149
BERLIN, May 17 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 5,412 to 3,598,846, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reported death toll rose by 64 to 86,160, the ....
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Thailand reports record-smashing 9,635 new Covid cases Monday, 25 deaths
Date: 2021-05-17 08:03:36 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:22 - ID:8960162
BANGKOK, May 17 (MENA) - The government on Monday recorded 9,635 new Covid-19 cases -- by far Thailand's biggest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic -- along with 25 Covid-related deaths, Bangkok Post reported. Of the new cases, ....
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Over 80% of Japanese oppose Olympics this summer, poll shows
Date: 2021-05-17 07:40:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:8960124
TOKYO, May 17 (MENA) - More than 80% of Japanese oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new poll published Monday showed, with just under 10 weeks until the Tokyo Games, The Japan Times reported. The latest survey comes after ....
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Venezuelan people need millions of doses of Sputnik Light vaccine, amb. says
Date: 2021-05-17 07:37:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:8960085
MOSCOW, May 17 (MENA) - The people of Venezuela need millions of Russian Sputnik Light vaccine doses, recently approved for use in the country, Sputnik reported, quoting Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa as having said. "I can’t ....
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India confirms hundreds of bodies found in Ganges are Covid-19 victims
Date: 2021-05-17 07:28:20 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:8960031
NEW DELHI, May 17 (MENA) - A senior Indian official from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has confirmed that hundreds of bodies washing up on the banks of the Ganges river include coronavirus victims, saying poverty and fear of the disease could ....
