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Biden announces $7.4 billion to hire more public health workers amid pandemic
Date: 2021-05-13 17:53:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:8956190
WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - The White House announced Thursday that it is investing $7.4 billion to hire more public health workers to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and future health crises, Washington Post reported. The money will come ....
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UK reports 11 more coronavirus deaths, 2,657 new cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-05-13 17:08:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:8956106
LONDON, May 13 (MENA) - The UK has reported another 11 coronavirus deaths and 2,657 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported Thursday. Since the pandemic started, a total of 127,651 people have died in the UK within 28 days of ....
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Sri Lanka imposes travel ban to contain surge in COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-13 17:06:51 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:78 - ID:8955973
COLOMBO, May 13 (MENA) – Sri Lanka’s government has banned travel throughout the country for three days in an effort to contain rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases, ABC News reported. The ban is effective from Thursday night until Monday morning. ....
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Russian president nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Date: 2021-05-13 17:06:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:8955914
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - The Nobel Committee has included Russian President Vladimir Putin in the list of candidates for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, which currently comprises 286 people, Russian writer Sergey Komkov, who nominated Putin for the ....
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Scores killed, wounded in Afghanistan's fresh violence
Date: 2021-05-13 16:57:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:75 - ID:8956008
KABUL, May 13 (MENA) - On the first day of Eid-al-Fitr, at the beginning of a 3-day ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces, explosions in Kandahar and Kunduz provinces killed nine people and injured 17, said TOLO news agency. Two ....
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Putin says school shooting in Kazan 'has shaken all of us'
Date: 2021-05-13 14:39:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:8955917
MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the deadly school shooting in Kazan “has shaken” the country and ordered the government to revise school security protocols and tighten control over civilian gun ....
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India approves clinical trials of Covaxin on children aged 2 to 18 years
Date: 2021-05-13 13:57:14 GMT - India - World - SN:63 - ID:8955843
NEW DELHI, May 13 (MENA) - The Indian drugs regulator, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), has granted approval to indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine’s developer Bharat Biotech for conducting Phase II/III clinical trials of the desi ....
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Germany reports 278 more coronavirus deaths, over 17,000 infection cases
Date: 2021-05-13 13:54:14 GMT - Germany - World - SN:62 - ID:8955842
BERLIN, May 13 (MENA) – The number of confirmed coronavirus disease infections in Germany increased by 17,419 to 3,565,704, The Standard reported. The reported deaths from the virus increased by 278 to 85,658, data from the Robert Koch Institute ....
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Malaysia reports 4,855 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths
Date: 2021-05-13 11:54:17 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:51 - ID:8955716
KULA LUMPUR, May 13 (MENA) – Malaysia's health ministry on Thursday reported 4,855 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country over the past 24 hours, bringing its total tally to 458,077. In statements carried by The Star ....
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Russian president greets Muslims on Eid
Date: 2021-05-13 10:06:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8955606
MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - Russian President Valadimir Putin on Thursday greeted Muslims on Eid Al Fitr. A statement issued by the Kremlin and carried by Russia Today said “The holy month of Ramadan is over, and Russian Muslims gladly greet the ....
