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Twitter to pay $800 million to settle lawsuit claiming it misled investors
Date: 2021-09-20 20:49:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:9176507
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Twitter will pay $809.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the social media company misled investors, the company announced Monday. As part of the settlement deal, Twitter and individually named ....
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US extends travel restrictions at Mexican, Canadian borders till October 21
Date: 2021-09-20 20:21:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:9176505
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - The United States is extending nonessential travel restrictions at land crossings with Canada and Mexico through October 21, even as it makes plans to allow fully vaccinated foreign visitors to come to the US later this ....
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80% of eligible kids in Malaysia to be fully vaccinated before school reopens in 2022
Date: 2021-09-20 20:21:10 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:96 - ID:9176513
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (MENA) – With 67 children dying due to Covid-19 this year compared to six deaths in 2020, the Malaysian Health Ministry aims to complete Covid-19 inoculation for 80 per cent of eligible children before school reopens in 2022, ....
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Washington evacuates over 20 US citizens from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-09-20 19:36:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9176459
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) – A Qatar Airways flight with as many as 21 American citizens and 48 lawful permanent residents departed from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, the US State Department said in a statement on Monday. This marks ....
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Singapore receives over 100,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
Date: 2021-09-20 19:10:11 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:91 - ID:9176393
SINGAPORE, Sept 20 (MENA) – A new shipment of 101,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Singapore on Monday, CNA reported. The orders were from private healthcare institutions and the Ministry of Health (MOH) helped in facilitating ....
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India, US discuss situation in Afghanistan, bilateral defense cooperation
Date: 2021-09-20 19:07:42 GMT - India - World - SN:90 - ID:9176257
NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (MENA) - Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday discussed with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin over the phone the situation in Afghanistan, and issues connected to bilateral defense cooperation. The conversation came ....
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UN chief urges world leaders to make COP26 true turning point
Date: 2021-09-20 19:07:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:89 - ID:9176371
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres has urged world leaders to "do what is needed to make sure COP26 is a success and that it marks a true turning point." "To limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, ....
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Bangladesh reports 1,555 Covid-19 cases in one day
Date: 2021-09-20 18:18:50 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:84 - ID:9176206
DHAKA, Sept 20 (MENA) - The health authorities in Bangladesh reported Monday 1,555 fresh Covid-19 cases while the virus claimed 26 lives in the South Asian country over the past 24 hours. The official tally showed that the virus has killed 27,109 ....
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Moldova reports 950 new COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths
Date: 2021-09-20 18:17:12 GMT - Moldova - World - SN:83 - ID:9176308
CHISINAU, Sept 20 (MENA) - A number of 7,688 tests have been processed in Moldova in the last 24 hours and 950 new cases of infection with the new-type coronavirus were confirmed, of which 765 among non-vaccinated people, Moldpres reported. As ....
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Estonia registers 366 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-09-20 18:16:43 GMT - Estonia - World - SN:82 - ID:9176205
TALLINN, Sept 20 (MENA) - A total of 366 new coronavirus infections were recorded in Estonia over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 150,142, according to the Estonian Health Ministry. Two people succumbed to the virus during the same ....