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  • Polls put German Green party in lead five months before election

    Date: 2021-05-03 19:07:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:8940759

    LONDON, May 3 (MENA) – A green wind of change is blowing through Germany’s political landscape as a poll-of-polls on Monday puts the Green party above Angela Merkel’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) only five months before national ....

  • Greece reports 2,146 new Covid-19 cases, 134 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-03 18:34:44 GMT - Greece - World - SN:77 - ID:8940806

    ATHENS, May 3 (MENA) – Covid-19 fatalities in Greece jumped to 134 on Monday in the last 48 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 10,587, Kathimerini reported. There were 2,146 new cases of SARS-CoV- 2 reported in the country, according to ....

  • UK records just one new Covid death

    Date: 2021-05-03 18:34:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:8940801

    LONDON, May 3 (MENA) - Britain has recorded just one Covid death, with infection levels falling to the lowest levels since last September, The Telegraph reported. The statistics come as the NHS hit the milestone of administering more than 50 ....

  • Bars, restaurants reopen in Greece in nearly 6 months

    Date: 2021-05-03 18:01:42 GMT - Greece - World - SN:72 - ID:8940761

    ATHENS, May 3 (MENA) - Restaurants, cafes and bars reopened in Greece Monday, after a lockdown was imposed in November, with restrictions in place to stem the spread of coronavirus, ekathimerini reported. Businesses are only allowed to serve ....

  • WHO: Covid-19 cases reported last 2 weeks exceed cases reported in first 6 months of pandemic

    Date: 2021-05-03 18:01:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:71 - ID:8940758

    GENEVA, May 3 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that there have been more cases of Covid-19 reported globally in the last two weeks than during the first six months of the ....

  • Japan records 3,800 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-05-03 15:01:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:66 - ID:8940399

    TOKYO, May 3 (MENA) - Japanese health authorities said more than 3,800 new cases have been reported on Monday, along with 43 deaths. The number of patients with serious symptoms across Japan stands at 1,084, renewing the record set on Sunday. The ....

  • 21 people wounded in bomb blast in western Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-05-03 14:44:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:8940524

    KABUL, May 3 (MENA) - A bomb exploded near a school in western Afghanistan on Monday wounding 21 people, many of them young students, a provincial official, quoted by ABC news, said. Ambulances rushed to the site and took the wounded to nearby ....

  • EU summons Russia's ambassador over travel bans on officials

    Date: 2021-05-03 12:44:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:8940166

    MOSCOW, May 3 (MENA) - The European Union summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday after Moscow put eight EU nationals, including top Brussels officials, on a blacklist in retaliation for sanctions by the bloc, according to the Moscow Times. ....

  • 4 Afghan security members killed in Taliban attack in Nahrin

    Date: 2021-05-03 10:43:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:8940072

    KABUL, May 3 (MENA) - Four Afghan security members were killed, including a commander, in a Taliban attack in Nahrin district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday night, Tolo news agency reported Monday. Mohammad Azizi, district governor, ....

  • Russia reports 8,489 new coronavirus cases, 336 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-03 09:46:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:8940002

    MOSCOW, May 3 (MENA) - Russia reported 8,489 new coronavirus infections on Monday, including 2,635 in Moscow, bringing the total national tally of infections to 4,831,744. The Russian coronavirus crisis centre said 336 more deaths of coronavirus ....

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