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  • UK records 35,693 new cases, 207 more coronavirus-related deaths, daily figures show

    Date: 2021-09-01 16:12:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9142806

    LONDON, Sept (MENA) - The UK has recorded 207 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, government data shows. It is the highest daily figure since 9 March when 231 deaths were reported, Sky News channel reported. There ....

  • Bangladesh reports 3,062 Covid-19 cases, 79 fatalities in one day

    Date: 2021-09-01 15:24:14 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:77 - ID:9142561

    DHAKA, Sept 1 (MENA) - The health authorities in Bangladesh reported on Wednesday 3,062 fresh Covid-19 cases while the virus claimed 79 lives in the South Asian country over the past 24 hours. The official tally showed that the virus has killed ....

  • 'War rarely goes as planned': New report tallies trillions US spent in Afghanistan, Iraq

    Date: 2021-09-01 15:13:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:9142554

    WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - The US government has never provided a full accounting of the costs of America’s so-called “forever wars” in Afghanistan and Iraq, USA Today newspaper reported on Wednesday. But researchers at Brown University ....

  • Indonesia reports 10,337 new COVID-19 cases, 653 deaths

    Date: 2021-09-01 15:05:35 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:73 - ID:9142552

    JAKARTA, Sept 1 (MENA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 10,337 within one day to 4,100,138, with the death toll adding by 653 to 133,676, the country's Health Ministry said on Wednesday. According to the ministry, 16,394 more ....

  • Vietnam reports 11,434 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-09-01 13:55:31 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:63 - ID:9142475

    HANOI, Sept 1 (MENA) - An additional 11,434 COVID-19 cases and 364 virus-related deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours in Vietnam, Vietnam News reported on Wednesday. This brought the country’s total number of COVID-19 infections to 473,530 ....

  • ECA appoints Zuzana Schwidrowski Head of its Office for North Africa

    Date: 2021-09-01 11:40:27 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:44 - ID:9142105

    RABAT, Sept 1 (MENA) - Newly appointed Director of the ECA Office for North Africa Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski took office, following her appointment by the Executive Secretary Vera Songwe, said a statement issued by ECA Wednesday. A former ....

  • Philippines reports 14,216 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-09-01 09:43:43 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:33 - ID:9141766

    MANILA, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Philippines' COVID-19 tally is more than two million as the Department of Health reported 14,216 new infections on Wednesday, raising the country's total caseload to 2,003,955. According to the Department of Health, ....

  • Russia reports 18,368 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-09-01 09:24:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:9141816

    MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Russian health authorities registered 18,368 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, including 1,229 in Moscow, taking the total number of infections to 6,937,333. The Russian coronavirus task force said Wednesday ....

  • Mongolia reports 3,726 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-09-01 08:53:37 GMT - Mongolia - World - SN:25 - ID:9141734

    ULAANBAATAR, Sept 1 (MENA) - Mongolia registered 3,726 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The nationwide infection tally has now reached 217,546, the ministry said on its website. The ministry ....

  • Malaysia reports 18,762 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-09-01 08:36:01 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:23 - ID:9141730

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 (MENA) - Malaysia recorded 18,762 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the total number of infections to 1,765,016, The Star newspaper reported. The number of death cases increased to reach 16,664 while the number of ....

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