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  • Biden says US on pace to hit 100 million Covid-19 vaccine shots on Friday

    Date: 2021-03-18 22:01:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:117 - ID:8859233

    WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said in Thursday remarks that the US is expected to hit his administration's target of 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered to American arms on Friday, CNN reported. The President had ....

  • Spain to resume AstraZeneca doses Wednesday

    Date: 2021-03-18 20:42:05 GMT - Spain - World - SN:108 - ID:8859197

    MADRID, March 18 (MENA) - Spain’s health minister said that the country will resume vaccinating with AstraZeneca doses next Wednesday but that officials will revise over the weekend which groups to exclude to minimize risks, CNN ....

  • Japan decides to end COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo area on March 21

    Date: 2021-03-18 15:59:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:80 - ID:8858543

    TOKYO, March 18 (MENA) – The Japanese government formally decided Thursday to end the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Tokyo region on Sunday as planned as infections have declined from their peak and the strain on hospitals has eased, Kyodo News ....

  • Pakistan urges world to fight Islamophobia

    Date: 2021-03-18 15:06:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:73 - ID:8858507

    ISLAMABAD, March 18 (MENA) – Pakistan urged the international community to challenge xenophobia and racism in all their forms as leaders from nearly 60 countries spoke out against Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred, Dawn reported on ....

  • Armenian PN says country to have early parliamentary election in June

    Date: 2021-03-18 13:53:22 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:60 - ID:8858287

    YEREVAN, March 18 (MENA) – Armenia will hold an early parliamentary election on June 20, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Thursday, indicating a potential path out of a political crisis that has pit him against the army, ABC News ....

  • Italy mourns its covid dead

    Date: 2021-03-18 09:56:42 GMT - Italy - World - SN:32 - ID:8857793

    ROME, March 18 (MENA) - Flags will fly at half mast across Italy today with mayors throughout the country to hold a minute of silence at 11.00 to preserve and renew the memory of all the people who died because of he epidemic, Tass news agency ....

  • Georgia reports 369 new cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2021-03-18 09:51:12 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:30 - ID:8857713

    TBILISI, March 18 (MENA) - Georgia has reported 369 new cases of coronavirus, 378 recoveries, and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, Trend News Agency reports via Georgian media. Some 23,747 tests have been conducted around the country in the past ....

  • 15 coronavirus cases reported in Singapore

    Date: 2021-03-18 09:18:55 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:24 - ID:8857660

    SINGAPORE, March 18 (MENA) - Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Thursday. All the new infections were imported and were placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in ....

  • Russian envoy to US to fly to Moscow for consultations on March 20

    Date: 2021-03-18 08:20:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8857460

    MOSCOW, March 18 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov will fly to Moscow on March 20 for consultations concerning future bilateral relations, the Russian embassy has said. "Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov ....

  • Indonesia reports 6,825 new Covid-19 cases, 162 new deaths

    Date: 2021-03-18 08:15:10 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:19 - ID:8857462

    JAKARTA, March 18 (MENA) - Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,825 within one day to 1,437,283, with the death toll adding by 162 to 38,915, the Health Ministry said. The Star reported Thursday that according to the ministry, 9,010 more people ....

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