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  • IFJ: 65 journalists & media workers killed in 2020

    Date: 2021-03-12 14:19:00 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:46 - ID:8846322

    BRUSSELS, March 12 (MENA) - A total of 65 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2020 while doing their jobs, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), ABC news reported on Friday. That is 17 more than in ....

  • Third Covid-19 wave started in Pakistan - minister

    Date: 2021-03-12 14:18:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8846203

    ISLAMABAD, March 12 (MENA) - Pakistani Federal Minister Asad Umar has confirmed that the third wave of Covid-19 has started in the country and attributed the rising number of cases to the virus' UK strain, the Express Tribune newspaper reported on ....

  • Singapore reports 10 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-03-12 14:18:14 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:44 - ID:8846287

    SINGAPORE, March 12 (MENA) - There were 10 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Friday noon, taking Singapore's total to 60,080, the Straits Times reported. One of these cases is in the community, while the other nine are imported case who had ....

  • Wales lifts 'stay at home' lockdown order ahead Easter

    Date: 2021-03-12 11:45:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:8846074

    LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - Welsh people will be able to take holidays within Wales at Easter, the first minister was quoted by the Independent as saying on Friday. Mark Drakeford, the Labour leader in Wales, said today: "We will reopen ....

  • Japan to receive 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine by June as Tokyo 2020 looms

    Date: 2021-03-12 11:30:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:8846068

    TOKYO, March 12 (MENA) - Japan is to receive 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by June - one month before the Olympic Games get underway in Tokyo. According to Kyodo News, Vaccine Minister Taro Kono revealed Japan would ....

  • Malaysia records 1,575 new daily Covid-19 cases, three deaths

    Date: 2021-03-12 11:24:21 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:34 - ID:8846061

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health (MoH) said there were 1,575 new Covid-19 infections and three deaths from the coronavirus in Malaysia over the last 24 hours, the Malay Mail said. In a statement, its director-general Dr Noor ....

  • Bulgaria suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use

    Date: 2021-03-12 11:18:20 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:33 - ID:8846044

    SOFIA, March 12 (MENA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday suspended use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, following similar steps in Denmark, Iceland and Norway over safety concerns, Sofia news agency reported. "I order a halt in ....

  • Two dead, 27 injured as bus falls into gorge in India

    Date: 2021-03-12 11:04:46 GMT - India - World - SN:31 - ID:8846019

    NEW DELHI, March 12 (MENA) - Two women were killed and 27 other passengers injured, one of them seriously, when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, NDTV quoted officials as saying on ....

  • Cyprus: 32,000 fully vaccinated so far

    Date: 2021-03-12 10:41:23 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:29 - ID:8845980

    NICOSIA, March 12 (MENA) - Over 116,000 people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine so far, including 32,000 who received both, the Cyprus Mail quoted the health ministry as saying Friday. The ministry said 116,331 have been ....

  • Bulgaria registers 3,121 new coronavirus cases, 95 deaths

    Date: 2021-03-12 10:01:08 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:27 - ID:8845811

    SOFIA, March 12 (MENA) - Bulgaria registered 3,121 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 272,700, the Sofia News Agency reported Friday. The number of coronavirus-associated deaths rose by 95 in the past ....

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