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UK imposes sanctions on 7 Russian FSB agents over novichok attack
Date: 2021-08-20 17:41:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:9121906
LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - Seven members of the Russian security services have been hit with sanctions by the UK following the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent, Sky News reported Friday. One year ago today, Navalny - a Russian ....
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US extends non-essential travel restrictions with Canada & Mexico
Date: 2021-08-20 17:15:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:9121950
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The US is extending non-essential travel restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through at least September 21, the US Department of Homeland Security announced Friday, citing the Delta variant of the ....
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UK approves Regeneron/Roche antibody cocktail for COVID-19
Date: 2021-08-20 17:09:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:9121934
LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The UK drug regulator has approved an antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron and Roche to prevent and treat COVID-19, it said on Friday, as the nation battles rising hospitalisations due to the more infectious Delta ....
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Italy reports 49 coronavirus deaths, 7,224 new cases
Date: 2021-08-20 16:52:31 GMT - Italy - World - SN:53 - ID:9121912
ROME, Aug 20 (MENA) - Italy reported 49 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday against 55 the day before, the Italian health ministry said. The daily tally of new infections fell to 7,224 from 7,260 over the past 24 hours, AKI News Agency ....
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EU makes available additional humanitarian funding of €41 mln to fight coronavirus
Date: 2021-08-20 13:17:14 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:36 - ID:9121481
BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (MENA) - The EU will provide €41 million to help low and middle-income countries facing an unprecedented health, humanitarian and socio-economic crisis as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist, combined with the imbalance in ....
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Singapore reports 40 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-20 12:48:42 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:30 - ID:9121377
SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (MENA) - Singapore reported a total of 40 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to Channel News Asia. As many as 36 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections were registered, including 14 with no links to previous ....
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South Korea reports 2,052 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-20 09:40:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:9121141
SEOUL, Aug 20 (MENA) - South Korea reported 2,052 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 232,589, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Friday. The country added six more COVID-19 deaths, raising ....
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Pakistan reports 3,239 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-20 09:23:01 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:9121143
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Pakistan reported on Friday 3,239 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country up to 1,116,886 cases. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that 3,027 people have recovered ....
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Ukraine reports1,600 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-20 09:21:57 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9121142
KIEV, Aug 20 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 1,600 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,271,826, Ukrinform quoted the Health Ministry as saying on Friday. The ministry added ....
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Germany evacuates more than 1,600 people from Kabul
Date: 2021-08-20 09:16:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:18 - ID:9121131
BERLIN, Aug 20 (MENA) - The German army has evacuated more than 1,600 people from Afghanistan since Sunday as fears grow over revenge acts by the Taliban. The German military wrote on Twitter that it has evacuated more than 1,600 people on 11 ....
