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  • 10 dead in mass shooting at grocery store in Colorado

    Date: 2021-03-23 07:07:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8866545

    WASHINGTON, March 23 (MENA) - Ten people, including a Boulder police officer, were killed Monday after a gunman opened fire in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, shattering the calm for another US community, CNN reported Tuesday. The fatal ....

  • S. Korea reports 346 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-03-23 05:29:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:8866496

    SEOUL, March 23 (MENA) - South Korea reported 346 new COVID-19 cases amid lingering concerns about a possible fourth wave of infections KBS said Tuesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said that the new cases raised the ....

  • India reports 40,715 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-03-23 05:12:40 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:8866487

    NEW DELHI, March 23 (MENA) - India reported 40,715 new coronavirus infections in a day, taking the nationwide tally to 1,16,86,796, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. Registering an increase for the 13th day in a row, ....

  • British army to shrink to its smallest size since 1700s

    Date: 2021-03-22 22:19:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:8866410

    LONDON, March 22 (MENA) – The size of the British army will be reduced to 72,500 personnel, and the RAF will have its air cargo and personnel carriers drastically cut as part of the biggest overhaul of the armed forces in decades, Sky News ....

  • Chinese Foreign Ministry: China-US strategic dialogue has boosted understanding

    Date: 2021-03-22 15:35:55 GMT - China - World - SN:67 - ID:8865781

    BEIJING, March 22 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said her country's attendance at the high-level strategic dialogue is an important step to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state in their telephone ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry: US did not back Putin's proposal about talks with Biden

    Date: 2021-03-22 13:41:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8865469

    MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the US did not back a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold direct dialogue with US President Joe Biden to discuss bilateral problems. "We regret to note that the ....

  • A year of Covid lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn, study says

    Date: 2021-03-22 09:55:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:8864792

    LONDON, March 22 (MENA) - A year of Covid-19 lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn – the equivalent of the entire annual output of the south-east of England or nearly twice that of Scotland, The Guardian quoted a report published on ....

  • Taiwan starts Covid-19 vaccinations as premier receives AstraZeneca shot

    Date: 2021-03-22 09:40:17 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:27 - ID:8864680

    TAIPEI, March 22 (MENA) - Taiwan Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung received their first shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the country began administering the vaccines against ....

  • Russia reports 9,284 new coronavirus cases, 361 deaths

    Date: 2021-03-22 09:38:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:8864750

    MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Russia on Monday reported 9,284 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 1,586 in Moscow. This takes the total number of cases in Russia to 4,466,153 and 95,391 deaths, the Moscow Times reported, quoting the ....

  • Russia launches 38 Satellites for 18 countries

    Date: 2021-03-22 08:57:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:8864721

    MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, The Moscow Times quoted Russian space agency ....

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