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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Explosion in Kabul claims lives of 3 civilians
Date: 2021-03-18 08:13:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:8857463
KABUL, March 18 (MENA) - At least three civilians were killed and 14 others injured when a government bus carrying employees was targeted by a bomb in Kabul on Thursday, Khaama Press reported. The incident occurred at around 7:20 am local time in ....
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UN chief Guterres appoints French diplomat Jean Arnault as personal envoy on Afghanistan
Date: 2021-03-18 07:17:34 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:8 - ID:8857267
NEW YORK, March 18 (MENA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has appointed veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on Afghanistan and regional issues, authorising him to liaise with regional countries on his behalf to support ....
