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  • Greece reports 3,605 new Covid-19 cases, 20 deaths in one day

    Date: 2021-08-12 17:57:09 GMT - Greece - World - SN:70 - ID:9108562

    ATHENS, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Greek health authorities Thursday announced 3,605 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 528,474, Kathimerini newspaper ....

  • ACT to enter lockdown after Canberra records first locally acquired Covid case in more than a year

    Date: 2021-08-12 11:30:02 GMT - Australia - World - SN:37 - ID:9107884

    CANBERRA, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Australian Capital Territory will go into lockdown after recording a locally acquired Covid-19 case for the first time in more than a year, The Guardian reported. The chief minister, Andrew Barr, announced a ....

  • Speed of Taliban Advance Surprises Biden Administration, Dismays U.S. Allies

    Date: 2021-08-12 09:36:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:9107589

    WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - When President Biden this spring announced the decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan, his administration expected the Afghan military to defend key cities and perhaps battle the Taliban to a stalemate, The Wall ....

  • Russia reports 21,932 COVID-19 cases, 808 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-12 09:36:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:9107588

    MOSCOW, Aug 12 (MENA) - Russia on Thursday reported a record-high 808 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours and 21,932 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,294 in Moscow. The infection and death tallies reached 6,534,791 and 168,049 ....

  • China reports 81 new infections in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-08-12 09:10:35 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:9107587

    BEIJING, Aug 12 (MENA) - China reported 81 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for Wednesday (Aug 11), compared with 111 a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. Of the new infections, 61 were locally transmitted, ....

  • India reports 41,195 new cases, 490 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-08-12 09:02:23 GMT - India - World - SN:22 - ID:9107470

    NEW DELHI, Aug 12 (MENA) - India on Thursday reported 41,195 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the latest bulletin put out by the health ministry. With this, the total caseload in the country has risen to 32,077,706, the Times of ....

  • Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 5,638 - RKI

    Date: 2021-08-12 08:55:37 GMT - Germany - World - SN:20 - ID:9107438

    BERLIN, Aug 12 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 5,638 to 3,805,063, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll rose by 17 to 91,834, ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus hit 204,733,205 cases worldwide

    Date: 2021-08-12 08:28:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9107427

    WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - As many as 204,733,205 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It reported that about 4,324,553 have died from the virus ....

  • Mi-8 helicopter with 16 people on board made hard landing in Kamchatka — EMERCOM

    Date: 2021-08-12 06:56:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:9107353

    MOSCOW, Aug 12 (MENA) - A Mi-8 helicopter with 13 tourists and three crew members on board has made a hard landing in Kamchatka, the helicopter of the Disaster Medicine Center is heading to the crash site of a tourist helicopter, the Russian news ....

  • Oil spills from freighter that ran aground at northeast Japan port

    Date: 2021-08-12 06:49:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9107342

    TOKYO, Aug 12 (MENA) - A cargo ship that ran aground at a port in northeastern Japan before being refloated and anchored off the coast, was found Thursday to have broken apart and was spilling oil, the coast guard said. The freighter, the ....

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