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India reports 13,742 new coronavirus cases, 104 deaths in past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-02-24 08:29:15 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:8814995
NEW DELHI, Feb 24 (MENA) - India registered 13,742 new coronavirus infections and 104 new fatalities related to the virus within the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 11,030,176 cases, according to the ....
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Germany reports 8,007 coronavirus cases, 422 fatalities within past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-02-24 07:44:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:8814994
BERLIN, Feb 24 (MENA) - Germany registered 8,002 coronavirus cases and 422 new fatalities related to the virus within the past 24 hours, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said Wednesday. Bild Newspaper quoted RKI data as saying the new cases have ....
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WB: Women still facing laws undermining their economic opportunities
Date: 2021-02-23 22:27:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:8814815
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) - A report by the World Bank showed that women across the world are still facing some laws and systems that undermine their economic opportunities. According to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2021 report, ....
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3 Japanese prefectures ask gov't to lift virus emergency early
Date: 2021-02-23 16:20:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:77 - ID:8814297
TOKYO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Three western Japanese prefectures asked the central government on Tuesday to lift the state of emergency in their areas this weekend over the coronavirus pandemic ahead of its schedule end date on March 7, Kyodo quoted Osaka ....
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Biden is facing pushback from regional ME allies, Republicans over Iran: analysis
Date: 2021-02-23 15:44:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:8813813
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) - Though US President Joe Biden is eager to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Biden is already facing pushback from regional allies in the Middle East and Republicans at home over making possible ....
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Canada votes to recognize China’s treatment of Uighur population as genocide
Date: 2021-02-23 15:40:33 GMT - Canada - World - SN:65 - ID:8813809
OTTAWA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Canada has become the second country in the world to describe China’s treatment of its Uighur minority as a genocide, following a contentious parliamentary vote which is likely to further raise diplomatic tensions between the ....
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Malaysia reports 2,468 new COVID-19 cases, 14 new deaths
Date: 2021-02-23 15:37:35 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:61 - ID:8813793
KULA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (MENA) - Malaysia's health ministry on Tuesday reported 2,468 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian country, bringing its total tally to 288,229. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in ....
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Biden is facing pushback from regional ME allies, Republicans over Iran: analysis 2 Washington
Date: 2021-02-23 15:30:39 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:60 - ID:8814218
An analysis published on The Washington website said a law barring UN inspectors from Iranian nuclear sites was supposed to go into effect on Tuesday, a move certain to escalate tensions further with the West. But a weekend of shuttle diplomacy ....
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Biden is facing pushback from regional ME allies, Republicans over Iran: analysis 3 last Washington
Date: 2021-02-23 15:30:13 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:59 - ID:8814222
Glimmers of a broader thaw could be seen in South Korea’s decision Monday to unfreeze a significant sum of Iranian money blocked in its banks because of US financial sanctions. In both Washington and Tehran, though, there’s plenty of opposition. ....
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G-7 ministers condemn violence against protesters in Myanmar
Date: 2021-02-23 10:35:15 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:36 - ID:8813562
BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven rich countries say the use of violence against people protesting against the coup in Myanmar is unacceptable and perpetrators must be held to account, ABC News reported. "We ....
