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Merkel: Coronavirus situation to get tougher as summer draws to close
Date: 2020-08-28 13:19:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:40 - ID:8565039
BERLIN, Aug 28 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel started her annual summer address with a personal appeal to Germans, warning them that the situation will get tougher as the summer draws to a close, Bloomberg reported on Friday. "There ....
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Merkel warns of hard months to come due to coronavirus
Date: 2020-08-28 13:04:48 GMT - Germany - World - SN:39 - ID:8565040
BERLIN, Aug 28 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday warned that the coming months are likely to see the coronavirus pandemic get worse, and called on people in Germany to continue taking the threat seriously, Deutsche Welle ....
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Police say lightning kills 10 children in remote Uganda town
Date: 2020-08-28 11:58:26 GMT - Uganda - World - SN:32 - ID:8564959
KAMPALA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near the Congo border, ABC News reported. The children, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16, were sheltering from the rain in a grass-thatched house ....
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Japan to export first new defense radar system to Philippines
Date: 2020-08-28 11:41:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:8564925
TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has signed a contract with the Philippines to deliver an air radar system, marking the first export of a new, complete defense product since Japan’s long-held arms trade ban was eased in 2014, the ....
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Indonesia records 3,003 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-28 10:36:01 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:26 - ID:8564843
JAKARTA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Health authorities confirmed 3,003 new COVID-19 cases in Indonesia on Friday, bringing the official nationwide count to 165,887, the Jakarta Post reported. It was the second day in a row for Indonesia to record its ....
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Tokyo reports 226 new cases of coronavirus
Date: 2020-08-28 10:26:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8564836
TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 226 new cases of the coronavirus, a decrease of 24 from Thursday, the Japan Today reported. The number is the result from 5,338 tests conducted on August 25. The tally ....
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Blasts in Kandahar Kill 13 Civilians: Official
Date: 2020-08-28 10:06:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8564837
KABUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - At least 13 civilians were killed in two explosions in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, today, Tolo News quoted the provincial governor’s spokesman Bahir Ahmadi as saying. The two explosions targeted civilian ....
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Austria registers 229 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-08-28 09:55:03 GMT - Austria - World - SN:21 - ID:8564786
VIENNA, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Austrian Health Ministry said Friday that 229 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the country over the past 24 hours. In a statement, the ministry added that the total number of the COVID-19 cases in Austria ....
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Japan PM resigns due to health reasons
Date: 2020-08-28 09:48:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:8564763
TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he will step down as Japan's leader as he needs to be treated for a flare-up of the intestinal disease, Kyodo News Agency reported. Abe said he had been able to keep the ....
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Ukraine reports 2,438 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2020-08-28 09:35:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:8564714
KIEV, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ukraine has reported 2,438 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 114,497, according to data provided by the coronavirus epidemic monitoring system of the National Security and Defense Council of ....
