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  • Janet Yellen 'Very Concerned' at Delta, other variants threat to COVID recovery

    Date: 2021-07-11 12:07:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:9055560

    WASHINGTON, July 11 (MENA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said she is "very concerned" about the risk that new coronavirus variants could pose to the global economic recovery from the pandemic, News Week reported. "We are very concerned ....

  • Withdrawal of US military mission in Afghanistan does not mean ending Washington's commitment to Kabul, says US envoy

    Date: 2021-07-11 11:07:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:32 - ID:9055764

    KABUL, July 11 (MENA) - United States special envoy to Afghanistan’s peace talks Zalmai Khalilzad said Sunday the end of his country's military engagement in Afghanistan does not mean an end to Washington's commitment to Kabul. Zalmai ....

  • Moscow overcomes Covid-19 peak -- mayor

    Date: 2021-07-11 10:44:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9055758

    MOSCOW, July 11 (MENA) - Moscow has overcome peak numbers of Covid-19 cases and sees stabilization and a slight decline in the incidence, TASS reported quoting the Russian capital’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The Russian official said in an ....

  • Afghan Finance Min: Deteriorating security conditions causes heavy economic loss - min.

    Date: 2021-07-11 10:35:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:9055559

    KABUL, July 11 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Finance warned of encumbering heavy economic loss over deteriorating security conditions. In statements to Al Hurra news channel on Sunday, the ministry's spokesman said Taliban controlled four ....

  • Biden administration shows little appetite for Haiti’s troop request --paper

    Date: 2021-07-11 08:19:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:9055374

    WASHINGTON, July 11 (MENA) - Haiti’s request for US troops to help stabilize the country following the assassination of its president presents a difficult choice for President Biden: send forces to aid a neighbor even as he is trying to pare down ....

  • US state secretary condemns Daesh threats to Italy

    Date: 2021-07-11 07:44:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9055372

    WASHINGTON, July 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned on Sunday Daesh threats to Italy and its Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio after hosting the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh. On Twitter on ....

  • Singapore sends second shipment of medical supplies to Indonesia as COVID-19 cases surge

    Date: 2021-07-11 07:03:39 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:14 - ID:9055353

    SINGAPORE, July 11 (MENA) - Singapore has sent a second shipment of emergency oxygen supplies and equipment to Indonesia amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. A Republic of Singapore Navy ship, bound for Tanjung Priok Port in Indonesia, left Changi ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus infections exceeds 186 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-07-11 06:44:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9055334

    WASHINGTON, July 11 (MENA) - As many as 186,418,493 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It reported that about 4,024,103 have died from the virus ....

  • Chinese mainland reports 12 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-07-11 06:24:47 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:9055305

    BEIJING, July 11 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 24 new COVID-19 cases, of which 12 were imported and the rest were locally transmitted, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported, quoting the National Health Commission as having ....

  • COVID-19 cases in S.Korea rise above 1,300 for 3rd day

    Date: 2021-07-11 06:16:51 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:9055284

    SEOUL, July 11 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases rose above 1,300 for the third straight day Sunday, as health authorities were set to impose the toughest virus curbs in the greater Seoul area to bring the fourth wave of the outbreak ....

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