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  • US warns of Ebola threat after Africa outbreaks

    Date: 2021-02-17 09:05:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8803723

    WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - The United States warned that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world "cannot afford to turn the other way" after cases of Ebola were confirmed in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Straits Times ....

  • US records 59,598 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-17 08:54:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8803725

    WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - At least 59,598 new Covid-19 cases and 1,602 virus related deaths were reported in the United States on Wednesday, CNN quoted Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. To date, there have been at least 27,753,824 ....

  • Japan Jan. exports post sharpest growth in 27 months on China demand

    Date: 2021-02-17 08:53:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8803555

    TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Japan's exports posted their sharpest growth in 27 months in January as they continued to recover from a coronavirus-triggered global slump, driven by brisk demand in China and other Asian countries, Kyodo reported Wednesday ....

  • Biden vows to make 600m vaccine doses available by end of July

    Date: 2021-02-17 08:52:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8803559

    WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said the US will have enough supply of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the summer to inoculate 300 million Americans. Alhurra TV Channel said Wednesday Biden announced that the US had secured ....

  • Blinken: 'Path to diplomacy is open right now' between US, Iran

    Date: 2021-02-17 08:34:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8803557

    WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken again expressed US readiness to negotiate over the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, telling National Public Radio “the path to diplomacy is open right now,” i24 News reported. “Iran is ....

  • Iran tells IAEA voluntary implementation Additional Protocol ends on Feb. 23

    Date: 2021-02-16 21:35:26 GMT - Austria - World - SN:110 - ID:8803365

    VIENNA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday informed the organization's director general Rafael Mariano Grossi that as of February 23, Iran will stop implementing the Additional Protocol to ....

  • More than 52,000 cases of Covid-19 were identified in the US

    Date: 2021-02-16 08:37:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8801779

    WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - At least 52,685 new Covid-19 cases and 985 virus related deaths were reported in the United States on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. To date, there have been at least 27,692,967 cases of ....

  • Malaysian PM:First vaccine arriving this Sunday

    Date: 2021-02-16 08:37:17 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:17 - ID:8801784

    KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the country this Sunday while the ‘roll out’ for implementation of the National COVID-19 Immunization begins in phases from Feb 26. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin ....

  • Bulgaria says British variant of Covid found in two thirds of tested samples

    Date: 2021-02-16 07:23:12 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:12 - ID:8801712

    SOFIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The British version of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the disease COVID-19) was found in 70 percent of the samples in Bulgaria, which were suspected to contain it, Sofia News Agency reported Tuesday quoting the Center for ....

  • Brazil reports 528 new COVID-19 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-16 05:07:02 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:2 - ID:8801603

    BRASILIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Brazil recorded 528 new COVID-19 deaths and 32,197 new coronavirus cases, National Post reported Tuesday, quoting the Health Ministry. Brazil has suffered nearly 9.9 million cases and close to 240,000 deaths since the ....

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