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  • Trump rejects impeachment managers' request for testimony at impeachment trial

    Date: 2021-02-05 07:11:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8784557

    WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - The House impeachment managers on Thursday requested Donald Trump testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, in a dramatic move to try to get the former President on the record about his conduct surrounding the ....

  • Coronavirus: Pakistan reports 1,302 fresh cases, 53 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-05 06:55:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:8784547

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 1,302 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 551,842, The Express Tribune newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll increased to 11,886 after 53 people ....

  • India reports over 12,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-05 06:44:37 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:8784544

    NEW DELHI, Feb 5 (MENA) - India has registered 12,408 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 10,802,591, the Union Health Ministry said Friday. The country also registered 120 deaths during the same period, upping ....

  • Biden calls for ending of war in Yemen

    Date: 2021-02-04 22:45:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:8784495

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The US has announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen, citing the role the bombing campaign has had in creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Al Hurra TV reported. The ....

  • Study: A quarter of people in France, Germany and the US may refuse Covid vaccine

    Date: 2021-02-04 22:20:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:8784487

    LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - Nearly four in ten people in France, more than 25% of those in the US and 23% in Germany say they definitely or probably will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a survey that underlines the challenge facing ....

  • Boris Johnson braces for Tory revolt on Covid roadmap

    Date: 2021-02-04 21:47:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:8784463

    LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised for a crunch vote over his roadmap out of lockdown - with fears of a widespread Tory revolt sparking chaos with his plans to reopen Britain, Express reported on Thursday. Scientists ....

  • Biden says "America is back" on his 1st major foreign policy speech

    Date: 2021-02-04 21:02:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:8784450

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered his first major foreign policy speech during a visit to the State Department where he signaled he would place diplomacy at the center of U.S. foreign policy. "America is ....

  • Security Council calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi, pledging ‘continued support’ for Myanmar’s democratic transition

    Date: 2021-02-04 19:23:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:8784343

    NEW YORK, Feb 4 (MENA) - The UN Security Council issued a press statement on Thursday expressing “deep concern” over the military takeover in Myanmar, calling for the immediate release of the country’s elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and President ....

  • UK reports more than 20,000 coronavirus cases, 915 deaths over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-04 18:52:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:8784340

    LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The UK reported 915 further deaths on Thursday, as well as 20,634 new infections, slightly up from Wednesday’s 19,202 new cases, The Guardian reported. Over the past seven days, infections in the UK have declined by ....

  • Kremlin: Russia won’t listen to Western criticism of Navalny’s sentencing

    Date: 2021-02-04 18:39:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:8784262

    MOSCOW, Feb 4 (MENA) – The Kremlin strongly rebuffed Western criticism Thursday and described the thousands of arrests at protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a necessary response to the unsanctioned rallies, Sputnik ....

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