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  • Italy reports 13,762 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-18 18:52:28 GMT - Italy - World - SN:90 - ID:8806579

    ROME, Feb 18 (MENA) – Italy reported on Thursday 13,762 new coronavirus cases and 347 more deaths in the last 24 hours, ANSA reported. That compared with 12,074 new cases and 369 more victims on Wednesday. The current positive cases are ....

  • Greece registers new 1,400 coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-02-18 18:07:04 GMT - Greece - World - SN:87 - ID:8806578

    ATHENS, Feb 18 (MENA) – Greece confirmed 1,400 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, of which 10 were identified at entry points to the country, The National Herald reported Thursday. Confirmed infections since the pandemic began ....

  • Chinese FM warns of ‘Vaccine Nationalism’

    Date: 2021-02-18 09:28:06 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:8805436

    BEIJING, Feb 18 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the world to reject “vaccine nationalism” and promote fair and equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, adding that China has exported vaccines to 22 countries. Speaking at a ....

  • New COVID-19 cases over 600 for 2nd day, virus fight struggling with cluster infections

    Date: 2021-02-18 09:24:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:8805431

    SEOUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for a second consecutive day on Thursday as infections at a slew of manufacturing plants and hospitals surged, prompting authorities to guard against a potential ....

  • US records more than 68,000 new infections

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:55:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8805432

    WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (MENA) - At least 68, 419 new Covid-19 cases and 2,366 virus related deaths were reported in the United States on Thursday, CNN quoted Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. To date, there have been at least 27,825,043 cases ....

  • Belgium reports 2,677 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:38:22 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:17 - ID:8805409

    BRUSSELS, Feb 18 (MENA) - Total infections of coronavirus cases in Belgium on Thursday increased to 743,882 with 2,677 new infections reported by Belgian health authorities, euro news reported. They reported 43 more deaths from COVID-19 in the ....

  • Armenia reports 223 new coronavirus cases, 101 recoveries

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:37:56 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:16 - ID:8805404

    YEREVAN, Feb 18 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Armenia grew by 223 to reach 169,820 on Thursday, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. Fresh figures also revealed that 101 more people have ....

  • Facebook ban on news in Australia provokes fierce backlash

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:03:47 GMT - Australia - World - SN:14 - ID:8805311

    SIDNEY/CALIFORNIA, Feb 18 (MENA) - Facebook’s decision to block the sharing of news in Australia prevented the public from accessing critical information on government health and emergency service sites on Thursday, provoking a backlash from ....

  • Five killed, 15 injured as bus overturns in central Punjab

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:03:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8805308

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (MENA) - At least five people were killed and 15 other sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned on a main thoroughfare in Kamalia district of central Punjab, Dawn quoted officials as saying Thursday. Police and rescue ....

  • US charges 3 North Koreans over cyberattacks costing $1.3b

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:02:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8805260

    WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (MENA) - The US Justice Department indicted three North Koreans in December on charges related to cyberattacks to steal over $1.3 billion in crypto and traditional currencies from banks and companies, The Korea Herald ....

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