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  • Missing Russian plane crashes into sea

    Date: 2021-07-06 08:45:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9046228

    MOSCOW, July 6 (MENA) - Russian emergency services have located where a missing An-26 plane crashed into the sea, RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. The plane with 28 people on board went missing while preparing to land in Russia's far east. ....

  • Daily cases ‘could hit 200,000 a day’ as Johnson tears up mask and distancing rules

    Date: 2021-07-06 08:44:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:9046231

    LONDON, July 6 (MENA) - Covid cases could surge to 200,000 a day, a leading scientist has warned, after the prime minister announced a plan to scrap masks and social distancing as soon as 19 July, The Independent said. Boris Johnson said that ....

  • China mulls sending vice premier to Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony

    Date: 2021-07-06 08:19:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:9046201

    TOKYO, July 6 (MENA) - China is considering sending Vice Premier Sun Chunlan to the July 23 opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, ahead of the Beijing Winter Games in February next year, Kyodo quoted sources close to the Communist Party as saying ....

  • Richard Donner, Director of ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ Films, Dies at 91

    Date: 2021-07-06 08:18:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9046180

    NEW YORK, July 6 (MENA) - Richard Donner, the tough, single-minded but playful film director who made Christopher Reeve’s Superman fly, Mel Gibson’s deranged detective lethal and the young stars of “The Goonies” pirate-adorable, died on Monday. He ....

  • JHU: Total global coronavirus cases hit 84,153,361

    Date: 2021-07-06 08:01:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9046210

    WASHINGTON, July 6 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Tuesday that the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level hit now 184,153,361. The university added that the total number of death cases reached now ....

  • Death toll from condo collapse in Miami-Dade rises to 28

    Date: 2021-07-06 07:12:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9046140

    WASHINGTON, July 6 (MENA) - As many as 28 people are confirmed dead and 117 people remain unaccounted for on day 12 of the search for victims in a condo collapse in Miami-Dade. The bodies of four more victims were recovered from the rubble of ....

  • Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 440 - RKI

    Date: 2021-07-06 06:58:33 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:9046119

    BERLIN, July 6 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 440 to 3,731,564, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported death toll rose by 31 to 91,062. ....

  • Number of children facing education disruption in Yemen could rise to 6 million, UNICEF warns

    Date: 2021-07-06 06:38:03 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:8 - ID:9046098

    NEW YORK, July 6 (MENA) - Yemeni children’s education has become one of the greatest casualties of Yemen’s devastating and ongoing conflict, according to a new report published by UNICEF. Just over 2 million school-age girls and boys are now out ....

  • Brent crude surpasses $77 as OPEC fails to reach new output deal

    Date: 2021-07-05 18:20:21 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:91 - ID:9045688

    VIENNA, July 5 (MENA) - Brent oil prices rose above $77 a barrel for the first time since 2018 after OPEC+ failed to reach a deal on bringing back curtailed output, leaving the market with tighter supplies than expected, Bloomberg reported ....

  • Pope Francis continues to recover, to remain at hospital for week

    Date: 2021-07-05 17:14:47 GMT - Italy - World - SN:86 - ID:9045609

    ROME, July 5 (MENA) - Pope Francis is doing well and is alert, according to a statement released by the director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni in the latest medical bulletin released regarding the surgery the Pope underwent on Sunday ....

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