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  • Social distancing rules in England could remain until autumn- The Times

    Date: 2021-02-12 08:57:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:8795791

    LONDON, Feb 12 (MENA) - Social distancing restrictions will have to remain in place until at least the autumn to reduce the transmission of coronavirus under plans being considered by ministers, The Times newspaper reported on Friday. The Times ....

  • US registers 103,306 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-12 08:51:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8795789

    WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - The United States reported 103,306 new cases of Covid-19 and 3,724 additional virus-related deaths on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. That raises the national total to at least 27,390,465 ....

  • Ukraine reports 4,773 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-12 08:50:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:8795788

    KIEV, Feb 12 (MENA) - A total of 4,773 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 1,262,867, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said. "Some 4,773 new cases of ....

  • US state secretary: Washington committed to multilateral cooperation with UN

    Date: 2021-02-12 07:45:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8795691

    WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - US State Secretary Antony J. Blinken underscored the US commitment to multilateral cooperation with the United Nations and praised the UN role as the indispensable anchor of the multilateral system. In an introductory ....

  • Meghan Markle: Duchess of Sussex WINS dramatic victory over Mail on Sunday in High Court privacy battle

    Date: 2021-02-11 22:10:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:90 - ID:8795580

    LONDON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The Duchess of Sussex has been handed a dramatic victory in her High Court privacy battle against the Mail on Sunday. Meghan, 39, sued the newspaper’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) over the publication of ....

  • Canada expects to receive 400,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine next week

    Date: 2021-02-11 22:09:45 GMT - Canada - World - SN:89 - ID:8795585

    OTTAWA, Feb 11 (MENA) - Next week Canada is supposed to get around 335,000 doses, which would be the single biggest vaccine delivery to Canada thus far. Pfizer says almost 400,000 doses are to come the week after that. Moderna, the only other ....

  • Another 678 UK deaths reported as vaccination total passes 13.5m

    Date: 2021-02-11 21:44:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:8795560

    LONDON, Feb (MENA) - Another 678 COVID-related deaths have been reported in the UK, as the number of people to have received a first dose of a vaccine passed 13.5m, Sky News reported. The number of fatalities is down on the 1,001 recorded on ....

  • China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move

    Date: 2021-02-11 21:08:34 GMT - China - World - SN:83 - ID:8795551

    BEIJING, Feb 11 (MENA) - China has banned BBC World News from airing in China, one week after threatening to retaliate for the recent revocation of the British broadcasting license for China's state-owned CGTN. The National Radio and Television ....

  • Mine factory wrecked, 31 Taliban killed: Defense Officials

    Date: 2021-02-11 10:00:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:8794291

    KABUL, Feb 11 (MENA) - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) says a Taliban mine factory in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province has been destroyed, Khaama Press reported. Ministry of Defense in a released statement on Thursday said, that a ....

  • US treasury warns of increasing cyber terrorism crimes

    Date: 2021-02-11 09:37:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8794289

    WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The United States has warned of an “explosion of risk” from criminals using digital technologies. The Covid-19 pandemic has made the problem worse, because it has moved more crime online, Treasury Secretary Janet ....

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