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Delta variant 'greatest threat' to US COVID-19 efforts, Dr Anthony Fauci warns at White House briefing
Date: 2021-06-23 08:13:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9024652
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - The Covid-19 delta variant, first identified in India, now accounts for more than 20 per cent of coronavirus infections in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "The delta variant is currently ....
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JHU: Total coronavirus cases in world hit 179,112,729
Date: 2021-06-23 08:04:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9024714
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Wednesday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the world hit 179,112,729. According to JHU, the total death cases reached 3,881,150, reported CNN. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....
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US seizes Iranian state news websites
Date: 2021-06-23 07:30:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9024590
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - US Justice Department said Wednesday it had seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites, as well as three of the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, which it said were hosted on US-owned domains in violation of ....
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US Central Command: 50% of entire retrograde process in Afghanistan completed
Date: 2021-06-22 20:07:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:9024280
WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - US Central Command estimates that US troops have completed more than 50% of the entire retrograde process. "Since the President's decision, the DoD has retrograded the equivalent of approximately 763 C-17 loads of ....
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UNHCR warns of vaccine gap risk for world’s stateless
Date: 2021-06-22 13:22:52 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:57 - ID:9023628
GENEVA, June 22 (MENA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their lack of citizenship or proof of identity. “There are millions known to be stateless ....
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COVID-19 kills 116 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-22 12:08:50 GMT - Iran - World - SN:48 - ID:9023391
TEHRAN, June 22 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 83,217 with 116 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry, quoted by IRNA news agency, said on ....
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PM: Pakistan will not allow US military bases
Date: 2021-06-22 11:45:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:9023399
ISLAMABAD, June 22 (MENA) - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has made it clear that the country would "absolutely not" permit any of its bases or use of its territory to the United States for any kind of action inside Afghanistan. "Absolutely ....
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UN: 41mn people worldwide projected to face famine
Date: 2021-06-22 11:44:56 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:44 - ID:9023468
GENEVA, June 22 (MENA) - The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. In an appeal for ....
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Philippines to receive around 800K to 1M US-donated vaccines in July
Date: 2021-06-22 10:03:54 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:31 - ID:9023100
MANILA, June 22 (MENA) - The Philippines is expected to receive 800,000 to one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be donated by the United States next month, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said Tuesday. The doses ....
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US could slow down Afghanistan withdrawal: Pentagon
Date: 2021-06-22 09:29:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9022995
WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - The US military could slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan due to the gains made by the Taliban insurgents, media reports quoted Pentagon spokesman John Kirby as saying Monday. Kirby stressed that President Joe ....
