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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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11 Iranians arrested at US borders for illegally crossing into Arizona
Date: 2021-02-04 17:45:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:8784260
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - A group of 11 Iranian nationals was arrested by United States Customs and Border Protection agents on Monday evening after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Arizona, the agency announced late ....
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Greece reports 1,070 new coronavirus cases, 25 fatalities over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-02-04 17:26:27 GMT - Greece - World - SN:68 - ID:8784226
ATHENS, Feb 4 (MENA) - Greek authorities announced 1,070 new cases of coronavirus and 25 fatalities in the past 24 hours Thursday, Kathimerini newspaper reported. One of the 1,070 cases involved an international visitor tested upon ....
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Africa to receive 90 million vaccines from COVAX by February
Date: 2021-02-04 16:15:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:8784126
GENEVA, Feb 4 (MENA) – Africa is to receive nearly 90 million Covid-19 vaccines in February in what will be the continent’s “largest ever mass vaccination campaign,” the World Health Organization announced in a statement on Thursday. In the ....
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UNSMIL welcomes 7th round of 5+5 JMC talks in Sirte
Date: 2021-02-04 16:07:38 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:62 - ID:8784105
GENEVA, Feb 4 (MENA) – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed on Thursday the convening of the 7th round of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) at its Headquarters in Sirte, from 4 to 7 February, to continue the planning ....