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  • Capitol Police chief steps down a day after pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol

    Date: 2021-01-08 07:46:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8743355

    NEW YORK, Jan 8 (MENA) - Steven Sund, the Capitol Police chief has stepped down a day after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, congressional leaders said on Thursday. Chief Sund, who took over the 2,000-member Capitol Police force ....

  • Tokyo confirms 2,392 coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-08 07:25:29 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:8743350

    TOKYO, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has reported 2,392 new coronavirus infections on Friday, NHK News reported. It is the first time Tokyo's daily tally has topped 2,000 for two straight days, following a record 2,447 cases on ....

  • Coronavirus: 31,849 new cases confirmed in Germany, 1,188 deaths

    Date: 2021-01-08 07:07:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:8 - ID:8743326

    BERLIN, Jan 8 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased to 1,866,887 after 31,849 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on ....

  • Pakistan records 2,435 new cases, 48 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-08 06:55:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8743297

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (MENA) - Pakistan recorded 2,435 new coronavirus cases, taking the nationwide tally to 497,510, The Express Tribune newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll jumped to 10,558, after 48 deaths were reported in a day, ....

  • Covid-19: India reports 18,139 new cases, 234 fatalities in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-08 06:53:55 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:8743296

    NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (MENA) - A total of 18,139 new infections of coronavirus were reported in India in a day, taking the country's caseload to 10,413,417, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday. This is the fifth time this ....

  • Pelosi calls on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, remove Trump from office

    Date: 2021-01-07 20:09:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8743215

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, called on Thursday for US President Trump to be removed from office over his role in spurring on a violent mob that stormed the Capitol and broke into the House floor a day earlier, ....

  • Biden says rioters who stormed Capitol were domestic terrorists

    Date: 2021-01-07 19:59:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8743202

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) – US President-elect Joe Biden characterized the mob that stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday as domestic terrorists, referring to the violence as “one of the darkest days in the history of our nation,” The Wall Street ....

  • Zuckerberg: Trump to be blocked from Facebook, Instagram

    Date: 2021-01-07 18:07:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:8743098

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) – President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be locked through at least Inauguration Day, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our ....

  • Pakistan condemns use of Afghan soil by terrorists

    Date: 2021-01-07 17:28:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:8743058

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (MENA) - Pakistan has strongly condemned the use of Afghanistan soil by terrorists, Daily Pakistan reported. In a statement, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri urged Thursday the Afghanistan government ....

  • Japan reports 7848 coronavirus cases, 70 deaths

    Date: 2021-01-07 14:53:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:8742836

    TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Japanese Health Ministry announced that some 7,848 new cases of the coronavirus were detected over the last 24 hours, raising the nation's total number to 263,638. The ministry added that the country's cumulative death ....

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