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  • Germany reports 16,417 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-23 07:15:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:8764860

    BERLIN, Jan 23 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 16,417 to 2,122,679, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll rose by 879 to 51,521, ....

  • India's coronavirus tally climbs by 14,256 fresh cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-23 06:48:29 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:8764826

    NEW DELHI, Jan 23 (MENA) - India's coronavirus cases tally has climbed by 14,256 fresh infections on Saturday, pushing the country's Covid-19 caseload to 10,639,684, according to the Union health ministry data. As many as 152 coronavirus ....

  • South Korea reports 431 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-23 06:19:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:8764816

    SEOUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases rose back to above 400 on Saturday, Yonhap news agency reported. The country added 431 more COVID-19 cases, including 403 locally transmitted infections, raising the total caseload to ....

  • Pakistan registers 1,927 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-23 06:08:24 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:8764814

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (MENA) - Pakistan registered 1,927 new coronavirus cases and 43 deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said Saturday. The NCOC added that Pakistan's Covid-19 tally climbed to 530,818 and ....

  • Biden signs new orders to fight coronavirus  

    Date: 2021-01-22 20:19:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:8764676

    WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden is mandating mask-wearing in airports and on certain types of public transportation, including many trains, airplanes, maritime vessels and intercity buses, VOA reported on Friday. On Wednesday ....

  • Essex lorry deaths: Four men jailed for total of 78 years over deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants

    Date: 2021-01-22 19:33:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:53 - ID:8764633

    LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) – Four members of a people smuggling gang have been jailed for a total of 78 years over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants, whose bodies were found in the back of a refrigerated lorry in the UK, euronews reported ....

  • UK records 1,401 new Covid deaths and more than 40,000 fresh cases

    Date: 2021-01-22 18:38:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:8764533

    LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - A further 1,401 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK, the Mirror reported on Friday. This is almost 10% up on last Friday when 1,280 Covid-19 deaths were announced. The number of new cases has climbed above ....

  • US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary

    Date: 2021-01-22 18:19:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8764534

    WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The US Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department, the CNN reported. Austin, who retired in ....

  • Boris Johnson says new UK Covid strain could have higher death rate

    Date: 2021-01-22 17:53:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:8764570

    LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday "some evidence" suggests that new UK variant of coronavirus could be more deadly. "I must tell you that we’ve been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly ....

  • US Senator Schumer says House to send Trump's impeachment article to Senate Monday

    Date: 2021-01-22 17:04:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:8764487

    WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the House's article of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of the Senate's impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, CNN ....

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