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  • Georgia reports 832 new Covid-9 cases, 17 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-05 08:47:30 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:10 - ID:8993462

    TBILISI, June 5 (MENA) - As many as 832 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Georgia in the last 24 hours, the health authorities said on Saturday. ­ The total number of confirmed cases detected since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic ....

  • Bulgaria reports 157 new Covid-19 cases, 18 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-05 08:43:37 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:9 - ID:8993461

    SOFIA, June 5 (MENA) - The health authorities in Bulgaria said new cases of Covid-19 registered in the country for the last 24 hours are 157, which is 13 less than the reported 170 infected the day before, Sofia news agency reported on Saturday. ....

  • Putin: Russia received no firm response from Tokyo on missiles

    Date: 2021-06-04 21:54:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:8993220

    MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow had not received a firm response from Tokyo about the threat from missile systems in Japan, but was ready to build relations, Sputnik reported. "We were very ....

  • WHO urges nations to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

    Date: 2021-06-04 20:12:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:8993102

    GENEVA, June 4 (MENA) - Some two billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health ....

  • US announces more than $266 million in new Afghanistan aid

    Date: 2021-06-04 19:36:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:8993117

    WASHINGTON, June 4 (MENA) – The United States on Friday announced more than $266 million in new humanitarian aid for Afghanistan as part of what it called an enduring US commitment to the war-torn country, the US News reported. The announcement ....

  • Fears of side-effects fuel reluctance to get Covid jabs, survey finds

    Date: 2021-06-04 17:42:08 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:55 - ID:8993045

    LONDON, June 4 (MENA) - Most people who are reluctant to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are worried about side-effects and whether the vaccines have been adequately tested, a survey in 15 countries has shown. Other reasons cited in the survey of ....

  • US business interested in operations in Russia, unwilling to lose positions, says Putin

    Date: 2021-06-04 17:29:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:8993031

    MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - American business is interested in operations in Russia and unwilling to lose its positions, TASS quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on ....

  • Greece confirms 1,112 new Covid-19 cases, 34 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-04 16:58:47 GMT - Greece - World - SN:51 - ID:8992978

    ATHENS, June 4 (MENA) – The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Greece went up to 34, with the overall fatalities rising to 12,218, according to the daily bulletin of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY). An easing was also confirmed ....

  • Russian MiG-31 fighter intercepts US military plane over Barents Sea

    Date: 2021-06-04 16:45:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:8992966

    MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - An MiG-31 fighter intercepted a US Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet’s press office reported on Friday. On June 4, Russian radars detected an aerial target over the ....

  • Afghanistan reports 1,310 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-06-04 11:07:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8992289

    KABUL, June 4 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 1,310 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 3,811 samples conducted in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 77,963. The ministry also reported 36 deaths and 55 ....

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