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Germany reports 11,369 new Covid cases
Date: 2021-01-19 07:06:55 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:8758478
BERLIN, Jan 19 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 11,369 in the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The rise brings the total number of infections in ....
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Psaki: Biden won't lift Covid-related travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil
Date: 2021-01-19 05:25:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8758362
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - US incoming press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Joe Biden administration won't lift Covid-related travel restrictions on Europe and Brazil as decided by outgoing President Donald Trump. "With the pandemic ....
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Trump lifts travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil
Date: 2021-01-19 05:18:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:8758352
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective on January 26 -- a move that President-elect Joe Biden's administration ....
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Wali to open annual meeting of int’l organizations leaderships Wednesday
Date: 2021-01-18 19:27:54 GMT - Austria - World - SN:60 - ID:8758023
VIENNA, Jan 18 (MENA) – Ghada Wali, the Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is set to inaugurate the annual meeting of international organizations leaderships and media representatives on Wednesday. The meeting will ....
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Lockdown lifted at US Capitol Building after brief security scare
Date: 2021-01-18 19:26:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:8758133
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) – A small fire at an apparent homeless encampment less than a mile away from the US Capitol Building on Monday prompted Capitol Police to put the building on lockdown for over an hour "out of an abundance of caution," a ....
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French Muslim council agrees accord on 'principles' sought by Macron
Date: 2021-01-18 12:58:24 GMT - France - World - SN:38 - ID:8757178
PARIS, Jan 18 (MENA) - France's Muslim federations has agreed to a "charter of principles" requested by President Emmanuel Macron in his bid to eradicate sectarianism and extremism, France 24 reported. Macron urged the French Council of the ....
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Chinese and Russian vaccines in high demand as world scrambles for doses
Date: 2021-01-18 10:45:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:8757173
LONDON, Jan 18 (MENA) - Chinese and Russian manufacturers are seeing growing appetite from foreign buyers for their Covid-19 vaccines as the international scramble for jabs intensifies, despite lingering concerns over incomplete trial data and the ....
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Germany calls for release of Russian opposition leader
Date: 2021-01-18 10:31:51 GMT - Germany - World - SN:28 - ID:8757183
BERLIN, Jan 18 (MENA) – Germany has called for the release of Russian opposition leaders Alexei Navalny. Russia should "immediately" release Navalny, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday after a wave of Western condemnation of his ....
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Russia reports 22,857 new coronavirus cases, 471 deaths
Date: 2021-01-18 09:14:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8757067
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - Russia reported 22,857 new coronavirus cases on Monday, including 3,679 in Moscow, taking the national tally - the world's fourth highest - to 3,591,066, The Chronicle Herald reported. Authorities said 471 people had died ....
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UK prepares to vaccinate over-70s
Date: 2021-01-18 08:43:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:8756972
LONDON, Jan 18 (MENA) - Coronavirus vaccines will be offered to millions of over-70s and the clinically extremely vulnerable from this week as the government expands the rollout amid a border crackdown to keep out new strains, PA Media ....
