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EU secures 300 million more vaccine doses
Date: 2021-01-08 11:12:16 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:15 - ID:8743618
BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (MENA) - The EU has secured another 300 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, doubling its current number of jabs, euronews reported. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen gave an update on the vaccination ....
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Number of coronavirus cases in Russia rises by 23,652 in 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-08 10:43:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8743431
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia per day increased by 23,652 to 3,355,794, the federal operational headquarters for the fight against the new infection told reporters on Friday. In particular, 3,017 cases were ....
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US education secretary resigns
Date: 2021-01-08 07:54:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8743356
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos submitted her resignation in a letter to President Trump on Thursday, saying she would step down the next day over the rampage at the Capitol by his supporters, The New York Times ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
