ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Sami Khedira to retire at the end of Bundesliga season
Date: 2021-05-19 18:18:07 GMT - France - World - SN:81 - ID:8965049
PARIS, May 19 (MEA) - Midfielder Sami Khedira will retire when the Bundesliga season finishes this weekend, the former Germany midfielder announced on Wednesday. "It's a pretty tough step, but the only right one. 15 years of professional football ....
-
Japan to bar entry of foreigners from seven countries, including Thailand
Date: 2021-05-19 18:13:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:80 - ID:8965045
TOKYO, May 19 (MENA) - The Japanese government said Wednesday it will bar the entry of all foreign travelers who have visited Thailand and six other countries in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Kyodo news agency reported. The ....
-
Greece reports 2,293 new covid-19 cases, 53 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2021-05-19 17:56:43 GMT - Greece - World - SN:79 - ID:8964910
ATHENS, May 19 (MENA) – Covid-19 total fatalities in Greece jumped to 11,587 on Wednesday after recording 53 deaths over the past 48 hours, Kathimerini reported. There were 2,293 new cases of SARS-CoV- 2 reported in the country over the same ....
-
Romania reports 707 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-05-19 17:52:03 GMT - Romania - World - SN:78 - ID:8964948
BUCHAREST, May 19 (MENA) – Romania reported more than 707 new COVID-19 cases and 54 deaths in the past 24 hours, Romania Radio International reported on Wednesday. The daily confirmed caseload confirms the downward trend for the pandemic in the ....
-
UK reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, 2,696 new cases
Date: 2021-05-19 16:40:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8964880
LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - The UK reported new three coronavirus deaths and 2,696 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported Wednesday. Meanwhile, some 36.99 million people had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 20.8 ....
-
JHU: Total coronavirus cases worldwide hit 164,244,659
Date: 2021-05-19 09:23:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8963870
WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday said that the total coronavirus cases worldwide hit 164,244,659. It added in a report on its website that the total death cases at the world level hit 3,404,925. (MENA) M H K/D ....
-
UK minister says overseas travel “dangerous” and “not for this year”
Date: 2021-05-18 21:49:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:8963487
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - Traveling is “dangerous” and “not for this year”, a health minister said on Tuesday amid deepening confusion over the British government’s the line on overseas travel. The comments by Tory frontbencher Lord Bethell follow ....
-
Local lockdowns an ‘option’, as Indian variant could be ‘dominant UK strain in days’
Date: 2021-05-18 10:30:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:8962219
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - A UK cabinet minister has admitted local lockdowns are an “option” amid reports the government is considering multiple contingency plans to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus variant first detected in India, the ....
-
US to share at least 20m more Covid vaccines with other countries
Date: 2021-05-18 08:37:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:8961920
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said his administration will send at least 20m doses of US-authorized Covid vaccines to other countries in the coming weeks, vowing to provide an “arsenal of vaccines for the rest of the world,” The ....
-
Taliban attacks Herat district, clashes underway: Governor
Date: 2021-05-18 08:18:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:8961902
KABUL, May 18 (MENA) - Taliban on Tuesday morning launched an attack on the Obe district in the western province of Herat, Tolo news agency reported quoting provincial governor Waheed Qatali. He said the attack started with the “destruction” of a ....
