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  • John Hopkins: More than 172,000 new coronavirus infections in the US over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-11-25 07:27:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8686222

    WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (MENA) - John Hopkins University said the number of coronavirus cases in the US rose to 12,591,163 as 172,935 new cases have been reported, CNN said on Wednesday. Deaths resulting from the virus reached 259,925, as 2,146 new ....

  • Japan PM Suga defends travel subsidy program amid coronavirus resurgence

    Date: 2020-11-25 07:26:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8686224

    TOKYO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday defended his government's decision to continue its economy-boosting travel subsidy campaign, repeating his claim that there is no evidence it caused the nation's recent ....

  • Pompeo: US is committed to permanent partnership with Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-11-25 06:41:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:6 - ID:8686146

    GENEVA, Nov 25 (MENA) - US State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said that the US is committed to permanent partnership with Afghanistan. In a speech he delivered at Geneva conference, he added that the US will continue supporting Afghanistan ....

  • Russian envoy says US Sanctions 'illegitimate,' 'discriminatory'

    Date: 2020-11-24 22:49:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:92 - ID:8686049

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday that the latest round of US sanctions against Russian entities is illegitimate and discriminatory and does not contribute to normalizing bilateral ....

  • France reports 1,005 coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2020-11-24 21:11:52 GMT - France - World - SN:86 - ID:8686028

    PARIS, Nov 24 (MENA) - France also reported 1,005 new deaths from coronavirus, pushing the total above 50,000 for the first time at 50,237, France 24 reported. The tally included 454 deaths in hospital over the past 24 hours and 551 in retirement ....

  • Britain records 11,299 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-24 20:30:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:8686005

    LONDON, Nov 24 (MENA) - Britain on Tuesday recorded the fewest daily Covid-19 cases in almost eight weeks in yet another sign that England's lockdown is working as 11,299 more positive tests were declared — but deaths are at a six-month high. ....

  • Biden says US 'ready to lead' again on global stage

    Date: 2020-11-24 20:03:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8685966

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) – President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States will be "ready to lead" again on the global stage after he succeeds President Donald Trump in January, pledging to work together with Washington’s allies abroad, ....

  • Biden introduces his first Cabinet nominees

    Date: 2020-11-24 19:38:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:8685932

    WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (MENA) – US President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. introduced his nominations for high-profile national security and foreign policy roles on Tuesday, as he continued to chart his course toward his inauguration one day after the ....

  • Coronavirus situation in Russia mostly under control, Kremlin says

    Date: 2020-11-24 18:49:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:8685898

    MOSCOW, Nov 24 (MENA) - Russian healthcare is highly overloaded amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the infection spread in general remains under control, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Tuesday. "The ....

  • 13 killed in roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-11-24 17:49:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:8685862

    KABUL, Nov 24 (MENA) - Roadside bombs exploded in central Afghanistan on Tuesday killing at least 13 civilians and a traffic policeman, officials said, even as government negotiators and the Taliban meet to try to end decades of war, ABC news ....

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