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Huge gas reserve found in NW China's Xinjiang
Date: 2020-12-19 19:43:43 GMT - China - World - SN:61 - ID:8718696
BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - A massive gas reservoir with expected reserves of over 100 billion cubic meters was found in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, PetroChina's local branch said. According to Xinhua, a preliminary probe ....
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UK Johnson: COVID-19 spreads more rapidly than expected
Date: 2020-12-19 17:43:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:8718694
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in London and the south-east than would be expected given the restrictions in place. This is down to the new variant spreading ....
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4 killed in Pakistan after passenger van falls into ditch
Date: 2020-12-19 15:09:35 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:8718517
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Four women were killed and 10 injured after a passenger van fell into a ditch in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai Saturday afternoon, Samaa TV reported. According to rescue officials, the van was travelling from Lower ....
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Iran reports 6,421 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-19 13:45:00 GMT - Iran - World - SN:38 - ID:8718263
TEHRAN, Dec 19 (MENA) - Iran announced on Saturday 6,421 new COVID-19 infections confirmed in the past 24 hours, raising the overall count of cases in the country to 1,152,072, official news agency IRNA reported. Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for ....
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Cypriot President among first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to encourage citizens
Date: 2020-12-19 13:39:27 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:37 - ID:8718391
NICOSIA, Dec 19 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades will be among the first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cyprus, in order to encourage the citizens to also take the vaccine, Government Spokesman Kyriakos Kousios told CNA. The ....
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Coronavirus kills 87, infecting 3,179 in 24 hours
Date: 2020-12-19 13:33:50 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:33 - ID:8718262
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) – Pakistan has reported 87 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has culminated to 454,673 while the nationwide tally of fatalities has surged to 9,250 on Saturday, the Nation ....
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3 killed as fire breaks out at market near Kolkata
Date: 2020-12-19 12:14:44 GMT - India - World - SN:30 - ID:8718195
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (MENA) - Three persons were killed as a fire broke out at a market in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district in the early hours of Saturday, NDTV quoted officials as saying. A short-circuit caused the fire that first broke out ....
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80 new cases of COVID-19, 17 deaths reported in Afghanistan
Date: 2020-12-19 11:02:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:8718005
KABUL, Dec 19 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 80 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,123 samples tested in the last 24 hours, TOLO News reported. The Public Health Ministry also reported 17 deaths and 75 ....
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US records 249,709 new coronavirus cases over 24 hours
Date: 2020-12-19 08:58:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8717831
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - The US recorded 249,709 novel coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, data from the Johns Hopkins University said. The university added the case load reached 17,459,296 in the US and the death toll hit 313,588, CNN ....
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Russia reports 28,209 new coronavirus cases over day
Date: 2020-12-19 08:58:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8717830
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 28,209 over past day. The total number of cases reached 2,819,429, TASS news agency quoted the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus as saying on ....