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  • UK paper: Govt scientists predict 2nd covid wave more deadly than 1st

    Date: 2020-10-28 07:56:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:8647363

    LONDON, Oct 28 (MENA) - British government scientists have predicted that the second Covid-19 wave could be even more deadly than the first with a "lower but longer peak," The Sun reported. Downing Street is supposedly working on the assumption ....

  • US reports more than 73,000 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-10-28 07:13:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8647269

    WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (MENA) - The United States reported 73,240 new Covid-19 cases and 985 deaths on Tuesday, the CNN quoted Johns Hopkins University as saying. The nationwide totals now stand at 8,778,680 confirmed Covid-19 infections and at least ....

  • US: Coronavirus cases surpass 8.74 mn

    Date: 2020-10-27 22:50:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:8647149

    WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - There have been at least 8,740,824 cases of coronavirus in the US, and at least 226,211 people have died, CNN quoted data from Johns Hopkins University as showing on Tuesday. The totals include cases from all 50 ....

  • Afghan civilian casualty numbers decrease, still 'Shocking': UN

    Date: 2020-10-27 10:14:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:8646094

    KABUL, Oct 27 (MENA) - The UN mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) report released on Tuesday said that overall the civilian casualty figure for the first nine months of 2020 dropped by around 30 percent compared to the same period in 2019, but while the ....

  • UN chief welcomes Japan's net zero emissions pledge

    Date: 2020-10-27 09:09:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:8645928

    TOKYO, Oct 27 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday spoke by phone with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and welcomed the Japanese leader's pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in his country to net zero by 2050, Kyodo News ....

  • Four members of Afghan negotiating team return home

    Date: 2020-10-27 09:02:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:8645950

    KABUL, Oct 27 (MENA) - Four members of the negotiating team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Saadat Mansoor Naderi, Fawzia Koofi, Matin Beg and Kalimullah Naqibi, have returned home for personal matters, according to sources, freezing the ....

  • Russia reinstates mask mandate, bans late restaurants and bars to stop virus spread

    Date: 2020-10-27 08:39:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8645925

    MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russia has reinstated a nationwide mask mandate starting Wednesday amid a record-setting second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, The Moscow Times reported Tuesday quoting consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor. Russians ....

  • US Senate confirms Trump's Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day

    Date: 2020-10-27 08:04:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8645844

    WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - US Senate Republicans voted to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, a major victory for the President and his party just days before November 3, that could push the ....

  • US reports more than 66,700 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-10-27 07:50:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8645828

    WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - The United States reported 66,784 new Covid-19 cases and 477 deaths on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There are now at least 8,702,750 reported Covid-19 infections and at least 225,706 people have died ....

  • Pakistani PM denounces Peshawar bomb attack

    Date: 2020-10-27 07:37:09 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8645840

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (MENA) - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday denounced a bomb attack that targeted a religious school in Peshawar and left seven people dead and more than 100 wounded. In a tweet, he expressed condolences to the families of the ....

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