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UN chief congratulates Biden, says US 'essential' to global cooperation
Date: 2020-11-09 21:10:05 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:66 - ID:8665459
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (MENA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a UN spokesman said on Monday, describing US partnership with the world body as an "essential pillar" of global ....
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Biden plans to change the US pandemic response – 2 last Washington
Date: 2020-11-09 19:25:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:8665347
Biden promises to invest $25 billion more to make and distribute vaccines to everyone in the US for free. They say politics will play no role in whether a vaccine is approved, and the new administration will make clinical data for any approved ....
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Biden plans to change the US pandemic response
Date: 2020-11-09 19:25:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:8665344
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) – President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris say they will move the US Covid-19 pandemic response in a dramatically different direction, CNN reported. "The pandemic is getting significantly more ....
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Hopes rise for end of pandemic as Pfizer says vaccine is 90% effective
Date: 2020-11-09 19:23:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:8665346
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) - Hopes are soaring that a Covid vaccine is within reach, following news that an interim analysis has shown Pfizer/BioNTech’s candidate was 90% effective in protecting people from transmission of the virus in global ....
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Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Date: 2020-11-09 19:21:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:8665342
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become acting ....
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Pfizer, Germany’s BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine effective over 90%
Date: 2020-11-09 17:42:01 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:8665172
BRELIN, Nov 9 (MENA) - Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech companies announced on Monday that they had found a coronavirus vaccine candidate, which is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 ....
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Ukrainian president contracts with coronavirus
Date: 2020-11-09 17:14:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:53 - ID:8665226
KYIV, Nov 9 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Ukrinform news agency on Monday. The head of state wrote this on his Facebook page. "There are no lucky people in the world to whom ....
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WHO: COVID-19 pandemic will not be last global health crisis
Date: 2020-11-09 13:00:26 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:8664829
GENEVA, Nov 9 (MENA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director general has said the coronavirus pandemic will not be the last global health crisis. Addressing a WHO session Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed hope that the ....
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Austrian police raids 60 addresses linked to Brotherhood, Hamas
Date: 2020-11-09 11:36:19 GMT - Austria - World - SN:29 - ID:8664703
VIENNA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Austrian police on Monday raided more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists, with orders for 30 suspects to be questioned, prosecutors said. The operation came a week after a convicted Islamic State group ....
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Philadelphia official responsible for vote counting says getting death threats
Date: 2020-11-09 10:35:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:8664481
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) - The Republican city commissioner in Philadelphia whose office is responsible for counting votes in the city, said his staff has been receiving death threats since the count began there last week, US newspaper The Hill ....
