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  • Moscow reports 66 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-10-28 21:51:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:95 - ID:8648731

    MOSCOW, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Russian health authorities reported 66 new coronavirus deaths in the Russian capital over the 24 hours, Russia Today reported. The Russian capital’s overall novel coronavirus death toll currently stands at ....

  • UK facing highest levels of youth unemployment in four decades, warns think tank

    Date: 2020-10-28 11:27:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:8647799

    LONDON, Oct 28 (MENA) – The UK is already facing the highest levels of youth unemployment in four decades, The Independent reported. A report by the Resolution Foundation found that one in five young people – and more than one in five black, ....

  • Russia reports 16,202 new coronavirus cases, daily record high 346 deaths

    Date: 2020-10-28 09:05:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8647448

    MOSCOW, Oct 28 (MENA) - Russia on Wednesday recorded 16,202 new coronavirus cases and a record high 346 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 26,935, National Post reported. With 1,563,976 infections, the country of ....

  • 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 ....

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