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Virginia governor, wife test positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-09-25 16:40:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8602743
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (MENA) - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and his wife have tested positive for Covid-19, CNN reported Friday. The Democratic governor is not experiencing symptoms, while Virginia first lady Pamela Northam currently has "mild ....
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Kremlin: Russia has no data on chemical weapons in country
Date: 2020-09-25 15:52:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8602703
MOSCOW, Sept 25 (MENA) - Russia does not have any verified information showing that there are chemical weapons stored anywhere in the country to worry about it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday when asked if the Kremlin is concerned that ....
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France opens anti-terror probe after knife attack outside Charlie Hebdo’s former office in Paris
Date: 2020-09-25 14:21:31 GMT - France - World - SN:37 - ID:8602622
PARIS, Sept 25 (MENA) - French prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation after at least two people were wounded in a knife attack in Paris on Friday near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Two suspects have been ....
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Greece supports Cyprus in seeking sanctions against Turkey
Date: 2020-09-25 13:00:21 GMT - Greece - World - SN:31 - ID:8602418
ATHENS, Sept 25 (MENA) - Greece "firmly supports" Cyprus’ position on the need to impose "targeted sanctions" on people and entities involved in Turkey’s ongoing gas-exploration activities inside the island country’s exclusive economic zone, a ....
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Russia to supply Uzbekistan with 35 mln doses of Sputnik COVID vaccine
Date: 2020-09-25 12:11:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:8602398
MOSCOW, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and LAXISAM pharmaceutical company have agreed to supply Uzbekistan with 35 million doses of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, the fund said Friday in a press release. "The ....
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Coronavirus: 16 test positive in Afghanistan in past 24 hours
Date: 2020-09-25 12:10:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:28 - ID:8602399
KABUL, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 16 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 296 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Tolo News reported. The ministry reported no new deaths or recoveries in the ....
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4 injured in Paris knife attack
Date: 2020-09-25 11:50:08 GMT - France - World - SN:25 - ID:8602396
PARIS, Sept 25 (MENA) - A knife attack close to the former Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris has seriously injured at least four persons, The Local France quoted the police as saying. The attack happened late on Friday morning on Rue Nicolas Appert, ....
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District-level NDS head in Afghanistan killed by unknown gunmen
Date: 2020-09-25 10:45:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:8602262
KABUL, Sept 25 (MENA) - Head of the NDS Department in the Afghan Kohband district of Kapisa province, Sekandar Khan, was killed by unknown gunmen on Thursday night, said Spokesman for the provincial police chief Shayeq Shorish. The incident ....
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MiG-21 military jet crashes near Serbia's border with Bosnia
Date: 2020-09-25 10:17:34 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:21 - ID:8602261
BELGRADE, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Serbian Defense Ministry said a Serbian army jet crashed Friday in western Serbia near the country’s border with Bosnia, ABC news reported. The ministry said the MiG-21 plane was on a "regular" flying mission and ....
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Japan to reopen borders for all countries in Oct., but not tourists
Date: 2020-09-25 10:07:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:8602250
TOKYO, Sept 25 (MENA) - Japan plans to ease travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus for foreign travelers from around the world, excluding tourists, beginning in October, Kyodo news agency quoted government sources as ....
