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  • Over 181,000 people died from coronavirus in US - Johns Hopkins University

    Date: 2020-08-28 19:55:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:8565354

    WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (MENA) – There have been at least 5,889,652 cases of coronavirus in the US and at least 181,186 people have died from the virus, according to the Johns Hopkins University. So far on Friday, Johns Hopkins has recorded 21,867 new ....

  • Ukraine suspends all contacts with Belarus - FM

    Date: 2020-08-28 16:35:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:54 - ID:8565210

    KIEV, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that his country has suspended all contacts with Belarus at the diplomatic level, Ukrinform reported Friday. Kuleba added that Ukraine had joined the EU's statement on the ....

  • Kremlin: Events in Belarus do not contribute to stability of Russian economy

    Date: 2020-08-28 16:13:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:8565211

    MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - The events in Belarus cannot but have a negative impact on the Russian economy, given close ties between the two countries, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. According to the spokesman, this raises ....

  • Over 360,000 persons displaced in Chad’s Lake Province, over half of province’s population

    Date: 2020-08-28 15:51:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:49 - ID:8565170

    GENEVA, Aug 28 (MENA) - An estimated 363,807 persons are currently displaced in parts of the African nation of Chad’s zone bordering Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger. That’s over half of the population of Chad’s Lac Province now considered displaced, the ....

  • Coronavirus cases in Belarus exceed 71,300 cases

    Date: 2020-08-28 15:45:34 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:48 - ID:8565173

    MINSK, Aug 28 (MENA) - About 69,887 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned on Friday from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. A total of 71,346 ....

  • Kazakhstan's COVID-19 cases surpass 105,400

    Date: 2020-08-28 15:18:04 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:46 - ID:8565136

    NUR SULTAN, Aug 28 (MENA) - Another 165 coronavirus cases were recorded in Kazakhstan in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected people to 105,408, the government anti-coronavirus commission said on Friday. "Another 165 ....

  • US sanctions affect Russian scientists developing COVID-19 vaccine, diplomat says

    Date: 2020-08-28 15:17:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:45 - ID:8565094

    MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - Washington has introduced sanctions precisely against those Russian researchers and specialists who were involved in the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus, the commentary by spokeswoman for Russia’s Ministry of ....

  • Merkel: Coronavirus situation to get tougher as summer draws to close

    Date: 2020-08-28 13:19:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:40 - ID:8565039

    BERLIN, Aug 28 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel started her annual summer address with a personal appeal to Germans, warning them that the situation will get tougher as the summer draws to a close, Bloomberg reported on Friday. "There ....

  • Merkel warns of hard months to come due to coronavirus

    Date: 2020-08-28 13:04:48 GMT - Germany - World - SN:39 - ID:8565040

    BERLIN, Aug 28 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday warned that the coming months are likely to see the coronavirus pandemic get worse, and called on people in Germany to continue taking the threat seriously, Deutsche Welle ....

  • Coronavirus: Philippines reports nearly 4,000 new infections

    Date: 2020-08-28 12:30:10 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:36 - ID:8564972

    MANILA, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Philippines reported 3,999 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, according to data from its health department. This brings the country's tally to 209,544 confirmed cases, 71,745 of which are active cases, CNN reported, quoting ....

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