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UN chief warns of risk of famine for millions all over world
Date: 2021-03-11 20:52:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:118 - ID:8845423
NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”, the UN News Centre reported ....
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New coronavirus variant discovered in UK
Date: 2021-03-11 20:49:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:117 - ID:8845397
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - Public Health England has confirmed that a new Covid-19 variant from Antigua has been found, Evening Standard reported Thursday. It comes as four more cases of the Brazil variant were also identified. Three of the ....
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Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on U.S. lockdown anniversary
Date: 2021-03-11 20:06:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:112 - ID:8845413
WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday, commemorating the one-year anniversary of a U.S. lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic with a measure designed to bring relief to ....
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Japan economy at risk from COVID-19 variant and delayed shots, say experts
Date: 2021-03-11 19:00:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:107 - ID:8845238
TOKYO, March 11 (MENA) - Economists are warning that the potential explosive spread of infections with variant strains of the novel coronavirus and a delay in vaccinations may put further downward pressure on the Japanese economy, The Japan Times ....
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EU medicines watchdog approves J&J's one-shot coronavirus jab
Date: 2021-03-11 18:32:53 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:102 - ID:8845142
BRUSSELS, March 11 (MENA) - The European Medicines Agency has given the green light to Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine, making it the fourth jab authorized for use in the European Union, Radio France Internationale (rfi) ....
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People losing trust in the US military, Reagan Institute poll finds
Date: 2021-03-11 18:20:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:8845146
WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - A new poll by the Reagan Institute finds that while overall the public still holds the U.S. military in high regard, their trust and confidence in the institution has been on a downward trend since 2018, the first year ....
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Masdar, Malaysia’s PETRONAS to explore renewable energy opportunities in Asia
Date: 2021-03-11 10:11:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:43 - ID:8844084
ABU DHABI, March 11 (MENA) - Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies and a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, and Malaysia's PETRONAS, a global energy and solutions company, announced on Thursday that they have signed a ....
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Russia reports 9,270 new COVID-19 cases, 459 deaths
Date: 2021-03-11 10:00:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:8843981
MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russia reported 9,270 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 1,281 in Moscow, taking its total case tally to 4,360,823 since the pandemic began, according to Russia Today. The government coronavirus taskforce also ....
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Russia reduces dependence on US dollar - Duma speaker
Date: 2021-03-11 09:21:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:8843912
MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russia is gradually reducing the share of the US dollar in the US economy and foreign exchange reserves, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said. “For example, within the framework of the EAEU, settlements in national ....
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58 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand
Date: 2021-03-11 09:18:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:33 - ID:8843875
BANGKOK, March 11 (MENA) - The government on Thursday reported 58 new Covid-19 cases, 53 local infections and five imported, raising the total to 26,598, Bangkok Post reported. The Department of Disease Control said 36 new cases were detected in ....
