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  • Nearly 240,000 people displaced by fires in California

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:39:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:8559188

    CALIFORNIA, Aug 24 (MENA) - Nearly 240,000 people have been evacuated to escape the fires that have ravaged California in recent days, before a possible new series of thunderstorms, AL Hurra TV reported. About 20 major homes were still in ....

  • Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit five European countries between Aug 25-Sept 1

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:30:50 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:8559169

    BEIJING, Aug 24 (MENA) - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, France and Germany from Tuesday, Aug 25, to September 1, Global Times reported. This is Wang's first overseas visit since the ....

  • China to prioritize Mekong countries for COVID-19 vaccine

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:19:05 GMT - China - World - SN:20 - ID:8559134

    BEIJING, Aug 24 (MENA) - China will give Mekong countries priority access to COVID-19 vaccines once one is developed and put into use, CGTN reported Monday, quoting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Li made the remarks when attending the third ....

  • 3 security force members killed in attack in southeast Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:09:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:8559126

    KABUL, Aug 24 (MENA) - At least three security forces were killed and six were wounded in a Taliban attack in Ghazni province on Sunday night, said Wahidullah Jumazada, a spokesman for the provincial governor, TOLO News reported. The attack ....

  • At least 5 killed in bomb blasts in southern Philippine town

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:05:57 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:17 - ID:8559124

    MANILA, Aug 24 (MENA) - Bombs exploded in a southern Philippine town Monday, killing at least five soldiers and wounding 17 other military personnel and civilians despite extra tight security because of threats from Abu Sayyaf militants, ABC News ....

  • Mosques attacker in NZ wanted to kill 'as many as possible': NZ crown prosecution

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:05:14 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:16 - ID:8559065

    WELLINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - New Zealand Crown Prosecutor Barnaby Hawes told the court that the man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque and had began formulating a plan years earlier, and his ....

  • Russia records 4,744 new cases of coronavirus over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-08-24 08:00:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8559158

    MOSCOW, Aug 24 (MENA) - Russia reported 4,744 new coronavirus cases on Monday, pushing its confirmed infection tally to 961,493, the fourth largest in the world, according to a statement released by Russia's national coronavirus crisis center. ....

  • Japanese PM visits hospital for second time, stoking concern over ability to stay as leader

    Date: 2020-08-24 06:59:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:8559077

    TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a Tokyo hospital on Monday for a second time within days, stoking concern about his ability to stay on as leader due to health issues and fatigue from tackling the coronavirus ....

  • Germany reports 711 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths

    Date: 2020-08-24 06:42:19 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:8559058

    BERLIN, Aug 24 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 711 to 233,575, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reported death toll rose by three to 9,272, the ....

  • China reports no local cases of coronavirus, 16 imported cases

    Date: 2020-08-24 06:15:30 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8559013

    BEIJING, Aug 24 (MENA) - Chinese health authorities reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland over the past 24 hours, according to China Daily. A total of 16 fresh imported cases were reported, of which five were ....

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