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Thai returnee from Saudi Arabia dies of Covid-19
Date: 2020-09-18 15:40:44 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:45 - ID:8593445
BANGKOK, Sept 18 (MENA) - A man who worked as an interpreter at the labor office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has died of coronavirus disease after returning to Bangkok, the 59th Covid-19 fatality recorded in Thailand, the Bangkok Post ....
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Pakistani policeman killed by unknown men in Karachi’s Korangi
Date: 2020-09-18 15:12:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:44 - ID:8593454
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18 (MENA) - Unidentified men have gunned down a policeman in Korangi Industrial area, samaa.tv quoted a police spokesperson as saying on Friday. According to the police spokesman, Constable Arif Khan, who was deployed at Madadgar ....
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Coronavirus deaths on rise in France
Date: 2020-09-18 14:53:17 GMT - France - World - SN:41 - ID:8593482
PARIS, Sept 18 (MENA) - The numbers of deaths in France of people diagnosed with Covid-19 is trending upwards for the first time since the end of its lockdown, the public health agency said Friday, warning that all coronavirus indicators were now ....
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Vietnam resumes international flights
Date: 2020-09-18 14:40:19 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:39 - ID:8593427
HANOI, Sept 18 (MENA) - After five months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the South East Asian country of Vietnam will open its borders for Vietnamese nationals, diplomats, experts, managers, skilled workers, investors and their families, ....
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S. Korea, China, Japan agree on cooperation for economic recovery
Date: 2020-09-18 14:38:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:38 - ID:8593428
SEOUL, Sept 18 (MENA) - Top economic ministers of South Korea, China and Japan agreed Friday to step up cooperation to swiftly recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul's finance ministry said. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, China's Finance ....
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Trump administration set to approve large arms sale with Taiwan
Date: 2020-09-18 14:17:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:8593306
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Trump administration is set to approve a large arms sale to Taiwan amid rising tensions between the US and China, multiple outlets are reporting, the Hill newspaper reported on Friday. China's government considers ....
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Greece: Police move more homeless migrants to new tent camp
Date: 2020-09-18 12:47:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:28 - ID:8593145
ATHENS, Sept 18 (MENA) - Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday resumed relocating migrants rendered homeless when fires ravaged the country's largest refugee camp amid a local COVID-19 outbreak. Of the 5,000 people moved to a new ....
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10 missing after boat sinks in northeast China
Date: 2020-09-18 11:55:24 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:8593175
BEIJING, Sept 18 (MENA) - A total of 10 people went missing early Friday after a fishing boat sank off the southwest coast of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, CGTN reported. According to the Beihai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of ....
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Afghanistan: Total of 38,897 coronavirus cases registered so far
Date: 2020-09-18 11:51:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8593165
KABUL, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 25 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 240 samples tested over the last 24 hours, rising the total number of infections to 38,897. It also reported one new COVID-19 ....
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Philippines reports 3,257 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-09-18 10:18:53 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:17 - ID:8592999
MANILA, Sept 18 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 279,526 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,257 new daily cases on Friday, according to Xinhua news agency. The DOH said that the number of ....
