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Eight wounded in terrorist attack in Sweden
Date: 2021-03-03 21:12:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:127 - ID:8829925
LONDON, March 3 (MENA) - A man attacked eight people with a “sharp weapon,” seriously injuring two, in the Swedish city of Vetlanda on Wednesday, police said, in what they called a suspected terrorist crime. The assailant was taken to hospital ....
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Interference in Russia's domestic affairs: Kremlin responds to new EU, US sanctions
Date: 2021-03-03 14:59:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:8828975
MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - New sanctions against Russia recently imposed by the US and EU are interference in Russia's internal affairs, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, adding that the accusations leveled at Moscow are ....
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UN warns of ‘education emergency’ as millions miss school because of covid-19 closures
Date: 2021-03-03 14:42:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:8828973
NEW YORK, March 3 (MENA) - More than 168 million children around the world have missed school for nearly a year because of coronavirus restrictions, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Wednesday. UNICEF described the impact the shutdowns have ....
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Financial Times: Germany loses Covid crown as vaccine campaign falters
Date: 2021-03-03 10:33:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:8828272
LONDON, March 3 (MENA) - Germany loses Covid crown as vaccine campaign falters lagging far behind UK and US while jab strategy and technology underpinning it draw fierce criticism, reported the Financial Times Wednesday. Germany is famed for ....
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Russia may achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 in first half of 2021, minister says
Date: 2021-03-03 10:11:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:8828129
MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - Herd immunity against the coronavirus can be developed in Russia as early as the first half of 2021, Tass News Agency reported quoting Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. In statements to reporters Wednesday the minister ....
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Russia registers 10,535 new Covid-19 cases, 452 deaths in past 24 hours - HQ
Date: 2021-03-03 09:34:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:8828204
MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - Russia has registered 10,535 new cases of Covid-19 and 452 deaths in the past 24 hours, Interfax quoted the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Wednesday. "Over the past day, 10,535 Covid-19 cases ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for killing three Afghanistan female journalists
Date: 2021-03-03 09:18:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:32 - ID:8828059
KABUL, March 3 (MENA) - The Daesh terrorist group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, said the Saudi-funded Al Arabiya news channel. The victims fell in ....
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COVID cases now tops 114.7 million worldwide
Date: 2021-03-03 09:17:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:8828067
WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - The total number of global COVID 19 cases has topped 114.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.54 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the ....
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Dutch Covid-19 test center hit by explosion as fury over country's lockdown measures grows
Date: 2021-03-03 09:00:19 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:25 - ID:8828103
AMSTERDAM, March 3 (MENA) - A Covid-19 test center was hit by an explosion in the Netherlands early Wednesday in an area which has suffered a surge in coronavirus cases, as anger grows over the country's lockdown measures, the Mail Online reported. ....
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S.Korea PM orders review of authorizing AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged 65 and over
Date: 2021-03-03 08:14:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:8827919
SEOUL, March 3 (MENA) - Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Wednesday instructed officials to review the authorization of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged 65 and over, Yonhap News Agency reported. "New research results have been disclosed, ....
