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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Police say lightning kills 10 children in remote Uganda town
Date: 2020-08-28 11:58:26 GMT - Uganda - World - SN:32 - ID:8564959
KAMPALA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near the Congo border, ABC News reported. The children, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16, were sheltering from the rain in a grass-thatched house ....
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Japan to export first new defense radar system to Philippines
Date: 2020-08-28 11:41:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:8564925
TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has signed a contract with the Philippines to deliver an air radar system, marking the first export of a new, complete defense product since Japan’s long-held arms trade ban was eased in 2014, the ....
