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Italy's PM says relaunching transatlantic agenda "crucial"
Date: 2021-02-26 17:55:27 GMT - Italy - World - SN:69 - ID:8819783
ROME, Feb 26 (MENA) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi stressed the importance of the EU's strategic autonomy within a framework of complementarity with NATO and coordination with the United States, ANSA News Agency reported. Speaking at a ....
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Russia ready to coordinate global vaccination initiative - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2021-02-26 17:53:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:8819761
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said Friday her country is ready to coordinate an UN-sponsored global vaccination initiative aimed at ensuring equal access to vaccines throughout the ....
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S. Korea ratifies key UN labor conventions
Date: 2021-02-26 17:27:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:67 - ID:8819690
SEOUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - South Korea's parliament on Friday ratified key International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions on workers' rights and forced labor, which have long stalled due to objections from businesses and conservative politicians, ....
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Putin, Austrian leader discuss possible supplies of Sputnik V vaccine
Date: 2021-02-26 16:00:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:8819547
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Combating the coronavirus pandemic and possible supplies of the Russian Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine to Austria were among the topics discussed over the phone by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Austrian Chancellor ....
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Canada approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
Date: 2021-02-26 15:57:12 GMT - Canada - World - SN:59 - ID:8819548
OTTAWA, Feb 26 (MENA) - Health Canada has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, clearing the way for millions of more inoculations in Canada, CBC news reported Friday. Canada's regulatory experts had been assessing the ....
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Azerbaijan reports 219 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-02-26 15:54:00 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:58 - ID:8819429
BAKU, Feb 26 (MENA) - Azerbaijan has detected 219 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the caseload in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 233,989, Trend news agency reported. Also, some 180 patients have recovered; the total recoveries ....
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Germany reports 9,997 new coronavirus cases, 394 fatalities
Date: 2021-02-26 15:52:42 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:8819430
BERLIN, Feb 26 (MENA) - Germany recorded on Friday, 9,997 new coronavirus infections - a rise of 884 cases compared to the same day last week, according to the RKI - bringing the total for the pandemic to 2,424,684. Germany coronavirus deaths ....
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New Delhi reports 256 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-26 15:51:45 GMT - India - World - SN:56 - ID:8819457
NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (MENA) - Delhi recorded as many as 256 new coronavirus cases and one death on Friday, raising the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital to 638,849 and the death toll to 10,906, India TV reported. The number of active ....
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German defense minister visits troops in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-02-26 15:48:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:54 - ID:8819456
KABUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - The German defense minister arrived in Afghanistan Friday for an unannounced visit to the country's troops there, ABC news reported. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that Germany is ready to "continue supporting Afghanistan ....
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Iran confirms 8,103 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-26 14:06:09 GMT - Iran - World - SN:47 - ID:8819426
TEHRAN, Feb 26 (MENA) - Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari said the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,615,184 after recording 8,103 new cases on Friday with the death toll standing at 59,899, IRNA news ....