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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Lavrov: Russia’s new weapons to guarantee its invulnerability
Date: 2020-08-23 17:56:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:8558779
MOSCOW, Aug 23 (MENA) – New weapons being developed in Russia will guarantee the invulnerability of the country’s territory, Tass quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday In his speech during the the All-Russian youth ....
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Pompeo to visit Sudan by end of August
Date: 2020-08-23 16:53:13 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:44 - ID:8558707
KHARTOUM, Aug 23 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Sudan by the end of August, the US State Department said in a press release. He will meet with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah ....
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Finland's 34-year-old female PM leads Social Democratic Party
Date: 2020-08-23 16:31:51 GMT - Finland - World - SN:41 - ID:8558618
HELSINKI, Aug 23 (MENA) - Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has assumed the leadership of her own party eight months after taking the top job in the Nordic nation in December as the world’s youngest serving head of government at 34. The Social ....
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Covid-19 outbreak in Myanmar sparks fears for Rohingya camps
Date: 2020-08-23 14:55:44 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:34 - ID:8558533
NAYPYITAW, Aug 23 (MENA) - Rohingya in Myanmar's conflict-wracked Rakhine state expressed fears Sunday of a coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps, after a spate of infections sent the state capital into lockdown, France 24 ....
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Taliban prominent member arrested in joint raid in Kabul
Date: 2020-08-23 07:53:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8557892
KABUL, Aug 23 (MENA) - Afghan Defense Ministry announced in a statement Sunday the arrest of a unit leader in the terrorist group of Taliban in a joint security forces operation. "The joint operation was launched in the villages of Saleh Kheli ....
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China reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-08-23 07:46:00 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8557888
BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported across the Chinese mainland over the past 24 hours, Xinhua reported Sunday quoting a National Health Commission report. A total of 12 confirmed cases arriving from ....
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US reports 34,020 new Coronavirus cases: John Hopikns
Date: 2020-08-23 07:41:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8557891
Washington, Aug 23 (MENA) - The total number of Coronavirus cases in the United Stated of America rose to 5.6 million cases after reporting 34,020 new cases during the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. The university added ....
