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Trudeau confirms Canada-U.S. border closure extending to Aug. 21
Date: 2020-07-16 22:22:23 GMT - Canada - World - SN:77 - ID:8511112
OTTAWA, July 16 (MENA) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that Canadian and U.S. officials have agreed to keep the border between the two countries closed to non-essential travel until August 21. The ban on discretionary travel was ....
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S. Korea to offer additional $12 million in aid to help 32 countries fight COVID-19
Date: 2020-07-16 07:09:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8509852
SEOUL, July 16 (MENA) - South Korea is seeking to offer $12 million worth of humanitarian aid to help 32 countries fight the new coronavirus in an additional program to contribute to global efforts to combat the pandemic, Yonhap reported on ....
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Pompeo says China will 'absolutely' pay a price for pandemic
Date: 2020-07-16 06:10:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8509789
WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the world will “absolutely” make China pay a price for the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying the cost will likely be reflected in changing relations with the ....
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Biden leads Trump by 15 points in latest Quinnipiac poll
Date: 2020-07-15 22:22:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8509743
WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) - Former Vice President Joe Biden has widened his lead over President Trump to 15 points in a new national Quinnipiac University poll. The poll released Wednesday shows Biden with 52 percent of the vote to Trump’s 37 ....
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24 more coronavirus patients die in Moscow in past day
Date: 2020-07-15 22:20:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:8509742
MOSCOW, July 15 (MENA) - Twenty-four more coronavirus patients died in Moscow during the past day, with the overall number of fatalities exceeding 4,258 the city’s anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Wednesday as quoted b Tass news ....
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Trump warns Iran against executing protesters
Date: 2020-07-15 20:05:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:8509686
WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran against executing three individuals sentenced to death for participating in protests against the government in Tehran last year. “Three individuals were sentenced to ....
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Russia's coronavirus infections hit 750K
Date: 2020-07-15 09:19:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:8508702
MOSCOW, July 15 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 6,422 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 746,369, The Moscow Times reported. Over the past 24 hours, 156 people have died, bringing the total toll ....
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Nearly 30,000 Covid-19 cases reported in India over past 24 hours
Date: 2020-07-15 08:23:24 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:8508630
NEW DELHI, July 15 (MENA) - India’s number of coronavirus cases has reached 181,936 and its death toll 24,309, Hindustan Times quoted the Union Health Ministry data as saying on Wednesday. There were 29,429 fresh Covid-19 cases, for the first ....
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Ukraine records 836 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours
Date: 2020-07-15 07:32:22 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:8508556
KIEV, July 15 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 836 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, Kiev Post reported. At the moment, there are 26,049 active cases in the country. The total number of infections identified in Ukraine since the start of the ....
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Bulgaria registers 234 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-07-15 07:30:15 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:12 - ID:8508554
SOFIA, July 15 (MENA) - There are 234 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours, with 4,885 PCR tests performed, Sofia News Agency quoted data from the Unified Information Portal on Wednesday. In first place in the number ....