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  • Coronavirus infections rising in US as July fourth weekend starts

    Date: 2020-07-03 20:17:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:8494292

    WASHINGTON, July 3 (MENA) – As Americans head into a holiday weekend in the shadow of a ravaging coronavirus pandemic, some governors are rethinking their stance on face coverings after days of record infections, the CNN reported on Friday. The ....

  • WHO sees 1st results from COVID drug trials within 2 weeks

    Date: 2020-07-03 19:14:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8494283

    GENEVA, July 3 (MENA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on ....

  • 4.7-magnitude earthquake jolts India's Delhi-NCR

    Date: 2020-07-03 19:10:28 GMT - India - World - SN:63 - ID:8494159

    NEW DELHI, July 3 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 hit near Delhi, causing tremors in the national capital region and north India, The Time of India reported. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the quake occurred at 7 ....

  • EU approves COVID-19 drug remdesivir

    Date: 2020-07-03 17:10:16 GMT - Italy - World - SN:59 - ID:8494160

    ROME, July 3 (MENA) - The European Commission has authorized the use of remdesivir to treat severe cases of COVID-19, Deutsche Welle reported. "We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to secure efficient treatments or vaccine against the ....

  • 4.9-magnitude quake hits near Puerto Rico; house damaged

    Date: 2020-07-03 17:05:25 GMT - Puerto Rico - World - SN:57 - ID:8494209

    SAN JUAN, July 3 (MENA) - A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck just southwest of Puerto Rico on Friday, but no immediate damage was reported, ABC News reported. The quake was felt across the US territory and is the latest in a series of tremors ....

  • Canada says it will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong

    Date: 2020-07-03 17:03:53 GMT - Canada - World - SN:56 - ID:8494200

    OTTAWA , July 3 (MENA) – Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of China’s move to impose national security legislation on the former British colony, US news quoted top officials as saying Friday. In a statement, ....

  • Russia: China's missiles program does not pose security threat

    Date: 2020-07-03 15:43:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:8494129

    MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin dismissed claims about the threat that China purportedly poses to the world by developing its missiles program. "I want to stress that John Bolton's argument about the ....

  • Russia’s constitutional amendments to enter into force July 4

    Date: 2020-07-03 14:19:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8494031

    MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order, setting July 4 as the date when the Russian constitutional amendments come into effect, the Kremlin press service was quoted by TASS news agency as saying ....

  • Malaysia reports 5 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-07-03 14:18:56 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:43 - ID:8493877

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (MENA) - Malaysian Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah announced that five new coronavirus cases have been reported in the country, noting that all of them are Malaysians. He said that three of the five contracted ....

  • 4 dead, 97 injured in blast at Turkish fireworks factory

    Date: 2020-07-03 13:51:34 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:39 - ID:8494002

    ANKARA, July 3 (MENA) - An explosion at a fireworks factory in northwestern Turkey on Friday killed four people and injured at least 97 others, ABC News quoted officials as saying. There were 186 workers at the factory outside the town of Hendek, ....

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