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  • Brazil coronavirus death toll nears 60,000

    Date: 2020-07-01 07:27:36 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:9 - ID:8490724

    BRASILIA, July 1 (MENA) - ِThe Brazilian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that around 60,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the country. Thus, the South American nation has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases and fatalities in ....

  • Tokyo Disney parks reopen after 4-month closure due to virus

    Date: 2020-07-01 07:07:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:8490725

    TOKYO, July 1 (MENA) - Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea reopened Wednesday with social-distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after closing for some four months over the pandemic, Kyodo news agency reported. In order to ....

  • Tokyo reports 67 COVID-19 cases, highest since emergency lifted

    Date: 2020-07-01 07:04:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:8490723

    TOKYO, July 1 (MENA) - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 67 new coronavirus infections, the highest number of daily cases since a state of emergency for the capital was lifted more than a month ago, Kyodo news agency quoted an ....

  • Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide

    Date: 2020-06-30 21:44:42 GMT - France - World - SN:69 - ID:8490460

    TOULOUSE, France, June 30 (MENA) - Airbus on Tuesday unveiled plans to shed around 15,000 jobs including 900 already earmarked in Germany, saying its future was at stake after the coronavirus pandemic rocked the air travel industry, France 24 ....

  • US blacklists Huawei, ZTE as national security threats

    Date: 2020-06-30 21:42:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:8490601

    WASHINGTON, June 30 (MENA) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday formally designated Chinese telecommunications groups Huawei and ZTE as national security threats, blocking them from accessing FCC funds. The move was the ....

  • Pompeo calls for indefinitely extending arms embargo on Iran

    Date: 2020-06-30 20:13:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:8490456

    WASHINGTON, June 30 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the UN Security Council on Tuesday to extend the UN arms embargo against Tehran, which expires on October 18, ABC News reported. Addressing the Security Council today, Pompeo ....

  • US could reach 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day: US expert

    Date: 2020-06-30 19:44:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:8490407

    WASHINGTON, June 30 (MENA) - New COVID-19 cases could reach up to 100,000 per day in the United States unless urgent action is taken, the country's top infectious disease expert warned on Tuesday. The US is “going in the wrong direction” in terms ....

  • IAEA: slight rise in radioisotopes level not risking human health

    Date: 2020-06-29 20:41:04 GMT - Austria - World - SN:68 - ID:8489121

    VIENNA, June 29 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that slightly elevated levels of different radioisotopes detected in northern Europe posed no risk to human health or the environment. Seeking to help identify the ....

  • WFP warns of global rising tide of hunger due to Covid-19 crisis

    Date: 2020-06-29 18:29:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:8488826

    GENEVA, June 29 (MENA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Sunday announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to assist around the world, as the devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic push ....

  • There is no statute of limitations on Turkey's massacres against Armenians, says president

    Date: 2020-06-29 18:05:59 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:55 - ID:8488901

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The massacres committed by Turkey against the Armenians in 1915 can never be forgotten by the lapse of time, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian said. In an interview with Al Ahram Al Arabi weekly magazine on Monday, ....

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