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  • S. Korea to limit classroom crowding amid coronavirus persistent outbreak

    Date: 2020-05-29 12:40:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:31 - ID:8448946

    SEOUL, May 29 (MENA) – South Korea's government tightened up school quarantine and distancing rules Friday as the novel coronavirus transmission in the greater Seoul area shows no signs of letting up, Yonhap reported. In a precautionary move to ....

  • Air traffic won’t recover for at least three years, S&P says

    Date: 2020-05-29 12:40:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:8448887

    NEW YORK, May 29 (MENA) - The aviation industry’s recovery from the coronavirus outbreak will be long and slow, with passenger numbers likely to stay below pre-pandemic levels through 2023, according to S&P Global Ratings, which warned of more ....

  • Ukraine, Japan to enhance bilateral economic cooperation

    Date: 2020-05-29 12:14:24 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:28 - ID:8448873

    KIEV, May 29 (MENA) – Ukraine and Japan discussed issues of enhancing bilateral economic cooperation, Ukrinform reported on Friday. Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko and Japanese Ambassador to ....

  • Pakistan's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 64,028 with 1,317 deaths

    Date: 2020-05-29 11:24:40 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8448884

    ISLAMABAD, May 29 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has risen to 64,028 with 1,317 deaths, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry Friday morning. A total of 2,636 new cases and 57 deaths were ....

  • Coronavirus: Eight patients die, 3,841 infected in Hungary

    Date: 2020-05-29 11:18:34 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:22 - ID:8448869

    BUDAPEST, May 29 (MENA) - Eight patients have died in the past 24 hours, all of them elderly and suffering from underlying illnesses, bringing the total number of fatalities to 517, while novel coronavirus infections in Hungary have increased by 25 ....

  • Indonesia reports 678 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths

    Date: 2020-05-29 11:09:52 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:20 - ID:8448855

    JAKARTA, May 29 (MENA) - Indonesia reported on Friday 678 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 25,216, the Jakarta ost quoted health ministry official Achmad Yurianto as saying. Yurianto ....

  • Ukraine reports 429 new cases, total exceeds 22,800

    Date: 2020-05-29 11:05:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:8448848

    KIEV, May 29 (MENA) - Some 429 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus disease have been recorded in Ukraine over the past day as of Friday morning, 10 people died, 495 recovered, while a day earlier 477 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the previous ....

  • French automaker Renault announces 15,000 job cuts

    Date: 2020-05-29 10:48:11 GMT - France - World - SN:18 - ID:8448820

    PARIS, May 29 (MENA) - French automaker Renault announced on Friday that it plans to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide as part of a €2 billion ($2.2 billion) cost-cutting plan to cope with reduced sales over the next three years, DW reported. Under the ....

  • 14 Afghan border forces killed in ‘Taliban attack’ despite ceasefire

    Date: 2020-05-29 09:56:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8448748

    KABUL, May 29 (MENA) - At least 14 members of the Afghan Border Force were killed in an attack by the Taliban in Dand-e-Patan district in the eastern province of Paktia on Thursday evening, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Friday. ....

  • India registers 7,466 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2020-05-29 08:22:16 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:8448629

    NEW DELHI, May 29 (MENA) - India reported 7,466 new novel coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed Friday morning. This is the first time for India to detect more than 7,000 COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period. The ....

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