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  • Paper: Richest nations face $17tn government debt burden from coronavirus

    Date: 2020-05-25 12:07:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8445046

    WASHINGTON, May 25 (MENA) - Rich countries are set to take on at least $17tn of extra public debt as they battle the economic consequences of the pandemic, according to the OECD, as sharp drops in tax revenues are expected to dwarf the stimulus ....

  • Russia records 8,946 new COVID-19 infection cases

    Date: 2020-05-25 09:20:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8444832

    MOSCOW, May 25 (MENA) - The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia rose by 8,946 in the past day to 353,427 in all regions, Tass quoted the anti-coronavirus crisis center as having said. For the tenth day in a row, the daily number of new confirmed ....

  • Mexico reaches 68,620 cases of Covid-19

    Date: 2020-05-25 08:48:20 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:10 - ID:8444768

    MEXICO CITY, May 25 (MENA) - Mexican health officials have reported 2,764 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 215 deaths, bringing the totals to 68,620 and 7,394, respectively, said The New York Times. However, of these, only 14 thousand 247 ....

  • Austrian president apologizes after breaking coronavirus curfew

    Date: 2020-05-24 20:55:53 GMT - Austria - World - SN:58 - ID:8444680

    VIENNA, May 24 (MENA) - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen apologized Sunday after he and his wife were caught by police breaking curfew rules at a restaurant, Politico reported. The country has mandated that restaurants and bars shut ....

  • British PM says schools will reopen on June 1

    Date: 2020-05-24 20:05:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:8444629

    LONDON, May 24 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said that schools will reopen on June 1 as the UK enters phase two of lockdown exit, The Independent reported. Mr Johnson said that the formal decision on moving to step two of ....

  • Lufthansa to resume flights to 20 destinations from mid-June

    Date: 2020-05-24 16:22:16 GMT - Germany - World - SN:44 - ID:8444460

    BERLIN, May 24 (MENA) - Lufthansa German Airlines on Sunday confirmed that it will resume flights to 20 destinations in mid-June as it tries to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. The destinations include vacation hotspots Mallorca, Crete, ....

  • Chinese FM: China-Russia mutual support forges impregnable fortress against "political virus"

    Date: 2020-05-24 14:58:34 GMT - China - World - SN:39 - ID:8444229

    BEIJING, May 24 (MENA) - China and Russia have supported and defended each other against unreasonable attacks and slanders by certain countries since the novel coronavirus outbreak, forging an impregnable fortress against the "political virus," ....

  • Putin grees Russia's Muslims on Eid al Fitr holiday

    Date: 2020-05-24 13:42:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8444295

    MOSCOW, May 24 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Muslims in Russia on Eid al-Fitr, a major religious holiday marking the end of the month of fasting Ramadan, the Kremlin press service said on Sunday, TASS ....

  • Canada announces new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-05-24 09:20:35 GMT - Canada - World - SN:22 - ID:8444099

    OTTAWA, May 24 (MENA) - The Canadian Health Ministry announced on Sunday that 1,141 new coronavirus cases were detected in the country over the past 24 hours. In a statement, the ministry added that the new cases take the total figure of ....

  • Taliban commander succumbs to injuries in Kunduz province

    Date: 2020-05-24 08:58:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:8444065

    KABUL, May 24 (MENA) - A Taliban commander died of his injuries which he had sustained following an airstrike in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Sunday. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement ....

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