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Half of world's children face violence, first report of its kind finds
Date: 2020-06-18 18:29:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8474700
GENEVA, June 18 (MENA) - Half of the world's children – one billion every year – are affected by physical, sexual or physiological violence, according to the first report of its kind from the United Nations, The Telegraph reported. It also ....
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Honduras president hospitalized with pneumonia, COVID-19
Date: 2020-06-17 21:49:53 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:72 - ID:8473610
TEGUCIGALPA, June 17 (MENA) - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was hospitalized Wednesday with pneumonia, hours after announcing that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19, Russia Today channel reported. Francis Contreras, ....
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Protester targets British PM's convoy, causing minor car crash
Date: 2020-06-17 21:37:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:8473587
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - A protester ran into the road as the British PM returned to Downing Street, causing two vehicles in his convoy to collide, Sky News reported on Wednesday. He was arrested for offences under Section 5 of the Public Order ....
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Ukraine registers highest coronavirus daily death rates
Date: 2020-06-17 09:13:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:8472506
KIEV, June 17 (MENA) - Ukraine has registered the highest coronavirus daily death rates after reporting the death of 31 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 943. According to health ministry figures, 758 new ....
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Russia's daily COVID-19 cases fall to 7,843
Date: 2020-06-17 08:43:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8472439
MOSCOW, June 17 (MENA) - The number of new COVID-19 cases registered in Russia over the past 24 hours was 7,843, as the number of daily new cases decreased slightly from the previous day, the Russian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The ....
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112 positive cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria on June 17
Date: 2020-06-17 08:02:04 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:17 - ID:8472330
SOFIA, June 17 (MENA) - For the past 24 hours, 2,045 samples were tested for the new coronavirus in Bulgaria out of them 112 gave a positive result. This is shown by the data in the National Information System, Sofia News Agency reported. At ....
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Honduras president announces his infection with coronavirus
Date: 2020-06-17 06:17:15 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:11 - ID:8472294
TEGUCIGALPA, June 17 (MENA) - President of Honduras Juan Jose Orlando Hernández Alvarado on Wednesday announced that he was infected with the coronavirus. In a televised speech, he added that he will receive medical treatment and that he will be ....
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S.Korean unification minister says explosion of liaison office was already preannounced
Date: 2020-06-16 11:12:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:8471214
SEOUL, June 16 (MENA) - South Korea's unification minister said Tuesday that North Korea's detonation of the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong was already preannounced by the North and Seoul would need more details to assess the situation, ....
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Austria lifts travel restrictions for 31 European countries
Date: 2020-06-16 10:54:52 GMT - Austria - World - SN:26 - ID:8471210
VIENNA, June 16 (MENA) - The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced further relaxation of the COVID19-related travel restrictions as of Tuesday, describing the move as a big step towards a new travel normality. After it became possible to ....
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John Hopkins: Worldwide cases soar past 8 million as global death toll tops 436,000
Date: 2020-06-16 09:07:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8471025
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - The worldwide number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases eclipsed 8 million late Monday and has resulted in at least 436,322 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. More than one-quarter of the ....