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  • Russia appoints new ambassador at African partnership forum

    Date: 2020-05-20 12:16:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:8439800

    MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Deputy Director of the Department of Africa at the Russian Foreign Ministry Oleg Ozerov was appointed Ambassador-at-Large and Head of the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, the Russian Foreign Ministry said ....

  • India records worst day of COVID-19 pandemic: 5,611 new cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2020-05-20 10:41:34 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:8439387

    NEW DELHI, May 20 (MENA) - India witnessed the biggest surge in COVID-19 count as the states had recorded 5,611 coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, the Hindustan Times reported. Maharashtra continued to add over 2,000 fresh cases on Tuesday. ....

  • Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Poland reaches 19,080

    Date: 2020-05-20 10:27:16 GMT - Poland - World - SN:10 - ID:8439370

    WARSAW, May 20 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Poland increased by 195 since Monday evening and has reached 19,080, the Polish Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. Another five people have died, bringing the death toll to ....

  • Germany reports 797 new coronavirus cases, another 83 deaths in latest update

    Date: 2020-05-20 10:26:54 GMT - Germany - World - SN:7 - ID:8439359

    BERLIN, May 20 (MENA) - Germany reported on Wednesday 797 new cases of coronavirus infections, bringing the total confirmed cases to 176,007 in the country, as the daily recoveries still outpace that for now, according to the Robert Koch ....

  • Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections

    Date: 2020-05-20 10:23:04 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:23 - ID:8439643

    JAKARTA, May 20 (MENA) - Indonesia reported on Wednesday 693 new coronavirus infections, according to the website of Indonesia’s COVID-19 task force. This is the Southeast Asian nation’s biggest daily rise that took the total number of cases to ....

  • Russia's coronavirus cases surpass 300K as new infections plateau

    Date: 2020-05-20 09:16:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8439455

    MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 8,764 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 308,705 and marking the lowest daily increase since May 1, The Moscow Times reported. On Sunday, the head of ....

  • US deaths near 92,000 as total cases continue climb past 1.5 million

    Date: 2020-05-20 08:18:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8439395

    WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States continued to climb past 1.5 million early Wednesday across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the US Virgin Islands, Fox News ....

  • U.S. oil futures settle higher, buoyed by supply cuts, improving demand, as June contract expires

    Date: 2020-05-20 08:04:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8439438

    WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - U.S. benchmark oil futures settled higher on Tuesday, getting a lift from global supply cuts and signs of improving demand, following a volatile trading session that ended with the expiration of the June contract. West ....

  • More than 100 Taliban militants killed, wounded after attacking Kunduz city

    Date: 2020-05-20 07:17:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8439375

    KABUL, May 20 (MENA) - The Afghan forces killed more than 50 Taliban militants during a clash in the outskirts of Kunduz city, the provincial capital of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The Afghan Ministry of ....

  • Russian embassy in US demands that Bloomberg refute its article on COVID-19 in Russia

    Date: 2020-05-20 06:43:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:8439363

    MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - The Russian embassy in the United States on Wednesday demanded that Bloomberg refuted its article about the novel coronavirus outbreak in Russia, which uses incorrect data about the number of hospital beds in the country, Tas ....

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