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Essex lorry deaths: Four men jailed for total of 78 years over deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants
Date: 2021-01-22 19:33:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:53 - ID:8764633
LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) – Four members of a people smuggling gang have been jailed for a total of 78 years over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants, whose bodies were found in the back of a refrigerated lorry in the UK, euronews reported ....
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UK records 1,401 new Covid deaths and more than 40,000 fresh cases
Date: 2021-01-22 18:38:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:8764533
LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - A further 1,401 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK, the Mirror reported on Friday. This is almost 10% up on last Friday when 1,280 Covid-19 deaths were announced. The number of new cases has climbed above ....
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US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary
Date: 2021-01-22 18:19:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8764534
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The US Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department, the CNN reported. Austin, who retired in ....
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Boris Johnson says new UK Covid strain could have higher death rate
Date: 2021-01-22 17:53:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:8764570
LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday "some evidence" suggests that new UK variant of coronavirus could be more deadly. "I must tell you that we’ve been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly ....
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US Senator Schumer says House to send Trump's impeachment article to Senate Monday
Date: 2021-01-22 17:04:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:8764487
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the House's article of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of the Senate's impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, CNN ....
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Financial Times: What US rejoining the Paris accord means for climate policy
Date: 2021-01-22 15:52:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:8764264
LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The day after US president Joe Biden’s move to rejoin the international climate agreement, his climate tsar John Kerry issued a forceful call to global action and declared that "failure is simply not an option", Financial ....
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UK considering border closures, minister says
Date: 2021-01-22 15:06:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:8764233
LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - UK Environment Secretary George Eustice has said that the government is considering a full closure of Britain’s borders due to concerns over the spread of the mutated variants of the coronavirus, Politico reported. "We ....
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China condemns Baghdad twin bombings
Date: 2021-01-22 15:03:44 GMT - China - World - SN:39 - ID:8764232
BEIJING, Jan 22 (MENA) – China strongly condemned Friday the twin suicide bombings, rocked popular market in Baghdad, and left dozens of deaths and injured people. At least 32 people died, and more than 100 were injured, in the blasts, which were ....
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Pakistan urges Biden to stick to Afghan troops withdrawal
Date: 2021-01-22 11:42:08 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:27 - ID:8763981
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said his country hopes for greater engagement with the new US government and called on President Joe Biden to follow up on the ongoing Afghan peace process and ....
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6 killed in India's Shivamogga dynamite blast
Date: 2021-01-22 10:58:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8763962
KABUL, Jan 22 (MENA) - Hours after a massive explosion that took place near a gravel and boulder crushing facility killed at least six people in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district, India Express reported. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Friday ....
