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  • Pakistan reports 1,920 coronavirus cases in one day

    Date: 2021-01-18 05:54:57 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:5 - ID:8756757

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (MENA) - Pakistan has reported 46 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 521,211. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 10,997 on Monday. According to the latest ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus hits 95 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-01-18 05:50:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8756750

    WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - As many as 95 million (95,053,496) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,032,904 have died, according to a worldometer tally. It reported that there have been 67,8954,438 cases ....

  • India reports 13,788 new Covid-19 cases, 145 deaths in last 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-18 05:27:38 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:8756726

    NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (MENA) - India reported 13,788 new Covid-19 cases and 145 deaths in last 24 hours, The Times of India reported as per the Indian Health ministry on Monday. The daily new cases have been below 20,000 for the past 11 days. The ....

  • CDC director expects 500,000 Covid-19 deaths in US by mid-February

    Date: 2021-01-17 21:49:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:8756639

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) – In less than a year, Covid-19 has killed almost 400,000 Americans, CNN reported. And in just the next month, another 100,000 lives could be lost to the disease, the incoming director of the US Centers for Disease ....

  • Mexico reports over 20,000 coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-01-17 20:36:35 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:74 - ID:8756619

    MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit Mexico hard with over 20,000 daily infections and 1,000 deaths despite the restrictive economic and social measures adopted, the Mexican Ministry of Health admitted on ....

  • Alexei Navalny arrested after landing in Moscow

    Date: 2021-01-17 19:50:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:8756572

    MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been detained by police at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after returning from Germany, where he had been recovering following an alleged poisoning attempt last summer. Navalny ....

  • Indonesian quake death toll rises to 77

    Date: 2021-01-17 13:19:30 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:47 - ID:8755995

    JAKARTA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 77, while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear ....

  • Japan's govt: We are committed to holding Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics on schedule

    Date: 2021-01-17 12:07:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:8755792

    TOKYO, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Japanese government said Sunday it remains committed to holding the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer, reacting to an international media storm sparked by comments from one of its senior ministers, ....

  • USFK issues 'shelter in place' directive amid COVID-19 outbreaks in barracks

    Date: 2021-01-17 12:03:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:36 - ID:8755791

    SEOUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - United States Forces Korea (USFK) on Sunday issued a "shelter in place" directive, ordering part of its service members to remain at home after additional COVID-19 outbreaks were reported inside its barracks, Yonhap News ....

  • Air travel down by 60 percent as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO

    Date: 2021-01-17 11:52:54 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:34 - ID:8755793

    GENEVA, Jan 17 (MENA) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said that as seating capacity fell by 60 percent last year, that left just 1.8 billion passengers taking flights through 2020, compared with around 4.5 billion in ....

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