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76 more coronavirus patients die in Moscow in past day
Date: 2020-05-28 21:08:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:8448511
MOSCOW, May 25 (MENA) - Seventy-six more coronavirus-positive patients died in Moscow in the past day, TASS reported Thursday. "Seventy-six coronavirus-positive patients diagnosed with pneumonia have died in Moscow," the anti-coronavirus crisis ....
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2 Egyptian UN peacekeepers to be honored in NY
Date: 2020-05-28 18:53:49 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:51 - ID:8448334
CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres will honor on Friday two Egyptian UN peacekeepers at the international body's HQ in New York. UN peacekeepers, who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty, will be honored at a United ....
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US offers $3mln reward for information on senior Daesh leader: State Dept.
Date: 2020-05-28 17:45:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:8448337
WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the location or identification of Muhammad Khadir Musa Ramadan, a senior leader of and key ....
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International Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement appeals for 3.19 billion US dollars to curb COVID-19's spread
Date: 2020-05-28 17:36:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:8448288
GENEVA, May 28 (MENA) - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is appealing for 3.1 billion Swiss francs (3.19 billion US dollars) to urgently scale up its global response to curb COVID-19's rapid spread and assist the world's most ....
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WHO: Africa sees "rapid increases" in coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-28 15:37:28 GMT - Republic of the Congo - World - SN:38 - ID:8448144
BRAZZAVILLE, May 28 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said they are "seeing some rapid increases" in cases during a press briefing on Thursday, CNN reported. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for ....
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Russia's coronavirus cases hit 8,371 in 24 hours
Date: 2020-05-28 10:28:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8447798
MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 8,371 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 379,051, The Moscow Times reported. The number of new deaths, 174, equalled Russia's highest daily death toll ....
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UNICEF: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year
Date: 2020-05-28 07:11:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8447630
NEW YORK, May 28 (MENA) - The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children into household poverty by the end of 2020, an increase of 15 per cent, according to a new analysis released today by Save the Children ....
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Seven Afghan forces killed in 'Taliban' Attack in Parwan
Date: 2020-05-28 06:07:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:4 - ID:8447583
KABUL, May 28 (MENA) - At least seven Afghan forces were killed and one was wounded after Taliban elements attacked a security checkpoint in northern Parwan province Wednesday night, said Wahida Shahkar, a spokeswoman for the provincial ....
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British embassy in North Korea is CLOSED, diplomats evacuated amid fears of coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-28 05:42:15 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:2 - ID:8447572
LONDON, May 28 (MENA) - Britain has shuttered its embassy in North Korea and all its diplomats have left the country, its ambassador said Thursday as Pyongyang maintains strict entry controls to try to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. The North ....
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Coronavirus created 'lockdown generation', with one in six youths forced to stop working, UN warns
Date: 2020-05-27 22:56:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:8447518
GENEVA, May 27 (MENA) - The coronavirus pandemic has created a 'lockdown generation' by forcing more than one in six people under the age of 29 to stop working, the UN has warned. The body's International Labor Organization said the COVID-19 ....
