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Switzerland extends lockdown, adopts new COVID-19 restrictions
Date: 2021-01-13 17:27:55 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8751067
GENEVA, Jan 13 (MENA) - The Swiss government announced Wednesday the closure of non-essential shops and mandatory teleworking as well as the extension of restaurant and sports facilities closures in a move to drastically reduce coronavirus ....
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One-in-five workers working from home since beginning of COVID-19: ILO
Date: 2021-01-13 15:45:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:8750910
GENEVA, Jan 13 (MENA) - In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 an estimated one-in-five workers found themselves working from home, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report released on Wednesday. Data for the ....
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Pence to Pelosi: Removing Trump from power not in favor of homeland
Date: 2021-01-13 13:23:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:8750762
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a new letter Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, said CNN Wednesday. Pence told Pelosi that he does not ....
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Pompeo cancels Europe trip after EU officials too ‘embarrassed’ to meet with him: Report
Date: 2021-01-13 09:48:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8750120
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - Just one day after the State Department announced the cancellation of all travel plans for this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has effectively been disinvited from his final overseas meetings, the Daily Beast ....
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Russia confirms 22,850 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-01-13 09:18:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:8750119
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (MENA) - Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 22,850 in the past day, reaching 3,471,053, TASS quoted the anti-coronavirus crisis center as saying on Wednesday. In the past five days the average growth rate did not exceed ....
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FBI: We do not accept violence of Jan. 6
Date: 2021-01-13 09:17:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8750106
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - FBI Assistant Director Steven M. D'Antuono on Wednesday said that the bureau does not accept the violence that shocked the American people on January 6 at the Congress. He added at a joint press conference with Acting ....
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S Korea, Iran agree to continue talks on ship seizure, frozen assets after little progress
Date: 2021-01-13 08:23:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:8750022
SEOUL, Jan 13 (MENA) - South Korea and Iran will continue talks for the early release of a seized Korean ship and to resolve the issue of Tehran's frozen assets here, Seoul officials said Wednesday, amid little signs of progress on those issues in ....
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US records more than 215,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-01-13 07:46:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8749924
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - The United States recorded 215,805 new COVID 19 cases and 4,327 new deaths over the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States, by far the country hardest hit by the coronavirus, has ....
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YouTube suspends Trump’s channel for at least seven days
Date: 2021-01-13 05:56:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8749833
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - YouTube said on Tuesday that it had suspended President Trump’s channel over concern about “ongoing potential for violence,” the latest move by one of the large tech companies to limit the president online, The New York ....
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US House passes resolution to demand Pence invoke 25th Amendment, remove Trump
Date: 2021-01-13 05:52:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:8749827
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - The House approved a resolution on a late Tuesday night to encourage Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office before his term ends on Jan. 20, a largely symbolic ....
