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3 former US presidents to attend Biden’s inauguration
Date: 2021-01-08 18:30:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:8744066
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Former US President George W. Bush, who became one of the first key Republicans to acknowledge the electoral victory of President-elect Joseph Biden Jr. in November, will attend Biden’s inauguration later this month, CNN ....
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US sanctions Iraq’s PMU militia leader on human rights abuses
Date: 2021-01-08 17:19:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:8744028
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) – The US Treasury Department has sanctioned Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit militia Chairman and former National Security Advisor Falih al-Fayyadh on connections to human rights abuse, according to an official ....
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EU hits back as blame game over vaccine procurement intensifies
Date: 2021-01-08 16:49:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:8743982
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The EU has hit back at criticism from member states that its bloc-wide vaccine procurement plan has failed to secure enough doses to enable a rapid start to inoculations, Financial Times reported. In a letter to German ....
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Greece to launch platform for mass vaccination Monday
Date: 2021-01-08 16:12:29 GMT - Greece - World - SN:49 - ID:8743913
ATHENS, Jan 8 (MENA) - A government platform designed to organize the country’s public coronavirus vaccination campaign is due to launch on Monday, with the registration of citizens aged over 85 years old, First batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrives in ....
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London mayor declares state of emergency as coronavirus cases rise
Date: 2021-01-08 16:04:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:8743956
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident" in the capital due to rising coronavirus cases threatening to overwhelm hospitals, Sky News reported. City Hall said growing infection rates are "putting immense ....
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Capitol Police officer dies from injuries suffered in riots
Date: 2021-01-08 15:38:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:8743892
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - A US Capitol Police officer has died following injuries suffered in the violent siege on the building Wednesday, according to a press release from the department, ABC news reported. The death is the fifth connected to ....
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Three killed, one injured after a Piper plane crashes outside St. Petersburg
Date: 2021-01-08 15:37:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8743872
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (MENA) - The private plane crashed during take-off in the Lomonosovsky district in the Leningrad region, Sputnik news agency reported Friday. Three people were killed and one more injured when a private Piper light-engine aircraft ....
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Cyprus imposes tougher anti-coronavirus measures
Date: 2021-01-08 14:41:39 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:38 - ID:8743786
NICOSIA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Cypriot Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday announced tougher measures and only two outings per day with permission through SMS, Cyprus Mail reported. The curfew remains from 9.00 pm to 5.00 am. The new ....
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UK approves use of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine, orders 10m more doses
Date: 2021-01-08 14:12:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:34 - ID:8743773
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Moderna vaccine has become the third coronavirus jab to be approved for use in the UK - with an additional 10 million doses ordered, Sky News reported. The US-based company's vaccine was shown to have 94% efficacy ....
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6 killed in heavy rains in Malaysia
Date: 2021-01-08 13:34:17 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:32 - ID:8743765
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (MENA) - At least six people have died and nearly 50,000 evacuated in Malaysia after monsoon rains pounded the country's east coast, authorities said on Friday, causing what residents described as the worst flooding in half a ....
