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France reports 83 coronavirus deaths
Date: 2020-05-21 20:41:44 GMT - France - World - SN:78 - ID:8441694
PARIS, May 21 (MENA) – France has recorded 83 additional coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 28,215 since the start of the epidemic, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) said on Thursday (21 May) in a ....
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Malaysia reports 50 new coronavirus cases with no new deaths
Date: 2020-05-21 19:35:23 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:73 - ID:8441671
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (MENA) - Malaysian health authorities on Thursday reported 50 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 7,059 cases. The health ministry also reported no new deaths, keeping total fatalities at 114.(MENA) M H ....
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Head of Chechen Republic ‘hospitalised’ with suspected coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-21 18:43:37 GMT - Chechnya - World - SN:71 - ID:8441594
GROZNY, May 21 (MENA) – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reportedly been taken ill with Covid-19. Rumors of the iracund strongman's evacuation to Moscow on private jet have been circling in anonymous social media channels since Wednesday. But ....
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Preparations for test flights of Russia's Sarmat missile go on amid pandemic - Official
Date: 2020-05-21 08:32:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8440706
MOSCOW, May 21 (MENA) - Preparations for the test flights of Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile have not been interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov has said in an interview with ....
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Over 3 million jobs could be lost in Japan due to coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-20 21:54:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:80 - ID:8440550
TOKYO, May 20 (MENA) - Up to 3.01 million jobs in Japan could be lost due to the new coronavirus pandemic in the year through next March, an impact more serious than the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, a research institute said Wednesday. In ....
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Greece says no coronavirus tests, no quarantine for tourists this summer
Date: 2020-05-20 21:16:16 GMT - Greece - World - SN:76 - ID:8440537
ATHENS, May 20 (MENA) – Tourists will be allowed to enter Greece without taking a coronavirus test or remaining in quarantine when international flights restart on July 1, but health officials will conduct spot tests when required, Tourism Minister ....
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WHO reports 106,000 new COVID-19 cases worldwide
Date: 2020-05-20 20:02:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:68 - ID:8440498
GENEVA, May 20 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Wednesday about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown. The global health body ....
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Italy reports 161 new coronavirus deaths, over 130,000 recoveries
Date: 2020-05-20 19:13:17 GMT - Italy - World - SN:64 - ID:8440434
ROME, May 20 (MENA) – Italy's civil protection department said Wednesday that 32,330 people have died with the coronavirus in Italy, up 161 on Tuesday, and 665 new cases have been registered. The daily rise in the death toll was 162 on Tuesday, ....
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Russia appoints new ambassador at African partnership forum
Date: 2020-05-20 12:16:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:8439800
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Deputy Director of the Department of Africa at the Russian Foreign Ministry Oleg Ozerov was appointed Ambassador-at-Large and Head of the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, the Russian Foreign Ministry said ....
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India records worst day of COVID-19 pandemic: 5,611 new cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-05-20 10:41:34 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:8439387
NEW DELHI, May 20 (MENA) - India witnessed the biggest surge in COVID-19 count as the states had recorded 5,611 coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, the Hindustan Times reported. Maharashtra continued to add over 2,000 fresh cases on Tuesday. ....