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Trump hopes Muslims find comfort, healing on Eid
Date: 2020-05-24 05:25:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8443910
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said in his Eidul Fitr message on Saturday that he hopes Muslims find comfort, strength and healing from the Covid-19 disease that has dampened the celebrations of this year’s festival. Most ....
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3 coronavirus cases reported in China, no deaths
Date: 2020-05-24 05:22:06 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:8443907
BEIJING, May 24 (MENA) - Three new confirmed cases of the coronavirus were reported Sunday in China. The National Health Commission said two of the cases came from outside of the country and the other was a locally transmitted in the province of ....
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Russia explores ways of response to US withdrawal of Open Skies Treaty
Date: 2020-05-23 20:43:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:8443782
MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - Russia is looking into various scenarios of response to the withdrawal of the United States from the Treaty on Open Skies, Sputnik quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as saying Saturday. On Thursday, US President ....
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Coronavirus cluster traced to German church in Frankfurt
Date: 2020-05-23 18:03:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:36 - ID:8443667
BERLIN, May 23 (MENA) - A cluster of 40 coronavirus infections in the city of Frankfurt am Main and the surrounding area have been linked back to a Baptist church service that took place on May 10, Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday. "The vast ....
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Iran confirms 1,869 new COVID-19 cases, 59 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2020-05-23 16:18:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:30 - ID:8443581
TEHRAN, May 23 (MENA) - As many as 1,869 new coronavirus cases have been detected and 59 others succumbed to the virus in Iran over the past 24 hours, IRNA reported on Saturday. In a statement carried by the news agency, Head of Iran’s Health ....
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UN chief extends wishes to Islamic states, governments, people
Date: 2020-05-23 15:56:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:27 - ID:8443579
NEW YORK, May 23 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres extend his warmest wishes to States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Islamic governments and citizens. This came during his remarks to the virtual interactive ....
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China's COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising results
Date: 2020-05-23 15:10:11 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:8443573
BEIJING, May 23 (MENA) – China's COVID-19 vaccine trial, the first such vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial, has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-COV-2 in humans, according to a study ....
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Russia confirms readiness to organize meeting between Abbas, Netanyahu
Date: 2020-05-23 14:55:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:8443542
MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Envoy on the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov confirmed during his phone call with the Fatah movement Central Committee member Hussein al-Sheikh Russia’s ....
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Covid-19: France allows religious gatherings to resume
Date: 2020-05-23 11:31:39 GMT - France - World - SN:17 - ID:8443331
PARIS, May 23 (MENA) - France is to allow the resumption of religious gatherings after a two-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, but worshipers will have to wear face masks, France 24 quoted the French interior ministry as saying. The ....
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350,000 people recover from COVID-19: Johns Hopkins University
Date: 2020-05-23 08:25:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8443072
WASHINGTON, May 23 (MENA) - The number of people who recovered from the novel coronavirus in the US has reached 350,135, said Johns Hopkins University on Saturday. According to the latest infection updates in the US, the number of confirmed ....