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  • Trump appoints Moroccan Moncef Selawi as consultant to develop the Corona vaccine

    Date: 2020-05-14 19:49:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:8433034

    WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has decided to appoint Moroccan Moncef Slaoui as a senior advisor to lead the efforts of the US government to develop the Corona vaccine in the country, CNN reported. Moncef El Salaoui is a ....

  • Mali reports 21 new infections of coronavirus

    Date: 2020-05-14 19:30:01 GMT - Mali - World - SN:77 - ID:8433005

    BAMAKO, May 14 (MENA) - Mali's Health Ministry confirmed 21 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases to 779. It also reported 24 recovery cases and two more fatalities, as total recoveries reached 436 while ....

  • US warns maritime industry against Iran, North Korea's deceptive practices

    Date: 2020-05-14 19:25:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:8433013

    WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - Iran, North Korea and Syria are using deceptive practices to evade US and international sanctions, the US departments of State and Treasury said in an advisory on Thursday. "We recommend that persons conducting any ....

  • Trump threatens to cut off relationship with China

    Date: 2020-05-14 17:15:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:8432867

    WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - President Donald Trump said the US could take the extraordinary step of ending the relationship with one of the nation's top trading partners as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing amid the pandemic, Hurra ....

  • Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases climb

    Date: 2020-05-14 16:22:27 GMT - Italy - World - SN:61 - ID:8432819

    ROME, May 14 (MENA) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 262 on Thursday, against 195 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases rose to 992 from 888 on Wednesday. It was the largest ....

  • Putin voices hope to reach Covid-19 vaccine by Sept.

    Date: 2020-05-14 14:40:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8432556

    MOSCOW, May 14 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Russian scientists would reach a vaccine to treat the novel coronavirus by September, Tass News Agency reported Thursday. During a meeting to discuss genetic technologies on Thursday, ....

  • More than 84,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US

    Date: 2020-05-14 11:09:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8432285

    WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - At least 84,136 people have died in the US from coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University's latest tally. The organization said 1,390,764 cases had been recorded across the country, according to CNN. The ....

  • US president Donald Trump to look into legislation proposing to sanctions on China

    Date: 2020-05-14 08:09:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8431952

    WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said that he will look into the legislation introduced in the Senate a day earlier that proposes sanctions on China if it fails to cooperate and provide a full accounting of the events ....

  • UN chief calls on states to take needed action on people's mental health

    Date: 2020-05-14 07:20:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:4 - ID:8431938

    NEW YORK, May 14 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called on countries to take needed action to support people's mental health on the back of the lockdown of the coronavirus. In video statements, he said "I urge ....

  • Japan plans to lift coronavirus emergency in 39 prefectures

    Date: 2020-05-13 20:50:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:82 - ID:8431802

    TOKYO, May 13 (MENA) - The Japanese government plans to lift the state of emergency declared over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in 39 of the country's 47 prefectures, officials said Wednesday as quoted by Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ....

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