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  • South Korea sees no suspicious activity in N. Korea amid Kim health concerns

    Date: 2020-04-21 06:24:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8403498

    SEOUL, April 21 (MENA) - The South Korean government said Tuesday no unusual activity has been detected in North Korea after unconfirmed reports described leader Kim Jong Un as in fragile condition after heart surgery, The Time reported. The ....

  • Italy reports 433 more coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2020-04-21 05:54:08 GMT - Italy - World - SN:3 - ID:8403472

    ROME, April 21 (MENA) - Italy's official daily death toll from coronavirus edged down to 433 on Monday, the lowest figure in a week, The Daily Mail reported Tuesday. The total number of deaths reported by the civil protection services since the ....

  • Gunman kills at least 16 in Canada's worst mass shooting

    Date: 2020-04-20 23:11:32 GMT - Canada - World - SN:68 - ID:8403421

    OTTAWA, April 20 (MENA) - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia said Monday that at least 19 people have been killed in a 12-hour rampage that was one of the country’s worst massacres in recent memory, The New York Times ....

  • U.S. ambassador's tweet on Global Hawk sparks controversy over publicity of sensitive military assets

    Date: 2020-04-20 22:49:11 GMT - south korea - World - SN:65 - ID:8403422

    SEOUL, April 20 (MENA) - U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris' recent tweet about the arrival of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft in South Korea has sparked controversy over whether it is appropriate to reveal developments regarding sensitive military assets ....

  • Covid-19 deaths in France surpass 20,000 as hospitalisations continue to fall

    Date: 2020-04-20 21:20:53 GMT - France - World - SN:61 - ID:8403400

    PARIS, April 20 (MENA) - France – which on Monday became the fourth country to record more than 20,000 deaths as a result of the pandemic and has the fourth-highest toll in the world – has been in virtual lockdown for nearly five weeks and is due to ....

  • Branson says Virgin Atlantic will need UK government help to survive

    Date: 2020-04-20 21:04:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:8403386

    LONDON, April 20 (MENA) - Virgin Atlantic will collapse unless it receives the UK government support, Metro reported, quoting the airline's boss Sir Richard Branson. The Virgin Group boss said the airline needs taxpayer support in the form of a ....

  • Russian embassy in Czech Republic refutes allegations about Russia’s involvement in cyberattacks

    Date: 2020-04-20 20:56:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:8403392

    PRAGUE, April 20 (MENA) - Russia’s embassy in the Czech Republic has slammed as provocation Czech media reports alleging that the recent hacker attack on medical institutions in that country were allegedly engineered by Russia, the Russian news ....

  • US oil benchmark crashes below $3 a barrel, on track for lowest close

    Date: 2020-04-20 18:57:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8403259

    NEW YORK, April 20 (MENA) - The soon-to-expire May contract for the US oil benchmark was on track Monday to finish in single digits for the lowest close and biggest one-day plunge on record for a front-month contract, reflecting a growing glut of ....

  • At least 17 people killed in Canada's deadliest mass shooting

    Date: 2020-04-20 14:55:20 GMT - Canada - World - SN:41 - ID:8402950

    OTTAWA, April 19 (MENA) – At least 17 people have been killed in a mass shooting in Nova Scotia - the deadliest such attack in Canada's history, Sky News reported Monday. The suspected gunman, Gabriel Wortman, a 51-year-old, was dressed as a ....

  • WHO chief calls on G20 to remove trade barriers impeding fight against coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-20 14:49:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:39 - ID:8403042

    GENEVA, April 20 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for the removal of trade barriers that impede the fight against the novel coronavirus, TASS reported. In an address to a virtual ....

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