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  • 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 ....

  • Swiss coronavirus cases near 28,000

    Date: 2020-04-20 14:15:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:8402855

    BERN, April 20 (MENA) - Swiss health authorities reported 204 more coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of people who tested positive in Switzerland to 27,944 on Monday. The number of deaths rose to 1,142, the Federal Office of ....

  • Belgium reaches 39,983 confirmed coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-04-20 13:50:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:33 - ID:8402851

    BRUSSELS, April 19 (MENA) – As many as 1,487 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, confirmed the Federal Public Health Service during a press conference on Monday. This brings the total number of cases in ....

  • Pope Francis urges politicians to put aside disputes to overcome COVID-19

    Date: 2020-04-20 13:34:04 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:31 - ID:8402725

    VATICAN, April 20 (MENA) - Pope Francis urged politicians on Monday to put aside differences in order to deal with the coronavirus crisis in a united way. At Mass on Easter Monday at Casa Santa Marta, he urged prayers that governments, scientists ....

  • Coronavirus cases in Russia rise by 4,268 over past day

    Date: 2020-04-20 11:57:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:8402550

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 4,268 over the past day, reaching 47,121 in all regions, TASS news agency quoted the anti-coronavirus crisis center as saying on Monday. Some 3,446 people have ....

  • Singapore: 1,426 new coronavirus cases registered

    Date: 2020-04-20 11:50:56 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:18 - ID:8402533

    SINGAPORE, April 20 (MENA) - The Singaporean Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 1,426 new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore as of Monday, the single highest daily spike in numbers since the outbreak began in January, according to The Straits ....

  • Global stocks steady as earnings season picks up steam

    Date: 2020-04-20 08:51:07 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:13 - ID:8402424

    BRUSSELS, April 20 (MENA) - Global stocks wavered at the start of a week in which a slew of corporate earnings reports will help investors gauge the early financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported. European ....

  • Trump reveals progress in COVID-19 combat

    Date: 2020-04-20 08:35:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8402369

    WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has announced progress in combating Coronavirus, pointing out that he is about to agree with the democrats on a new economic package. According to New York times, the White House and ....

  • Russian Su-35 intercepts US surveillance jet

    Date: 2020-04-20 06:47:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:8402313

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - A Russian Su-35 has conducted a second “unsafe” intercept of a US surveillance jet in the Mediterranean in four days, flying once again within just 25 feet of a P-8A Poseidon, the US Navy, quoted by Sputnik news agency, ....

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