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  • Talks with Iran on black boxes from downed Ukrainian plane ongoing

    Date: 2020-04-03 16:04:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:66 - ID:8381422

    KIEV, April 3 (MENA) - Ukraine is continuing talks with Iran on the handover of black box flight recorders from a downed Ukrainian passenger plane, Ukrinform reported. "Talks with Iran are ongoing. [...] We are working to gain control of the ....

  • Coronavirus: UK deaths could reach 1,000 per day around Easter peak, says health secretary

    Date: 2020-04-03 16:04:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8381425

    LONDON, April 3 (MENA) – UK Health secretary Matt Hancock has said it is "perfectly possible" that the coronavirus outbreak will peak in the UK around Easter Sunday, with as many as 1,000 deaths a day in the period leading up to it, The Independent ....

  • Putin extends precautionary measures in Russia to April-end

    Date: 2020-04-03 15:56:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:8381417

    MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the special precautionary measures in Russia until the end of April to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. This is what the experts believe, and, of course, we are listening and ....

  • Japan mulls offering anti-flu drug Avigan to nations fighting virus

    Date: 2020-04-03 15:30:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:61 - ID:8381440

    TOKYO, April 3 (MENA) - The Japanese government is considering offering the anti-influenza drug Avigan for free to countries looking to use it to treat new coronavirus patients, Kyodo quoted its top government spokesman as saying Friday. "Some 30 ....

  • Ontario confirms 462 new COVID-19 cases, death toll at 81

    Date: 2020-04-03 15:23:00 GMT - Canada - World - SN:59 - ID:8381427

    OTTAWA, April 3 (MENA) - Ontario confirmed 462 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 3,255, CBC reported. The official tally includes 67 deaths, however CBC News has accumulated data from local public health units and ....

  • Germans to be fined up to 500 euros for breaking distancing rules

    Date: 2020-04-03 15:14:20 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:8381404

    BERLIN, April 3 (MENA) - Germans risk being fined up to 500 euros ($540) for standing too close to each other from Friday as officials crack down on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus, according to the Local newspaper. German ....

  • Officials from S. Korea, Germany to hold videoconference on coronavirus response

    Date: 2020-04-03 15:13:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:8381429

    SEOUL, April 3 (MENA) - South Korean officials will hold a videoconference with their German counterparts Friday to share the country's experience in battling the new coronavirus, Yonhap news agency quoted a foreign ministry official as ....

  • Neymar makes secret £770,000 donation in fight against coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-03 14:58:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:8381364

    LONDON, April 3 (MENA) - Neymar has been revealed as the man behind a secret £770,000 donation to help fight coronavirus, the Sun newspaper reported on Friday. Reports in Brazil named the Paris Saint-Germain star after he made the anonymous ....

  • Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 484, cases jump by more than 1,000

    Date: 2020-04-03 14:12:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:51 - ID:8381239

    GENEVA, April 3 (MENA) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus has reached 484, the country's public health ministry said on Friday, rising from 432 people on Thursday, swissinfo reported Friday. The number of people who have tested positive for ....

  • Philippines reports 29 new COVID-19 fatalities, only one recovery as cases breach 3,000

    Date: 2020-04-03 14:04:50 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:50 - ID:8381217

    MANILA, April 3 (MENA) - The number of known coronavirus infections in the Philippines reached 3,018 Friday as the officially reported cases worldwide soared past the one million mark, Philippine Star reported. The Department of Health recorded ....

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