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  • WHO warns against rush to ease virus rules

    Date: 2020-04-21 07:23:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:11 - ID:8403523

    GENEVA, April 21 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out plans to get their economies up ....

  • Coronavirus: Virgin Australia in voluntary administration after gov't rejects dlrs 1.4bn loan

    Date: 2020-04-21 06:55:44 GMT - Australia - World - SN:10 - ID:8403514

    CANNABERA, April 21 (MENA) - Virgin Australia has entered voluntary administration in the hope of emerging from the COVID-19 crisis in a "stronger financial position," Sky News reported. Australia's second-largest airline made the announcement on ....

  • Germany records 1,785 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-04-21 06:48:45 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:8403509

    BERLIN, April 21 (MENA) - The Robert Koch Institute said on Tuesday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has increased by 1,785 to 143,457, and the death toll has risen by 194 to 4,598 in the past 24 hours, Sputnik news agency ....

  • S. Korea reports 9 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 10,683

    Date: 2020-04-21 06:38:15 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8403504

    SEOUL, April 21 (MENA) - South Korea reported yet another single-digit number of new cases of the new coronavirus on Tuesday in a clear sign of a slowdown in new infections, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,683, Yonhap news agency ....

  • China reports 11 new Covid-19 cases, four imported

    Date: 2020-04-21 06:36:38 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8403502

    BEIJING, April 21 (MENA) - The Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 11 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on the mainland Monday, of which four were imported, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The other seven cases were domestically ....

  • 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 ....

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