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  • Biden will call governors, mayors about mask mandate

    Date: 2020-11-09 09:55:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:8664419

    WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) - President-elect Joe Biden will personally call on governors around the country to enact mask mandates in their states once taking office next year, NBC News first reported on Sunday. A Biden campaign official told the ....

  • Soldier kills 3 people at airfield near Russia’s Voronezh

    Date: 2020-11-09 09:32:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8664432

    MOSCOW, Nov 9 (MENA) - A military serviceman has killed three people at a military airfield near the city of Voronezh. He barricaded himself on the territory of a military unit, Russian news agency TASS quoted a source in the regional emergency ....

  • China expects less volatility but tough relations under Joe Biden

    Date: 2020-11-09 08:43:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:8664366

    LONDON, Nov 9 (MENA) - Beijing expects less volatile relations with Washington under Joe Biden but does not believe the new administration will veer significantly from the hardline approach taken by Donald Trump, according to Chinese government ....

  • Biden should consider peace agreement, Taliban say

    Date: 2020-11-09 07:53:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8664295

    KABUL, Nov 9 (MENA) - The Taliban say newly elected US President Joe Biden should respect the peace agreement signed between the movement and the Donald Trump administration. The agreement was not made with a single person but with the US ....

  • Mine blast wounds 2 civilians in Kabul

    Date: 2020-11-09 06:49:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8664216

    KABUL, Nov 9 (MENA) - Around 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning, a roadside mine exploded in the Pul-e-Charkhi area of ​​Police District 12 in Kabul city, Khaama Press reported. Two civilians were injured in the blast. Kabul police confirmed the ....

  • Bush congratulates Biden on election victory

    Date: 2020-11-08 23:05:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8664107

    WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (MENA) Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call Sunday and said that, while President Donald Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges and recounts, the 2020 race was ....

  • Moscow reports 72 new coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2020-11-08 22:02:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:8664090

    MOSCOW, Nov 8 (MENA) - Moscow has registered 72 deaths from COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center announced on Sunday. "A total of 72 patients with confirmed diagnosis ....

  • UK Military chief warns of Third World War risk as pandemic brings ‘uncertain and anxious’ times

    Date: 2020-11-08 21:43:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:8664078

    LONDON, Nov 8 (MENA) – The head of Britain’s military has warned that the world is living through a “very uncertain and anxious” period as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with a risk of regional tensions escalating into a Third World War, ....

  • Turkish finance minister steps down, citing health issues

    Date: 2020-11-08 19:37:03 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:61 - ID:8663908

    ANKARA, Nov 8 (MENA) - Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unexpectedly resigned on Sunday, throwing the government’s management of the economy into further confusion, Bloomberg reported. “I ....

  • WHO head congratulates Biden on election victory, calls for joint fight against pandemic

    Date: 2020-11-08 13:24:18 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:43 - ID:8663501

    GENEVA, Nov 8 (MENA) – World Health Organization Head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential election and noted the importance of joint fight against ....

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