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Saudi Arabia calls for OPEC+ emergency meeting
Date: 2020-04-02 16:34:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:51 - ID:8380168
RIYADH, April 2 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia called for an emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, state news agency SPA announced on Thursday. "Saudi Arabia's call aims to reach a fair agreement to stabilize the oil market," the SPA ....
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6 more people die of Covid-19 in Russia, 771 new cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-04-02 08:11:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:8379309
MOSCOW, April 2 (MENA) - Six more people died of Coronavirus in Russia while, the number of coronavirus cases grew by 771 in the past 24 hours, reaching 3,548, the coronavirus response center said in a statement on Thursday. "A total of 3,458 ....
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Putin discusses oil prices drop with concerned partners from OPEC, US
Date: 2020-04-01 23:02:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:8379137
MOSCOW, April 1 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told the national cabinet on Wednesday he was discussing the decrease in oil prices with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the United States, adding that key ....
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Trump sending troops to Mexico border amid coronavirus threat
Date: 2020-04-01 22:53:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:8379138
WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) - The Trump administration is sending more than 500 troops to the nation’s border with Mexico to back up immigration officials as they try to prevent people infected with the coronavirus from entering the US, according to ....
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2,700 sailors will be taken off aircraft carrier with coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-04-01 22:48:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:8379129
WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) - Nearly 3,000 sailors will be taken off a US aircraft carrier in the coming days, Navy leaders said Wednesday, after the ship's captain penned a letter pleading for help to end a coronavirus outbreak on board, The Hill ....
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Russian scientists ready to develop coronavirus cure from survivors’ blood in 30 days
Date: 2020-04-01 22:16:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:8379116
MOSCOW, April 1 (MENA) - Scientists from Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine are ready to develop a coronavirus cure, based on coronavirus survivors’ blood, in 30 days, TASS reported. "The ....
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One Turkish doctor dies, over 600 health workers infected
Date: 2020-04-01 22:13:01 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:84 - ID:8379127
ANKARA, April 1 (MENA) - A Turkish doctor died and more than 600 health care workers have been infected with the novel coronavirus, the health minister announced on Wednesday as quoted by Sky news. “The number of our doctor friends, nurses or ....
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NATO to meet Thursday over coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-01 21:37:46 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:81 - ID:8379109
BRUSSELS, April 1 (MENA) - NATO foreign ministers will hold video talks on Thursday to discuss the response to the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed 30,000 people in Europe alone, CNBC reported. The ongoing health crisis is a “common invisible ....
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Russian military plane with coronavirus aid lands in US
Date: 2020-04-01 20:53:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:8379054
MOSCOW, April 1 (MENA) - A Russian military aircraft, carrying supplies needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak, has landed in New York. The haul was sent after US President Trump accepted an offer of assistance from Russian counterpart Vladimir ....
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Global COVID-19 cases may rise to one million in next few days: WHO
Date: 2020-04-01 19:57:43 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:8378983
GENEVA, April 1 (MENA) - There will be one million confirmed coronavirus cases and the global death toll will pass 50,000 in the next few days, Euronews quoted the World Health Organization (WHO) chief as saying on Wednesday. Addressing a press ....