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China's Xi urges US to take substantive action in improving ties
Date: 2020-03-27 08:00:51 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:8371559
BEIJING, March 27 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on the United States to take substantive action in improving bilateral relations. In a phone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump, Xi suggested that the two ....
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UN chief asks for wartime plan for coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-26 22:33:05 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:104 - ID:8371457
NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday asked the Group of 20 (G20) largest economies of the world for a "wartime plan" to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, ABC News reported. "We are at war with a virus -- and ....
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US coronavirus cases hit 81,000
Date: 2020-03-26 21:48:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:8371446
WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) - With at least 81,321 confirmed cases and more than 1,000 deaths, the US now appears to have more cases than any other country, according to a tally by the New York Times. The US is the world’s third most populous ....
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Japan to impose entry ban on 21 European countries, Iran
Date: 2020-03-26 20:12:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:89 - ID:8371392
TOKYO, March 26 (MENA) - Japan will impose an entry ban on foreign travelers coming from 21 European countries and Iran as part of stronger measures to contain the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday. Starting midnight ....
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Red Cross seeks $825 mn to fight coronavirus pandemic
Date: 2020-03-26 19:56:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:88 - ID:8371307
GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Thursday launched a revised emergency appeal for 800 million Swiss francs (823 million US dollars) to help the world's most vulnerable communities halt the spread of ....
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EU leaders call for ‘massive’ action on coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-26 17:39:08 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:80 - ID:8371181
BRUSSELS, March 26 (MENA) - European Union leaders are calling for urgent and “massive” coordinated international action to stop the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post reported. Following a video-conference with G20 leaders, European ....
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UNICEF warns of challenges facing routine immunization due to COVID 19
Date: 2020-03-26 17:03:59 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:75 - ID:8371086
GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) - UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic that the COVID-19 pandemic is overstretching health services as health ....
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Trump approves New Jersey disaster declaration
Date: 2020-03-26 16:59:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8371065
WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal assistance to efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on ....
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G-20 leaders commit to ‘whatever it takes’ to overcome virus
Date: 2020-03-26 16:25:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:8371063
MOSCOW, March 26 (MENA) - Leaders from the Group of 20 nations on Thursday said they were injecting over $5 trillion into the global economy and committed to do “whatever it takes” to overcome the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, Sputnik news ....
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UNICEF scales up support in 145 countries to keep children learning
Date: 2020-03-26 15:15:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:8370947
GENEVA, March 26 (MENA) - As nationwide school closures disrupt the education for more than 80 per cent of students worldwide, UNICEF on Thursday announced it will significantly scale up support in 145 countries to help children continue their ....
