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  • 8,099 new COVID-19 infections in Poland, active cases rising

    Date: 2020-10-15 18:10:50 GMT - Poland - World - SN:68 - ID:8629739

    WARSAW, Oct 15 (MENA) – The Polish Health Ministry announced 8,099 new confirmed COVID-19 infections in Poland, increasing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 149,903 including 61,007 still active, local media reported on Thursday. ....

  • France warns Turkey of EU sanctions over provocations in Mediterranean

    Date: 2020-10-15 17:57:24 GMT - France - World - SN:66 - ID:8629719

    PARIS, Oct 15 (MENA) – France warned Turkey on Thursday that it could face European Union sanctions for its “provocations,” after Ankara redeployed its search vessel on a new energy exploration mission in the eastern Mediterranean, Al Arabiya ....

  • Pompeo says keen to be part of administration if Trump is re-elected

    Date: 2020-10-15 17:53:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:8629763

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday reaffirmed his willingness to be a part of President Donald Trump's second administration if he were to be re-elected on Nov. 3, although did not specifically spell out what ....

  • UN chief: Many rural women suffer from discrimination, racism

    Date: 2020-10-15 15:49:04 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:8629529

    CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and nutrition, building climate resilience, and managing land and natural resources. But many rural women ....

  • Saudi Health Ministry registesr 472 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-10-15 15:01:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:47 - ID:8629400

    Ryiadh, Oct 15 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia confirmed Thursday 472 new coronavirus cases, to rise the infection toll in the country to 341,062 cases, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoting a health ministry statement. The statement added that 507 ....

  • Kyrgyzstan president resigns to end post-election crisis

    Date: 2020-10-15 10:01:37 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:18 - ID:8628831

    BISHKEK, Oct 15 (MENA) - Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, saying he wanted to bring an end to the crisis sparked by disputed parliamentary elections earlier this month, The Moscow Times reported. Protests had ....

  • Afghanistan's Helmand Clashes Force Nearly 4,000 Students Dropout Schools

    Date: 2020-10-15 09:18:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8628827

    KABUL, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Education says due to the recent fighting in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, students at 8 schools have not been able to attend their classes and continue education, the Afghan news agency ....

  • France to impose 9pm curfew on Paris region, other French cities

    Date: 2020-10-14 19:18:40 GMT - France - World - SN:68 - ID:8628398

    PARIS, Oct 14 (MENA) - France is to reimpose a 'state of health emergency' in a bid to tackle its worsening coronavirus epidemic, Euro News reported Wednesday. A "curfew" will be introduced in and around Paris and eight other main cities from ....

  • Russian-Saudi cooperation helps stabilize oil markets: Kremlin

    Date: 2020-10-14 13:27:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8627727

    MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) – The Kremlin on Wednesday said that Russian cooperation with Saudi Arabia had proven effective in the past to stabilize global oil markets, the Economic Times reported. The comments, made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ....

  • Malaysia to be on priority list for China-produced COVID-19 vaccine: Malaysian FM

    Date: 2020-10-14 11:32:02 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:21 - ID:8627413

    KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (MENA) – China has agreed to include Malaysia on a list of priority recipients for a COVID-19 vaccine once it is successfully developed, CAN reported. This was announced by Malaysia's Foreign Affairs Minister Hishammuddin ....

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