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  • Senate acquits Trump on charges of abuse of power

    Date: 2020-02-05 22:07:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:8299838

    WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) – The Senate voted 52-48 to acquit US President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The acquittal put an end to a historic Senate trial that was ....

  • OIE: Atypical mad cow disease case reported in Switzerland

    Date: 2020-02-05 21:50:25 GMT - France - World - SN:76 - ID:8299794

    PARIS, Feb 5 (MENA) – The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced on Wednesday that Switzerland reported a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, in a farm cow. The Paris-based OIE ....

  • 1 dead, 157 wounded after plane breaks into pieces in Istanbul

    Date: 2020-02-05 21:46:25 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:75 - ID:8299808

    ANKARA, Feb 5 (MENA) – A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday as it tried to land in bad weather in Istanbul, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces, killing one person and injuring dozens more, USA Today reported. Passengers had to ....

  • 12th coronavirus case confirmed in US

    Date: 2020-02-05 21:07:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8299774

    WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - The 12th confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus in the US has been reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, CNN reported. There are now 12 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the US and the ....

  • 50 ministers, experts to partake in int’l conference on nuclear security

    Date: 2020-02-05 20:33:41 GMT - Austria - World - SN:72 - ID:8299749

    VIENNA, Feb 5 (MENA) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will organize the third International Conference on Nuclear Security: Sustaining and Strengthening Efforts (ICONS 2020) — at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. ....

  • Passenger plane crashes at Istanbul airport, at least 52 injured

    Date: 2020-02-05 19:46:59 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:70 - ID:8299735

    ANKARA, Feb 5 (MENA) – A plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport as it attempted to land, ABC News reported on Wednesday. At least 52 people have been injured and transferred to local hospitals, according to ....

  • WHO seeks $675 million to fight new virus

    Date: 2020-02-05 17:58:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:66 - ID:8299626

    Geneva, Feb 5 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called for US$675 million in donations for a plan to fight the novel Coronavirus, mainly through investment in countries considered particularly "at risk". "Today we're ....

  • WHO: 24,363 confirmed nCoV cases in China, 490 deaths

    Date: 2020-02-05 17:44:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8299623

    GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom said that there are 24,363 confirmed coronavirus cases in China and 490 deaths so far. "In the last 24 hours, we had the most cases in a single day ....

  • WHO says there are 'no known' treatment of coronavirus so far

    Date: 2020-02-05 14:32:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:8299366

    GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - The World Health Organization played down reports of a drug breakthrough against the coronavirus. “There are no known effective therapeutics against this 2019-nCoV and WHO recommends enrollment into a randomized controlled ....

  • Guterres calls for normalizing situation with issuance of US visas to diplomats

    Date: 2020-02-05 13:12:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8299034

    MOSCOW, Feb 5 (MENA) - The situation with issuance of US visas to diplomats attending UN events in New York should be normalized, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a press conference. "As a matter of fact, I'm very concerned and very ....

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