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Greece wants floating fence to keep migrants out
Date: 2020-01-30 12:57:32 GMT - Greece - World - SN:35 - ID:8291118
ATHENS, Jan 30 (MENA) - Greece wants to install a floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to deter migrants arriving at its islands’ shores through Turkey, Ekathimerini quoted government officials as saying on Thursday. Greece served as gateway to the ....
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Russia closes Far East border over coronavirus
Date: 2020-01-30 10:31:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8290947
MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has ordered the closure of the country's Far East border to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the state-run TASS news agency reported Thursday. “The order was signed ....
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China says death toll hits 170 as cases rise beyond 7,700
Date: 2020-01-30 08:04:09 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:8290687
BEIJING, Jan 30 (MENA) - China’s National Health Commission confirmed an additional 38 deaths and 1,737 new cases, according to CNBC. Officials said that brings their total to 170 deaths and 7,711 cases, as of the end of Wednesday. They ....
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5 terrorists killed in Pakistan's Waziristan
Date: 2020-01-30 07:20:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8290652
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (MENA) - At least five suspected terrorists were killed in Pakistan's Waziristan during a security operation, Samaa TV quoted Pakistani security sources as saying on Thursday. Two soldiers were also martyred during the ....
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10 suspected nCoV cases under observation in hospitals in India's Maharashtra
Date: 2020-01-30 06:56:41 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:8290641
NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (MENA) - Ten persons are under observation at hospitals in Mumbai, Pune and Nanded for possible exposure to novel coronavirus while there is no confirmed case of the infection in the state, India TV reported Thursday. ....
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Canada confirms 3rd case of coronavirus; flag carrier halts flights to China
Date: 2020-01-30 06:23:38 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:8290614
VANCOUVER, Jan 30 (MENA) - A third case of a new coronavirus that’s behind deaths in China has been confirmed in Canada by health officials in British Columbia, National Post reported Thursday. A man in his 40s tested presumptively positive ....
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WHO convenes coronavirus emergency meeting Thursday
Date: 2020-01-29 23:10:31 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:76 - ID:8290541
GENEVA, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) will be reconvened by World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on ....
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Canadian gov’t prepares plan to evacuate its citizens from coronavirus-affected China
Date: 2020-01-29 22:10:03 GMT - Canada - World - SN:74 - ID:8290521
OTTAWA, Jan 29 (MENA) - The Canadian government is putting together a plan to evacuate Canadian citizens in China as the novel coronavirus continues to spread. Speaking with reporters from Parliament Hill on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Minister ....
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ISESCO’s name modified
Date: 2020-01-29 19:29:06 GMT - Morocco - World - SN:67 - ID:8290312
RABAT, Jan 29 (MENA) – The Executive Council of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has unanimously approved changing the name of the institution to become the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural ....
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European Parliament approves deal for UK to leave the European Union
Date: 2020-01-29 18:45:42 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:64 - ID:8290346
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (MENA) – The European Parliament has backed the Brexit deal by 621 to 49 votes, paving the way for the UK to leave the European Union on Friday (31 January), Euronews reported. The deal will now go to the European Council, which ....
