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Dollar resumes downward trend against major currencies
Date: 2020-09-01 10:39:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:8569686
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - The US dollar has registered during today's tradings its lowest downward trend against major currencies in two years on Tuesday. The US index went back by 0.4 percent to reach 91.791 points. Meanwhile, the euro went ....
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Nearly 2mn cases reported in Aug, India sets global Covid record
Date: 2020-09-01 09:00:53 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:8569517
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 (MENA) - India reported close to 2 million Covid-19 cases in August, the highest recorded in any country during any month since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country also saw a surge in deaths from the virus, with 28,859 ....
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Russia coronavirus cases surge past one million
Date: 2020-09-01 08:12:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:8569425
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) - Russia surpassed 1 million cases of Covid-19 nationwide on Tuesday, making it the fourth country after the United States, Brazil and India to reach the milestone, The Moscow Times reported. On Monday, Russia’s Health ....
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WHO special envoy heaps praise on Sweden’s Covid strategy
Date: 2020-09-01 07:34:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:11 - ID:8569340
GENEVA, Sept 1 (MENA) - One of the World Health Organization’s six special envoys on Covid-19 has highlighted Sweden’s virus response as a model that other countries should be emulating in the long run, Bloomberg reported. David Nabarro, speaking ....
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World Bank: Lebanon blast caused damage up to $4.6 billion
Date: 2020-08-31 16:41:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:8568849
BEIRUT, Aug 31 (MENA) - The World Bank says Beirut’s explosion earlier this month that killed and wounded thousands of people has caused between $3.8 billion and $4.6 billion in physical damage, ABC reported. The Aug. 4 blast was caused by the ....
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Daesh financiers detained in five Russian regions
Date: 2020-08-31 10:47:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:8568199
MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained financiers of Daesh terrorist organization in five regions of the country, the FSB said in a statement quoted by TASS news agency on Monday. "The Federal Security ....
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China reports 17 new imported COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-08-31 08:14:03 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:8567999
BEIJING, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland reported 17 new imported COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,499, Xinhua reported Monday. Six imported cases were reported in Shanghai, five in ....
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4993 new cases of coronavirus detected in Russia per day
Date: 2020-08-31 08:12:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8567981
MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - In Russia, 4993 cases of coronavirus infection were detected per day, Sputnik News Agency reported. The total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country is 995 319, according to the operational headquarters for the ....
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India reports over 78,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-31 07:24:44 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:8567948
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (MENA) - India reported 78,512 new novel coronavirus infections on Monday, slightly fewer than its record set the previous day when it posted the biggest, single-day tally of infections of any country in the pandemic, India TV ....
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Germany reports 610 new cases of coronavirus, 3 fatalities
Date: 2020-08-31 07:20:17 GMT - Germany - World - SN:17 - ID:8567939
BERLIN, Aug 31 (MENA) - According to the latest data published by Germany Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Monday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 242,381 with a total of 9,298 deaths. The German disease and epidemic control ....