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Seoul reports 146 new coronavirus infections, extends ban on rallies of 10 or more
Date: 2020-08-28 08:34:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:8564635
SEOUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - New coronavirus cases in South Korea's capital reached 146, data showed on Friday, slightly falling from the previous day's record high but still remaining in triple digits due to cluster infections, Yonhap News Agency ....
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Russia reports 4,829 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-08-28 08:19:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8564633
MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 4,829 in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infected people to 980,405, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday. According to the crisis ....
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Pakistan reports 415 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths
Date: 2020-08-28 08:15:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8564631
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - Pakistan registered 415 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall tally of infections to 295,053, Pakistani newspaper The Nation reported Friday. According to the latest figures disclosed by the ....
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Japan's PM Abe to step down due to health concerns
Date: 2020-08-28 07:56:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:8564562
TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday announced his intention to resign at a meeting of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), saying he made the decision to minimize the impact of his deteriorating health on the ....
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S. Korea reports 371 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2020-08-28 07:31:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:8564548
SEOUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - South Korea reported 371 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 19,077, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Although Friday's daily tally marks a sharp ....
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Coronavirus: India records biggest spike of new cases, registering 77,000 infections
Date: 2020-08-28 07:16:26 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:8564547
NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (MENA) - India has once again recorded a massive spike in new coronavirus cases after registering 77,266 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, India Today reported on Friday. The total coronavirus cases in India now stand ....
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Trump formally accepts Republican nomination for a second term
Date: 2020-08-28 06:51:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8564518
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party's nomination for a second term on Thursday, the Daily Mail reported Friday. "This election will decide whether we save the American Dream, or whether we allow a ....
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WHO: Expanding testing of coronavirus very important
Date: 2020-08-27 20:55:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:8564408
GENEVA, Aug 27 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) has asserted that the expansion of coronavirus tests is very important especially in the hotbeds of infection with the virus or areas from where the infection originated. At a media briefing ....
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More than 180,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US
Date: 2020-08-27 20:52:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8564384
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - The total number of deaths related to coronavirus in the United States have now topped 180,000, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University. According to Johns Hopkins, there are at least 5,838,695 cases of ....
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Passenger sues easyJet after crew told her to move seats to satisfy Orthodox Jews
Date: 2020-08-27 19:10:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:53 - ID:8564387
LONDON, Aug 27 (MENA) - A British-Israeli woman is suing easyJet after the low-cost airline asked her to move seats on a flight from Tel Aviv to London following objections from strictly-Orthodox Jewish men who refused to sit next to a female ....