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Finland's 34-year-old female PM leads Social Democratic Party
Date: 2020-08-23 16:31:51 GMT - Finland - World - SN:41 - ID:8558618
HELSINKI, Aug 23 (MENA) - Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has assumed the leadership of her own party eight months after taking the top job in the Nordic nation in December as the world’s youngest serving head of government at 34. The Social ....
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Covid-19 outbreak in Myanmar sparks fears for Rohingya camps
Date: 2020-08-23 14:55:44 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:34 - ID:8558533
NAYPYITAW, Aug 23 (MENA) - Rohingya in Myanmar's conflict-wracked Rakhine state expressed fears Sunday of a coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps, after a spate of infections sent the state capital into lockdown, France 24 ....
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Taliban prominent member arrested in joint raid in Kabul
Date: 2020-08-23 07:53:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8557892
KABUL, Aug 23 (MENA) - Afghan Defense Ministry announced in a statement Sunday the arrest of a unit leader in the terrorist group of Taliban in a joint security forces operation. "The joint operation was launched in the villages of Saleh Kheli ....
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China reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-08-23 07:46:00 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8557888
BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported across the Chinese mainland over the past 24 hours, Xinhua reported Sunday quoting a National Health Commission report. A total of 12 confirmed cases arriving from ....
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US reports 34,020 new Coronavirus cases: John Hopikns
Date: 2020-08-23 07:41:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8557891
Washington, Aug 23 (MENA) - The total number of Coronavirus cases in the United Stated of America rose to 5.6 million cases after reporting 34,020 new cases during the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. The university added ....
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China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite
Date: 2020-08-23 07:02:43 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8557897
BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:27 a.m. Sunday (Beijing Time). The satellite, Gaofen-9 05, was sent into orbit by a Long ....
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Lavrov: US does everything possible to not be bound by any multilateral obligations
Date: 2020-08-22 20:10:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:8557714
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - The latest actions of the current United States administration show that Washington is doing everything in order not to be bound by any multilateral obligations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on ....
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Tokyo reports 256 new cases of coronavirus
Date: 2020-08-22 09:32:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:8556958
TOKYO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 256 new cases of the coronavirus, topping 200 for the third straight day, although some health experts have suggested that a resurgence of infections already hit its peak ....
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COVID-19: Germany reports highest number of new cases since April
Date: 2020-08-22 08:59:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:17 - ID:8556874
BERLIN, Aug 22 (MENA) - Germany has recorded its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost four months on Saturday, euronews reported. There have been 2,034 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to over ....
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Russia reports 4,921 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-22 08:54:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8556873
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - Russia reported 4,921 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the total tally in the country up to 951,897, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said Saturday. The center added that 121 people died of the virus over the ....
