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  • Third stage of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine research starts within week

    Date: 2020-08-16 08:21:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:8548542

    MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - The third (post-registration) stage of the research on the coronavirus vaccine developed by the N. F. Gamaleya Federal Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Health Ministry, may begin in 7-10 days, ....

  • Trump says snapback sanctions against Iran could come next week

    Date: 2020-08-16 07:51:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8548527

    WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - President Donald Trump said snapback sanctions against Iran could happen as soon as next week after the UN Security Council rejected a US proposal to extend the conventional weapons embargo on Friday. "Well we knew ....

  • World countries observe int'l day of victims of terrorism on Aug 21

    Date: 2020-08-16 07:46:01 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:13 - ID:8548503

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) -The United Nations observes on the 21th of August the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, according to a UN statement. The day is meant to pay tribute to the individuals across the globe ....

  • Two persons wounded in roadside bomb blast in Kabul

    Date: 2020-08-16 07:21:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8548520

    KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - A blast was reported Sunday in PD12, in the Salim Karwan area in Arzan Qemat, a neighborhood in the eastern part of Kabul city, police said. TOLO news quoted Kabul police as saying that two people were wounded when the ....

  • Germany records 625 new coronavirus cases on Sunday

    Date: 2020-08-16 07:10:50 GMT - Germany - World - SN:11 - ID:8548493

    Berlin, Aug 16 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 625 over the past 24 hours bringing the total cases to 223,453, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. Local ....

  • China reports 19 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-08-16 07:04:55 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8548476

    BEIJING, Aug 16 (MENA) - China reported 19 new cases of confirmed infections (15 imported cases, five in Shanghai municipality, three in Guangdong province, three in Shaanxi province, two in Tianjin municipality, one in Fujian province and one in ....

  • Robert Trump, brother of President Trump, has died at 71

    Date: 2020-08-16 06:24:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8548473

    WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New York City ....

  • India reports 63,489 new Covid cases, 944 deaths

    Date: 2020-08-16 06:19:30 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:8548470

    NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (MENA) - A spike of 63,489 COVID-19 cases and 944 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, India NDTV channel reported. The COVID-19 tally in the country rises to 25,89,682 including 6,77,444 active cases, 18,62,258 ....

  • South Korea: New virus cases soar to 279, highest in 5 months

    Date: 2020-08-16 06:01:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:8548447

    SEOUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - South Korea reported more than 200 new coronavirus cases for the first time in five months Sunday due mainly to a spike in infections in the greater Seoul area, Yonhap News Agency reported. The country added 279 new cases ....

  • Pompeo discusses US-Poland coopertion in Warsaw

    Date: 2020-08-15 19:52:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:8548270

    WARSAW, Aug 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo met Saturday with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, where he is honouring the centennial of the Battle of Warsaw, the US Embassy in Poland said in a statement. Pompeo ....

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