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Pope Francis sends donation to Church of Lebanon
Date: 2020-08-07 15:03:10 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:50 - ID:8537376
THE VATICAN, Aug 7 (MENA) - Pope Francis has sent a 250,000-euros (nearly $300,000) donation to the Church of Lebanon to help in the aftermath of Tuesday's explosion, ABC News reported Friday. The Vatican described that donation as "initial aid" ....
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Vietnam reports 37 new COVID-19 cases, total at 784
Date: 2020-08-07 14:47:49 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:49 - ID:8537370
HANOI, Aug 7 (MENA) - Vietnam’s health ministry on Friday reported 37 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total tally to 784 infections, with 10 deaths, The National Post reported. Most of the new cases are linked to the central city of ....
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Amid decline in virus cases in Pakistan, govt opens up country
Date: 2020-08-07 14:35:30 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:48 - ID:8537332
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (MENA) - The National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Covid-19 decided to lift restrictions on tourism sector from August 8 and on restaurants and transport sector from August 10 and gave a timetable for opening some other sectors, ....
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Monsoon flood, mudslide kill 12 in India, disaster team sent
Date: 2020-08-07 13:11:31 GMT - India - World - SN:43 - ID:8537193
NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (MENA) - A mudslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain and flooding killed at least 12 people and buried 20 homes of tea plantation workers in southern India on Friday, ABC News quoted police as saying. Twelve people have been ....
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27 dead after migrant boat capsizes off West African coast
Date: 2020-08-07 12:57:30 GMT - Senegal - World - SN:42 - ID:8537266
DAKAR, Aug 7 (MENA) - At least 27 people died when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the West African coast between Mauritania and Western Sahara, ABC news quoted United Nations agencies as saying Friday. More than 40 were initially feared ....
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India passes 2 million coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-07 12:48:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:8537223
LONDON, Aug 7 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in India has passed two million after a record rise in daily infections, the Independent reported on Friday. India remained the country with the third-highest number of Covid-19 cases after ....
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 19 mln -- Johns Hopkins University
Date: 2020-08-07 12:42:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:8537161
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 19 million on Thursday, Xinhua cited the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University as reporting. With the global case count reaching 19,007,938, a ....
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S. Korea declares 7 flood-battered parts of country as special disaster zones
Date: 2020-08-07 12:42:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:35 - ID:8537151
SEOUL, Aug 7 (MENA) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Friday declared seven cities and counties in central South Korea devastated by recent torrential rains as special disaster zones, the presidential office said, making them eligible for ....
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Pakistan, Japan discuss fostering joint military, defense cooperation
Date: 2020-08-07 12:42:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:34 - ID:8537103
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (MENA) - Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Qamar Javed Bajwa held talks with Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono via video conference on means of boosting military cooperation between both countries. The two sides tackled issues ....
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Britain says it will not hesitate to add more countries to quarantine list
Date: 2020-08-07 10:53:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:27 - ID:8537057
LONDON, Aug 7 (MENA) - UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that Britain will not hesitate to add more countries to its quarantine list, the Telegraph reported Friday. "If we need to take action as you've seen overnight we will of course not hesitate ....
