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Poland's top court rules validity of country's presidential election in July
Date: 2020-08-03 13:31:27 GMT - Poland - World - SN:41 - ID:8531811
WARSAW, Aug 3 (MENA) - Poland's top court has ruled the country's presidential election in July was valid, Euronews reported on Monday. The decision on Monday came after a legal challenge brought by the opposition, which had cited numerous ....
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Serbian parliament convenes after elections, amid protests
Date: 2020-08-03 13:02:35 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:38 - ID:8531793
BELGRADE, Aug 3 (MENA) - Serbia's new parliament convened Monday amid protests by some opposition parties and far-right groups claiming that the parliamentary election, overwhelmingly won by the ruling populists, was rigged, ABC News ....
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Afghan troops retake prison attacked by Daesh group; 29 killed
Date: 2020-08-03 13:00:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:37 - ID:8531794
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) – Afghan forces said they retook a prison in the country’s east on Monday afternoon, following an hours-long battle a day after the facility was targeted by the Daesh group in an attack that killed 29 people, ABC News reported. ....
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UK to roll out rapid Covid-19 tests
Date: 2020-08-03 11:49:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:8531722
LONDON, Aug 3 (MENA) - The UK Government has announced that it plans to roll out two new rapid Covid-19 tests that can detect the presence of the virus in 90 minutes, the Medical Device Network reported Monday. The tests will be available to the ....
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Singapore reports 226 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-03 09:32:43 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:21 - ID:8531445
SINGAPORE, August 3 (MENA) - As many as 226 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of Monday noon (Aug 3), taking Singapore's total to 53,051, The Straits Times reported. They include one community case, a prison inmate on a short-term visit ....
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Ukraine reports 73,158 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-08-03 08:23:35 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:8531320
KIEV, Aug 3 (MENA) - Some 990 new cases have been confirmed over the past day in Ukraine, according to data provided by the coronavirus epidemic monitoring system of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Ukrinform ....
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 509 to 210,402: RKI
Date: 2020-08-03 07:33:58 GMT - Germany - World - SN:11 - ID:8531324
BERLIN, Aug 3 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany rose by 509, reaching a total of 210,402, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. The death toll from the pandemic increased by by seven ....
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119 newly registered cases of COVID-19 reported in Bulgaria
Date: 2020-08-03 07:33:30 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:10 - ID:8531333
SOFIA, Aug 3 (MENA) - The new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bulgaria per day are 119, according to The Sofia Globe reported. They were found after about 1,500 tests, according to data from the Unified Information Portal. Three ....
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Coronavirus cases worldwide pass 18 million
Date: 2020-08-03 07:10:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8531306
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has passed 18 million, according to a tally by John Hopkins University. At least 18,011,763 cases have now been registered as the pandemic’s rate of infection ....
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China reports 43 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-03 06:30:47 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8531275
BEIJING, Aug 3 (MENA) - China reported 43 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland as of Sunday, down from 49 a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Monday. The National Health Commission said 36 of the new cases ....