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  • Coronavirus: UK must prepare for second wave now or risk 120,000 deaths this winter, major report warns

    Date: 2020-07-14 05:42:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:2 - ID:8507138

    LONDON, July 14 (MENA) - UK ministers have been warned that coronavirus infections could grow "out of control" in the UK with a second spike leading to 120,000 deaths in a "reasonable worst-case scenario", Sky News reported Tuesday. The forecast ....

  • EU calls on Turkey to respect arms embargo on Libya

    Date: 2020-07-13 17:43:09 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:49 - ID:8506852

    BRUSSELS, July 13 (MENA) - The European Union's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has called on Turkey to fulfill its obligations to comply with the arms embargo on Libya. At a meeting of European foreign ministers, Borrell warned of the ....

  • Russia’s FSB detains Daesh supporters in Rostov-on-Don

    Date: 2020-07-13 14:14:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:8506612

    MOSCOW, July 13 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday exposed a group of supporters of Daesh organization, outlawed in Russia, who planned to carry out terrorist attacks on schools and hospitals in the Rostov region, the FSB ....

  • 13 Afghan security force members Killed in Taliban Clashes

    Date: 2020-07-13 12:19:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:8506355

    KABUL, July 13 (MENA) - At least 13 security force members were killed and 11 others were wounded in clashes with the Taliban in the northeastern province of Badakhshan and northern Kunduz province on Sunday night, Tolo News reported quoting local ....

  • 21 taken to hospitals as firefighting effort continues in USS Bonhomme Richard fire

    Date: 2020-07-13 05:15:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:8505833

    WASHINGTON, July 13 (MENA) - A fire that broke out Sunday morning in amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) sent 17 sailors and four civilian workers to local hospitals, CNN reported quoting Naval Surface Force Pacific officials as ....

  • Russia reports 6,615 new cases, 130 deaths

    Date: 2020-07-12 08:16:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8504703

    MOSCOW, July 12 (MENA) - Russia on Sunday reported 6,615 new coronavirus cases, taking its nationwide tally of infections to 727,162. The country’s coronavirus crisis response center said 130 people had died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, ....

  • China: No new confirmed local cases of Covid-19

    Date: 2020-07-12 06:50:13 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:8504568

    BEIJING, July 12 (MENA) - No new suspected or asymptomatic cases of coronavirus were reported over the past 24 hours, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China said Sunday. Provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang ....

  • South Korea records 44 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2020-07-12 06:16:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:4 - ID:8504586

    SEOUL, July 12 (MENA) - South Korea has reported 44 additional cases of the coronavirus over the past 24-hours, maintaining an uptick in new infections in the greater Seoul area and central cities, Yonhap news agency reported. The additional ....

  • Mexico reports 6,094 new coronavirus cases, 539 more deaths

    Date: 2020-07-12 05:26:41 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:3 - ID:8504559

    MEXICO CITY, July 12 (MENA) - Mexico's Health Ministry reported 6,094 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 539 additional fatalities over the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the country to 295,268 cases and 34,730 deaths, Russia Today ....

  • UN restarts cross-border aid to Syria but restricts access to one point

    Date: 2020-07-12 05:24:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:8504561

    NEW YORK, July 12 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has approved aid deliveries to Syria through one border crossing from Turkey, a day after its authorization for the six-year-long humanitarian operation ended, leaving millions of Syrian ....

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