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Coronavirus pandemic accelerating, warns WHO head Tedros
Date: 2020-06-22 11:28:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:23 - ID:8478910
GENEVA, June 22 (MENA) - The global coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday's 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday. "Almost half of the ....
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Gold prices surge to record high, silver rates jump
Date: 2020-06-22 09:49:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:14 - ID:8478693
LONDON, June 22 (MENA) - In global markets, gold prices today hit a one-month high as a surge in coronavirus cases dented investor sentiment towards riskier assets, Economic Times reported. Worries about a delay in global economic recovery ....
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OIC condemns UK's Reading stabbing attack
Date: 2020-06-21 19:32:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:69 - ID:8478054
RIYADH, June 21 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the stabbing attack which took place in Reading, the United Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday. The OIC offered ....
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London stabbing spree suspect is Libyan asylum seeker
Date: 2020-06-21 16:51:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:8478060
LONDON, June 21 (MENA) - The man arrested at the scene of a knife rampage in Reading yesterday is Khairi Saadallah, a 25-year-old refugee from Libya, The Telegraph revealed Sunday. The British police have declared the stabbing frenzy, which ....
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Russia registers 7,728 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-06-21 09:15:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:8477417
MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - Russia's Health Ministry informed on Sunday the country has registered 7,728 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, adding the count to a new total of 584,680. Some 109 new virus-related deaths were recorded in the ....
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India sees highest single-day spike of 15,413 Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-06-21 07:21:09 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:8477256
NEW DELHI, June 21 (MENA) - With the highest single-day increase of 15,413 Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus count stood at 4,10,461 on Sunday, said India Today quoting the Union Health and Family Welfare ....
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China reports 26 new coronavirus infections, no deaths
Date: 2020-06-21 07:02:46 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:8477255
BEIJING, June 21 (MENA) - Mainland China reported on Sunday 26 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, down from 27 a day earlier, driven largely by the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the Chinese capital. Of the new infections, 22 were in ....
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South Korea reports 48 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-06-21 06:24:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8477233
SEOUL, June 21 (MENA) - South Korea has reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 as health authorities struggle to contain a resurgence that’s erasing some of the country’s hard-won gains against the virus. Figures released by the Korea Centers for ....
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Pope holds his first post-lockdown audience
Date: 2020-06-20 18:55:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:8476924
LONDON, June 20 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Saturday held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers from the Italian region most affected by the pandemic, The Guardian reported. ....
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Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan up to 28,424
Date: 2020-06-20 09:21:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8476230
KABUL, June 20 (MENA) - The Afghan Health Ministry announced on Saturday that 546 new coronavirus cases were discovered in the country in the past 24 hours. The total number of infections in the country hits now 28,424, added the ministry in a ....