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All California voters to receive mail-in ballot for November election
Date: 2020-05-09 07:44:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8425681
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - All registered voters in California will receive a mail-in ballot for the upcoming November election, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced during his daily pandemic briefing, the CNN reported on Saturday. The state is ....
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1251 new cases of coronavirus in Germany and 147 deaths
Date: 2020-05-09 07:15:31 GMT - Germany - World - SN:6 - ID:8425649
BERLIN, May 9 (MENA) - Data showed the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases in Germany Saturday the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country rose to 168,551 cases after recording 1251 new infections, according to Saudi 24 ....
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NATO chief restresses continued coop. with Iraq
Date: 2020-05-08 20:11:15 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:71 - ID:8425539
BRUSSELS, May 8 (MENA) - NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held a phone call with new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. The Secretary General congratulated him on his appointment and parliamentary confirmation. “I want to thank ....
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Ukrainian security service says no US biological laboratories in Kiev
Date: 2020-05-08 19:59:24 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:70 - ID:8425526
KIEV, May 8 (MENA) - The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) called on politicians not to spread false information about the alleged existence of foreign military biological laboratories in Ukraine, Kyiv Post reported Friday. "Recently, 'fake news' ....
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Trump predicts "95,000, maybe more" will die from coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-08 19:57:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:8425524
WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump predicted Friday that the coronavirus pandemic could kill "95,000 people ultimately" across the US — again subtly adding to the numbers he has been using, CNN reported. More than 76,000 people ....
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Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 30,000
Date: 2020-05-08 19:50:39 GMT - Italy - World - SN:68 - ID:8425503
ROME, May 8 (MENA) - The Italian Civil Protection Department said that 30,201 people had died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), after 243 more fatalities between Thursday and Friday, the Local Italy reported. It said 99,023 people have ....
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WHO says global solidarity needed in COVID-19 battle
Date: 2020-05-08 19:42:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:8425508
GENEVA, May 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said on Friday that global solidarity is critical to fight COVID-19, which is what was displayed in the global battle to eradicate smallpox 40 years ago, China Daily reported. The World Health ....
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Member of Pence's staff tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-08 18:47:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:8425423
WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - A member of US Vice President Mike Pence's staff has tested positive for the coronavirus, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed on Friday. The announcement came following an hour-long delay to Pence's ....
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Afghanistan: Police chief killed in roadside bomb explosion
Date: 2020-05-08 18:31:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:8425422
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - A roadside bomb explosion killed the police chief of southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted security officials as saying on Friday. Tariq Arian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, confirmed ....
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Air passengers for Japan's long holiday dive over 95% due to virus
Date: 2020-05-08 18:06:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:60 - ID:8425406
TOKYO, May 8 (MENA) - The outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has sent the number of passengers on domestic and international flights plunging more than 95 percent from a year earlier during Japan's Golden Week holidays, Japanese airlines ....