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WHO wants invite to join investigation into coronavirus origins
Date: 2020-05-01 13:14:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:28 - ID:8416777
GENEVA, May 1 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said Friday that it hoped China would invite it to take part in its investigations into the animal origins of the novel coronavirus, Channel News Asia reported. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic ....
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Pompeo: US preparing for any eventuality in N. Korea
Date: 2020-05-01 07:52:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:8416229
SEOUL, May 1 (MENA) - The United States is preparing for any eventuality in North Korea as it monitors the regime closely amid unconfirmed reports about leader Kim Jong-un's ill health, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. It is unusual, but not ....
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Pakistani soldier, two civilians killed in Indian firing along LoC: Pakistani army
Date: 2020-04-30 20:21:40 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:8415979
ISLAMABAD, April 30 (MENA) - Pakistan's army said on Thursday that a Pakistani soldier and two civilians were killed in Indian forces' firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistani News Agency reported. An army ....
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Coronavirus cases reach 15,289 in Pakistan
Date: 2020-04-30 18:54:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:73 - ID:8415879
ISLAMABAD, April 30 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has reached 15,289, Pakistan News Agency reported. According to National Command and Operation Center, these include 5,827 cases in Punjab, 5,695 in Sindh, 2,160 ....
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Russia concerned over tensions on Turkish-Syrian border
Date: 2020-04-30 18:34:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:8415876
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) - Russia is concerned over the tensions arising in the area of the Turkish-Syrian border under the control of Ankara, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commentary published on the ministry’s ....
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Russia’s First Deputy PM Belousov appointed acting PM
Date: 2020-04-30 18:25:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:8415823
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov as acting Prime Minister on Thursday after the news broke out that head of the cabinet Mikhail Mishustin contracted coronavirus, the ....
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Russian PM tested positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-30 17:32:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:8415786
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus. Speaking at a televised meeting, Mishustin suggested that First Deputy Prime ....
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Trump: Sweden paying 'heavily' for not locking down nation
Date: 2020-04-30 17:28:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:8415770
WASHINGTON, April 30 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump defended his decision to support social distancing measures and states that have implemented stay-at-home orders on Thursday, pointing to coronavirus deaths in Sweden, which has largely allowed ....
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UNDP releases two new data dashboards on response to COVID-19 impacts
Date: 2020-04-30 15:03:56 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:47 - ID:8415577
CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday released two new data dashboards that highlight the huge disparities in countries' abilities to cope with and recover from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ....
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US surpasses 60,000 deaths due to coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-30 12:12:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:8415150
WASHINGTON, April 30 (MENA) - The United States has now surpassed 60,000 domestic deaths from the novel coronavirus, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. The US accounts for roughly a quarter of the global deaths related to ....
