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Russia's coronavirus cases rise by 4,774
Date: 2020-04-23 08:48:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8406470
MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - The number of novel coronavirus cases in Russia has grown over the past day by 4,774 to 62,773 in all regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday. Some 4,891 patients have recovered and 555 others ....
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US secretary of state urges China to close wildlife markets on Earth Day
Date: 2020-04-23 08:47:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8406500
WASHINGTON, April 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China on Wednesday to close down wildlife wet markets in a statement in commemoration of Earth Day, International Business Times reported. “On this Earth Day, we also ....
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Potentially 1.2bn fewer international air travelers by September 2020, says new ICAO forecast
Date: 2020-04-23 08:09:53 GMT - Canada - World - SN:11 - ID:8406403
MONTREAL, April 23 (MENA) - Compared to “business-as-usual”, by September 2020 international air passenger totals could drop by as many as 1.2 billion travellers according to the latest projections from the International Civil Aviation Organization ....
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UN condemns execution of child offenders in Iran
Date: 2020-04-22 22:52:31 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:101 - ID:8406295
GENEVA, April 22 (MENA) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has condemned the execution of underage offenders in Iran, two of whom participated in COVID-19 prison riots, and reiterated her call upon Tehran to drop all such ....
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COVID-19 pandemic, an ‘unprecedented wake-up call’ for all inhabitants of Mother Earth
Date: 2020-04-22 22:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:8406294
NEW YORK, April 22 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres acknowledged that all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic, which he flagged as “an unprecedented wake-up call” for all inhabitants of Mother Earth. In his message for International ....
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France reports 544 new coronavirus deaths
Date: 2020-04-22 21:20:12 GMT - France - World - SN:95 - ID:8406280
PARIS, April 22 (MENA) - France on Wednesday reported 544 more deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the last 24 hours, but registered new falls in the total numbers of coronavirus patients, France 24 Channel reported. The ....
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Coronavirus 'will be with us for a long time' - WHO warns
Date: 2020-04-22 19:22:07 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:81 - ID:8406109
GENEVA, April 22 (MENA) – The World Health Organization warned world leaders Wednesday that they will need to manage around the coronavirus for the foreseeable future as cases level off or decline in some countries, while peaking in others and ....
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Trump orders US navy to destroy Iranian boats harassing American warships
Date: 2020-04-22 14:21:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:8405687
WASHINGTON, April 22 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced via his Twitter that he has given the green light to the American Navy to attack and sink small Iranian military vessels if they start harassing US military ships. I have instructed ....
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Claims about COVID-19 man-made origin inadmissible: Kremlin
Date: 2020-04-22 12:03:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:8405299
MOSCOW, April 22 (MENA) - The Kremlin says it is inappropriate to put forward groundless accusations that the virus causing COVID-19 was specifically created. "We believe it is unacceptable and inadmissible to resort to any unfounded accusations ....
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Pakistan's FM says coronavirus will 'hit its peak' in May, June
Date: 2020-04-22 11:52:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:28 - ID:8405274
ISLAMABAD, April 22 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Quershi on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus is expected to hit a peak in the months of May and June. Pakistan has not hit its highest level in terms of reported cases for ....
