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  • Cyprus operates five flights to bring back citizens, repatriate foreigners

    Date: 2020-04-10 13:32:42 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:40 - ID:8390255

    NICOSIA, April 10 (MENA) - Five flights will be operated on Friday to and from Larnaka airport repatriating Cypriot citizens from abroad and transporting foreign nationals to their own countries, the Cyprus National Agency (CNA) reported. A ....

  • China firmly opposes US action against China Telecom: Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2020-04-10 13:32:31 GMT - China - World - SN:39 - ID:8390192

    BEIJING, April 10 (MENA) - China's foreign ministry said on Friday that Beijing is opposed to any action by the United States to revoke China Telecom Corp's authorization to provide international telecommunications to and from the United States, US ....

  • Russian conducts over 1 million coronavirus tests

    Date: 2020-04-10 13:32:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:8390277

    MOSCOW, April 10 (MENA) - Russia has conducted over one million coronavirus tests as of Friday while about 162,000 people are currently being monitored for possible COVID-19, Russia's consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said. "More than 1.09 ....

  • Coronavirus cases rise to 4,700 in Pakistan

    Date: 2020-04-10 12:26:51 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:36 - ID:8390166

    ISLAMABAD, April 10 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan rose to 4,700 on Friday after 263 people tested positive in the country, Geo News reported. The death toll also rose to 68. (MENA) M G E/R R N ....

  • Malaysia extends partial lockdown for two more weeks until start of Ramadan

    Date: 2020-04-10 12:05:54 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:33 - ID:8390210

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 (MENA) - Malaysia's Putrajaya city announced on Friday that the movement control order (MCO) has been extended for two more weeks until April 28, just a few days after the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Prime ....

  • Swiss death toll from coronavirus surpasses 800

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:52:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:30 - ID:8390190

    GENEVA, April 10 (MENA) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus reached 805, rising from 756 people on Thursday, the country's public health ministry was quoted by US News as saying on Friday. The number of confirmed cases also increased to ....

  • Tokyo reports 189 new COVID-19 infections, breaking single-day record

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:42:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:28 - ID:8390200

    TOKYO, April 10 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 189 new cases of COVID-19 infections on Friday, breaking the single-day record for the third consecutive day, The Japan Times reported. With the new cases, the total number of ....

  • Ukraine records 311 new COVID-19 cases, total stands at 2,203 cases

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:25:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:8390163

    KIEV, April 10 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Public Health Center of the Health Ministry has reported that some 2,203 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine, Interax reported Friday. "Of these, 69 are fatal, while 61 patients have recovered. ....

  • Coronavirus pandemic to cause 'much bigger wave' of protectionism - trade expert

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:20:38 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:25 - ID:8390105

    SINGAPORE, April 10 (MENA) - Governments around the world will turn increasingly protectionist in the near term as they try to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic, a trade expert said on Thursday. COVID-19 has already spread ....

  • Indonesia reports 219 new coronavirus cases, total stands at 3,512

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:12:57 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:23 - ID:8390134

    JAKARTA, April 10 (MENA) - Indonesia reported 219 new coronavirus cases and 26 new deaths, a health ministry official Achmad Yurianto told reporters on Friday. This brings the total number of cases and deaths to 3,512 and 306, respectively, The ....

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