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530France reports new record high single-day Covid-19 cases
Paris: Sunday’s figure came after Saturday’s record 45,422 cases, Xinhua news agency quoted the Public Health Agency as saying. Since the beginning of...
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498UN chief says COVID-19 is ‘the greatest crisis of our age’
Zurich: The coronavirus pandemic is the overarching theme of the summit, which originally had been scheduled for Berlin. Several of the leaders and...
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625Israel to begin human trials of coronavirus vaccine
Jerusalem: The institute said clinical tests on an initial group of 80 people would begin on November 1. The testing is to expand...
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477Global Covid-19 cases nearing 43mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington: As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 42,918,008, while the death toll surged to 1,152,773, the University’s Center...
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501At least 14 civilians killed by booby traps in Egypt’s Sinai
Cairo: Islamic State militants in July attacked several villages in the town of Bir al-Abd, forcing people to flee their homes. The military...
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555Sri Lanka imposes new curfew zones to check Covid-19 spread
Authorities in Sri Lanka increased the coronavirus-related curfew zones to 56 police divisions on Sunday, to check the virus spread through community-level...
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528Suicide bombing at Kabul education centre kills 18
Kabul: TRIGGER WARNING: THIS CONTENT MAY CAUSE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS A suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul killed at least...
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699Global Covid-19 cases top 42.5mn: Johns Hopkins
San Francisco: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 42.5 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,148,940, according...
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626No escaping from Wales: UK police to enforce travel ban
A police force in England says it will try to stop people from leaving Wales, which has started a 17-day lockdown to...
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694South Korean authorities stick to flu vaccine plan after deaths rise to 48
Seoul: The number of South Koreans who have died after getting flu shots has risen to 48, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention...
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