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Brazil exceeds 245,000 deaths from COVID-19
Rio de Janeiro (Africa), February 21: Brazil registered 1,212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the...

Argentina reports 5,944 new cases of COVID-19
Buenos Aires (Argentina), February 21: Argentina reported 5,944 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 2,060,625, the...

Cargo handling at seaports down 1.6 pct in...
Seoul (South Korea), February 21: The amount of cargo processed at South Korea's seaports moved down 1.6 percent in January...

Retail investors pare down net stock buying in...
Seoul (South Korea), February 21:South Korean retail investors pared down their net buying of local stocks in February as the...

Russia in talks with several Austrian companies on...
VIENNA (Sputnik) - Moscow is negotiating with several Austrian companies to set up production of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V...

Jordan suspends reopening more sectors as COVID-19 cases...
Amman (Jordan), February 21: Jordan decided on Saturday to suspend the reopening of more sectors due to a recent increase...

Palestinian president enacts decree to consolidate public freedoms...
Ramallah (Palestine), February 21: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday evening enacted a decree to consolidate public freedoms ahead of...

More than 200 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan...
Tripoli (Libya), February 21: More than 200 illegal migrants, including women and children, have been rescued off Libyan coast,...

Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 3.81 mln
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia ) February 21: The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,810,896...

UN voices concern over arbitrary detention of young...
Tripoli (Libya), February 21: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday expressed concern over the arbitrary detention...

NYS COVID-19 positivity rate down to lowest level...
New York (US), February 21: The COVID-19 positivity rate in New York State on Friday was 3.06 percent, the lowest...

Egypt, Spain hold joint naval exercise in Red...
Cairo (Egypt), February 21: Egyptian and Spanish naval forces held joint military drills in the Red Sea, Egypt's armed forces...

Russia confirms world's 1st case of human infection...
Moscow (Russia), February 21: Russia has confirmed the first case of human infection with the avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in...

IAEA chief in Tehran ahead of Iran's deadline...
Tehran (Iran), February 21: The head of UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday...

Global new COVID-19 cases decline for 5 weeks...
Geneva (Switzerland) Feb 20: Although the global number of new COVID-19 cases has fallen for the fifth consecutive week, the...

Xi stresses full, accurate, comprehensive implementation of new...
Beijing (China) Feb 20: President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed full, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development philosophy,...

China rebukes certain Westerners for fabricating lies about...
Beijing (China) Feb 20: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday rebuked certain Western politicians, media workers and scholars for...

UN chief hails U.S. return to Paris Agreement,...
New York (USA) Feb 20: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday hailed the re-entry of the United States into...

UN chief calls for global action to bring...
New York (USA) Feb 20: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for global action to bring the world back...

Palestinian protesters, Israeli soldiers clash in West Bank
Ramallah (Palestine) Feb 20: Hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers clashed on Friday in several West Bank areas in protest...

China's lunar rover travels 652.62 meters on moon's...
Beijing (China) Feb 20: The lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have been switched to dormant mode for...

China urges U.S. to properly handle trade disputes...
Beijing (China) Feb 20: China on Friday called on the United States to expand economic and trade cooperation while...

Biden tells Europe "America is back"
Washington DC (USA) Feb 20: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States is returning to the...

Roundup: Biden administration, Democratic lawmakers roll out major...
Washington DC (USA) Feb 19: U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, together with Democratic lawmakers, on Thursday formally rolled out...

Iran threatens to stop implementing IAEA additional protocol...
Tehran (Iran) Feb 19: A senior Iranian official said Thursday that Iran will stop implementing the Additional Protocol of International...

U.S. CDC projects up to 559,000 COVID-19 deaths...
Washington DC (USA) Feb 19: A total of 530,000 to 559,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported in the United States...

NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Mars
Washington DC (USA) Feb 19: NASA's Perseverance rover touched down safely on Mars on Thursday, kicking off the agency's ninth...