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WHO: Nearly 1,000 Africa health workers contracted virus

The World Health Organization urged governments to support and invest in their nurses on International Nurses Day. Nearly a thousand health workers, mostly nurses, have contracted coronavirus in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, as the world marks International Nurses Day 2020. “Stakeholders must ensure that nurses …

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Russia now has second-highest virus case total

Russia has confirmed more than 232,000 cases of coronavirus – the second-highest toll in the world. In the last 24 hours the country has reported 10,899 infections, the tenth consecutive day that number has been above 10,000. Among the infected is President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, local media report. …

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Saudi-backed Hadi regime threatens to ‘confront’ UAE-aligned separatists in S Yemen

The government of former Saudi-backed Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has threatened to “confront every armed rebellion” by once-allied UAE-aligned separatists, urging them to abandon a recent “self-rule” declaration in the war-torn country’s southern regions. In a series of Tweets on Tuesday, the Hadi regime’s embassy in the US …

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No talks underway between Iran, US: Zarif

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there are no talks underway between Iran and the United States, reminding how Washington has proven to be an untrustworthy negotiation partner. “The Americans proved that one cannot rely on the results of talks with them,” Zarif told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s …

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Suspected ‘ISIS-inspired’ terrorist cell members arrested in Poland over attack plot

Four Tajik nationals have been detained in Poland for allegedly recruiting Extremist Muslim converts with the aim of carrying out terrorist activities, according to the spokesman of the minister coordinator for special services. According to the minister’s spokesman, Stanislaw Zaryn, Poland’s Internal Security Agency found evidence showing that the four …

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