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  • Russia says it destroyed 243 Ukrainian planes during military operation

    Date: 2022-07-11 10:59:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:9665747

    MOSCOW, July 11 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said Russia’s armed forces have destroyed 243 Ukrainian planes, 137 helicopters and 1,506 drones since the start of the special military operation. "In total, since the beginning of the ....

  • Sri Lanka: Gov't to resign when agreement reached to form all-party gov't

    Date: 2022-07-11 09:31:21 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:12 - ID:9665531

    COLOMBO, July 11 (MENA) - The Sri Lankan government announced that it will submit its resignation shortly after reaching an agreement to form an all-party government. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed Prime Minister Ranil ....

  • Japan's Kishida vows to seek swift proposal of Constitution reform

    Date: 2022-07-11 09:13:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9665480

    TOKYO, July 11 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida said Monday he will push forward efforts toward proposing the revision of Japan's US-drafted pacifist Constitution as soon as possible, a day after his party won a sweeping victory in the ....

  • Blinken offers condolences in Japan over Abe's death

    Date: 2022-07-11 09:12:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9665445

    TOKYO, July 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Monday over the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, UPI reported. Blinken made the stopover in ....

  • Tsai visits Japan's liaison office to express condolences for Abe

    Date: 2022-07-11 07:32:26 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:8 - ID:9665444

    TAIPEI, July 11 (MENA) - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has visited Japan's liaison office in Taipei to offer condolences over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported Monday. ....

  • Nord Stream pipeline begins annual maintenance

    Date: 2022-07-11 07:21:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:9665396

    MOSCOW, July 11 (MENA) - The Nord Stream 1, the biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany, starts annual maintenance Monday, with flows expected to stop for ten days, Euro News reported. Some European governments, markets and ....

  • New Zealand reports more than 8,675 cases

    Date: 2022-07-11 06:38:29 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:5 - ID:9665380

    WELLINGTON, July 11 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 8,675 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,438,599, according to TVNZ. The country reported eight deaths, bringing to ....

  • India records 16,678 Covid cases

    Date: 2022-07-11 06:31:25 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:9665370

    NEW DELHI, July 11 (MENA) - India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43,622,651 with 16,678 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 130,713, NDTV reported Monday quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count ....

  • China, Pakistan hold joint maritime drill

    Date: 2022-07-10 23:06:14 GMT - China - World - SN:60 - ID:9665305

    BEIJING, July 10 (MENA) - A four-day joint maritime exercise between China and Pakistan kicked off at a military port in Shanghai on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported. The drill, codenamed Sea Guardians-2, is a normal arrangement as per a ....

  • As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows in US

    Date: 2022-07-10 22:51:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9665303

    WASHINGTON, July 10 (MENA) - The latest omicron offshoot, BA.5, has quickly become dominant in the United States, and thanks to its elusiveness when encountering the human immune system, is driving a wave of cases across the country, the Washington ....

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