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Shionogi confirms efficacy of oral COVID drug for Omicron subvariant
Date: 2022-08-10 08:03:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9713047
TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. said Wednesday its oral COVID-19 drug currently under development has been confirmed in preclinical testing as effective against the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 that has been detected ....
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US unveils $89 million package to help Ukraine clear Russian mines
Date: 2022-08-10 07:45:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9713020
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - The United States says it will provide $89 million to help clear land mines, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordinance planted by Russian forces as part of the Kremlin’s five-and-a-half-month-long invasion of ....
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Japanese PM Kishida reshuffles Cabinet
Date: 2022-08-10 07:20:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9712919
TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has officially announced the lineup of his new Cabinet. He hopes the shakeup will help him address challenges at home, including COVID-19 and soaring prices as well as tensions in ....
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Russian shelling kills 21 in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region
Date: 2022-08-10 06:53:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:9712931
KIEV, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russian shelling has killed 21 people in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, governor Valentyn Reznychenko said on Wednesday. Eleven people were killed in the district of Nikopol and 10 in the town of ....
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Any attempts to isolate Russians have no prospects, Kremlin warns
Date: 2022-08-09 20:07:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:9712686
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - Attempts to isolate Russians or Russia are a futile process, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, commenting on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's interview with the Washington Post, in which he ....
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Biden signs documents welcoming Finland, Sweden into NATO alliance
Date: 2022-08-09 19:25:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:9712757
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden signed ratification documents on Tuesday bringing Finland and Sweden one step closer to joining the NATO alliance. ″[Russian President Vladimir] Putin thought he could break us apart,” Biden said ....
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One year after Afghan war, Biden struggles to find footing
Date: 2022-08-09 13:44:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:9711964
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (MENA) - The 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The new president was flying high early in the summer of 2021, the American ....
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases rise to nearly 4-month high
Date: 2022-08-09 10:45:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:28 - ID:9711465
SEOUL, Aug 9 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases jumped to a nearly four-month high Tuesday amid a resurgence of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant, Yonhap news agency reported. The country added 149,897 new COVID-19 ....
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US treats its visa obligations at UN seriously — mission on Lavrov’s visit
Date: 2022-08-09 10:44:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9711542
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (MENA) - The US is serious about its obligations on issuing visas within the framework of its agreement with the UN, a representative of the US Mission to the United Nations told TASS on Monday replying to a question as to whether ....
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US condemns Daesh attacks on Shia community in Kabul
Date: 2022-08-09 10:42:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:9711447
KABUL, Aug 9 (MENA) - Amid increased fighting in Afghanistan during the final days of Muharram, the United States has “strongly condemned” the attacks claimed by Daesh during Ashura which targeted Hazara and Shia-majority areas in Kabul, Republic ....
