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  • Belgium reports 9,115 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2022-05-24 06:51:30 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:12 - ID:9585415

    BRUSSELS, May 24 (MENA) - Belgium registered 9,115 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, a total of 1,238 people were in Belgian hospitals due to an infection. Meanwhile, the number of people being treated in ....

  • Quad announces maritime initiative to track illegal fishing, activity

    Date: 2022-05-24 06:44:59 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9585408

    TOKYO, May 24 (MENA) - The leaders of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Tuesday announced a new effort to uphold a "free and open Indo-Pacific," unveiling a maritime initiative to help countries track illegal fishing and monitor other ....

  • Quad meeting kicks off in Japan

    Date: 2022-05-24 06:35:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:9585385

    TOKYO, May 24 (MENA) - The four leaders of the "Quad" — the United States, Japan, India and Australia — are holding an in-person summit in Tokyo Tuesday. The informal group is widely seen as part of the US' efforts to counter China's reach and ....

  • Sri Lanka receives 1st consignment of humanitarian aid package

    Date: 2022-05-24 06:09:53 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:5 - ID:9585374

    COLOMBO, May 24 (MENA) - Sri Lanka received a first consignment of a dlrs 16 million humanitarian aid package from neighboring India to help mitigate severe shortages caused by the country’s worst economic crisis in recent memory, ABC News reported. ....

  • Russia says statements of Moldova's president on Great War indicate deterioration in ties with Moscow

    Date: 2022-05-23 22:50:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:96 - ID:9585299

    MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) – The position of Moldovan President Maia Sandu on the Great Patriotic War may indicate a deterioration in relations with Russia, TASS quoted Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova as saying. The ....

  • Pentagon: 20 countries agree to new security aid for Ukraine

    Date: 2022-05-23 22:02:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9585281

    WASHINGTON, May 23 (MENA) - Some 20 countries have committed to new security assistance packages for Ukraine following a multination conference on how to meet Kyiv’s needs, The Hill quoted US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as saying Monday. The ....

  • Russia demanded lifting of sanctions to release Ukrainian grain from ports

    Date: 2022-05-23 22:01:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:9585251

    MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) – It will be possible to export grain from blocked Ukrainian ports only after the West lifts sanctions on Russian exports, Interfax quoted Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko as saying. Ukraine – one of the ....

  • Western media admit civilians died in Bucha by Ukraine's shelling: Russian diplomat

    Date: 2022-05-23 22:01:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:9585252

    MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - The Western mass media have admitted that many civilians in Bucha died not from gunshot wounds but as a result of artillery shelling by Ukrainian troops, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzya said ....

  • US troops based in European area of operations increased 30%, US general says

    Date: 2022-05-23 20:16:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9585192

    WASHINGTON, May 23 (MENA) – There are currently about 102,000 US troops based in the European area of operations, which is a 30% increase from the number of US troops stationed in the European area of operations before the Russia's operation in ....

  • Canada's Toronto announces 1st suspected monkeypox case

    Date: 2022-05-23 20:10:39 GMT - Canada - World - SN:82 - ID:9585191

    OTTAWA, May 23 (MENA) - Toronto health officials are investigating the city's first suspected case of monkeypox, CBC News reported. The case involves a male resident in his 40s who recently had contact with someone who travelled to Montreal; the ....

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