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Earthquake with magnitude 6.1 strikes Taiwan
Date: 2022-05-09 08:55:58 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:24 - ID:9558252
TAIPEI, May 9 (MENA) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake off Taiwan’s eastern coast on Monday briefly shook buildings in Taipei, but there were no immediate reports of damage, according to South China Morning Post. The quake was felt across Taiwan, ....
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EU should seize Russian reserves to rebuild Ukraine, EU top diplomat says
Date: 2022-05-09 08:27:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:9558199
LONDON, May 9 (MENA) - EU capitals should consider seizing frozen Russian foreign exchange reserves to cover the costs of rebuilding Ukraine after the war, the bloc’s top diplomat has said. Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign ....
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WHO calls for stop of war in Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-09 08:22:30 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:21 - ID:9558184
GENEVA, May 9 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for a stop of war in Ukraine. The director general praised the Ukrainian people for their resilience and drew on his own personal ....
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UN chief welcomes evacuation of 170 civilians stranded on Ukrainian borders
Date: 2022-05-09 08:06:05 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:19 - ID:9558104
NEW YORK, May 9 (MENA) - United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the arrival of a new group of more than 170 civilians evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks and other areas of Mariupol, on Ukrainian borders, in a safe ....
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Poland welcomes 3.26mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-09 08:05:03 GMT - Poland - World - SN:18 - ID:9558107
WARSAW, May 9 (MENA) - Poland has taken in 3.26 million refugees fleeing Russia's operation in Ukraine, Radio Poland reported Monday. The Polish Border Guard agency said in a tweet: "Since February 24, a total of 3,260,000 people have crossed ....
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Taiwan reports 40,236 COVID cases, 12 deaths
Date: 2022-05-09 07:40:29 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:16 - ID:9558144
TAIPEI, May 9 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan reported 40,236 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 12 deaths over the past 24 hours. The new cases brings the tally of infections to 397,504, while ....
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Voting begins in Philippines to decide next president
Date: 2022-05-09 07:17:16 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:9558055
MANILA, May 9 (MENA) - Polls opened in the Philippines on Monday as the country decides its next president in a race between frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and a human rights lawyer, France 24 reported. Opinion surveys suggest Marcos Jr., known ....
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Russia kills 226 children in Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-09 06:54:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:9558054
KIEV, May 9 (MENA) - A total of 226 children have been killed and 415 injured in Ukraine since the Russian military operation started on February 24, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said ....
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Japan to slowly phase out Russian oil, keep interests in projects
Date: 2022-05-09 06:50:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9558040
TOKYO, May 9 (MENA) - Japan will slowly phase out oil imports from Russia while maintaining its interests in oil and gas projects in the Russian Far East, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Monday, quoting Prime Minister Fumio ....
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South Korea reports 20,601 new infections over past 24 hours
Date: 2022-05-09 06:47:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:9558058
SEOUL, May 9 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell Monday, a week after the government lifted the outdoor mask mandate in the latest attempt to return to pre-pandemic normalcy amid a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, Yonhap news agency ....
