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  • UK court orders extradition of Wikileaks founder to US

    Date: 2022-04-20 20:25:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9532229

    LONDON, April 20 (MENA) - A UK court has issued a formal order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face trial over the publication of classified documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The case will now go ....

  • Luxembourg starts fourth vaccine dose for people aged 80 and older

    Date: 2022-04-20 20:16:17 GMT - Luxembourg - World - SN:82 - ID:9532219

    LUXEMBOURG, April 20 (MENA) - Luxembourg will give out a second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 80 and above on the advice of health bodies, bringing the total number of shots for the age group to four, Luxembourg Times ....

  • Russia targets 73 military facilities

    Date: 2022-04-20 19:36:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:9532204

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - Russian troops have destroyed 496 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,388 tanks and other armored vehicles since the beginning of their special military operation in Ukraine, Tass news agency reported quoting Russian ....

  • UN chief requests meetings with Putin, Zelenskyy to end war in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-04-20 19:24:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:77 - ID:9532167

    NEW YORK, April 20 (MENA) -Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said separate letters were handed over on Tuesday afternoon to the Permanent Missions of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. In efforts to end the war in Ukraine, ....

  • Russia condemns Kabul terrorist attacks

    Date: 2022-04-20 19:01:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:9532147

    MOSCOW, April 20 (MENA) - Russia has strongly condemned three terrorist attacks in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that resulted in the loss of precious lives while injuring several innocent people. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry ....

  • EU backs UN chief's call for ceasefire in Ukraine during Orthodox Easter

    Date: 2022-04-20 19:01:10 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:74 - ID:9532163

    BRUSSELS, April 20 (MENA) - The European Union supports the UN secretary-general's appeal to cease hostilities in Ukraine during the Orthodox Easter celebration this week, media reports quoted EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano as saying on ....

  • US will send more artillery to help Ukraine : Financial Times

    Date: 2022-04-20 18:25:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:9532120

    LONDON, April 20 (MENA) - The US said it would send more artillery to Ukraine within the upcoming days, according to Financial Times. US President Joe Biden, made the announcement during a visit to New Hampshire on Tuesday, responding “yes” when ....

  • Egyptian gov't takes upon itself to go on with tangible economic reforms: IMF

    Date: 2022-04-20 18:25:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9531984

    WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said the Egyptian government had made remarkable progress in implementing its economic reforms program. The Egyptian government takes ....

  • 4 miners killed in coal mine explosion in Poland

    Date: 2022-04-20 11:16:47 GMT - Poland - World - SN:25 - ID:9531141

    WARSAW, April 20 (MENA) - Four miners were killed and seven were missing as a result of explosions in the Pniowek coal mine in Pawlowice, southern Poland, Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin said via Twitter on Wednesday. The rescue operation is ....

  • Japan parliament OKs revoking Russia's "most favored" trade status

    Date: 2022-04-20 07:42:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9530749

    TOKYO, April 20 (MENA) - Japan's parliament Wednesday gave the green light to strip Russia of "most favored nation" trade status, a move taken in unison with other countries to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo news agency ....

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