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  • US may designate Russia as state sponsor of terrorism - State Department

    Date: 2022-04-19 06:45:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9528796

    WASHINGTON, April 19 (MENA) - The US Department of State does not rule out the possibility of labeling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, which provides for the imposition of additional sanctions and restrictions, CNN reported. US State ....

  • Earthquake of magnitude 6 jolts Mindanao island in Philippines

    Date: 2022-04-19 06:36:56 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:9 - ID:9528786

    MANILA, April 19 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Mindanao island in Philippines on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers, Channel News Asia quoted EMSC as ....

  • S. Korea reports 118,504 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-04-19 06:07:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:4 - ID:9528755

    SEOUL, April 19 (MENA) - South Korean Health authorities logged 118,504 new COVID-19 infections over the 24-hour period, bringing the total caseload to 16,471,940, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The death toll from ....

  • Spain will reopen its embassy in Kyiv "in the coming days," prime minister says

    Date: 2022-04-18 20:10:00 GMT - Spain - World - SN:90 - ID:9528338

    MADRID, April 18 (MENA) - Spain will reopen its embassy in Kyiv “in the coming days,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday, becoming the latest country to return its diplomats to the Ukrainian capital, CNN reported. The reopening ....

  • US to co-host second global Covid summit on 12 May

    Date: 2022-04-18 15:49:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:9528171

    WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - A second global Covid-19 summit will take place virtually on 12 May, the White House has announced, seeking to increase the take-up rate of vaccinations internationally. The news comes as the BA.2 subvariant begins ....

  • Human Rights Watch website blocked in Russia

    Date: 2022-04-18 13:47:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:9527874

    MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - Access to the Human Rights Watch website has been blocked in Russia on the orders from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office over an article on the Russian operation in Ukraine, Interfax reported on Monday. According ....

  • Poland received 2.816 mln refugees from Ukraine since February 24

    Date: 2022-04-18 10:29:10 GMT - Poland - World - SN:39 - ID:9527338

    WARSAW, April 18 (MENA) - Over 2.816 million refugees from Ukraine had crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, announced Poland's Border Guard on Monday. More than 17,000 refugees have crossed the ....

  • Russian troops in Mariupol using same tactics as in Chechnya - UK defense ministry

    Date: 2022-04-18 10:07:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:9527341

    LONDON, April 18 (MENA) - Shelling populated areas within Mariupol, Russian troops are using the same tactics that were previously used in Chechnya and Syria, Ukrinform quoted the UK Ministry of Defense as saying on Monday. "The targeting of ....

  • Russia reports 9,434 new Covid-19 cases, 213 fatalities

    Date: 2022-04-18 09:27:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9527229

    MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - Russia reported 9,434 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of coronavirus infections in the country to 18,084,151, TASS News Agency reported Monday quoting the anti-coronavirus crisis ....

  • Small Russian Orthodox Church burned down in Paris

    Date: 2022-04-18 09:27:07 GMT - France - World - SN:30 - ID:9527234

    PARI, April 18 (MENA) - A small Russian Orthodox Church in Paris was burned down on Sunday as the war in Ukraine stepped to day 54 despite global condemnation. According to reports by Parisian news outlet Le Parisien, the St. Seraphim of Sarov ....

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