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  • EU mulls diluting Russian oil ban to get Hungary on board

    Date: 2022-05-28 22:29:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:70 - ID:9593482

    BRUSSELS, May 28 (MENA) – A tentative compromise is being hashed out among EU countries over plans to sanction Russian oil imports, in an attempt to find a way forward that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will support, Politico quoted ....

  • Nationalists plan to shell Russia, blow up chemical tanks in Sumy - Russian Defense Ministry

    Date: 2022-05-28 21:46:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:9593448

    MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Nationalists intend to open fire on Russian territory and blow up chemical tanks in the city of Sumy in order to pin the blame for a chemical weapons attack on Russia, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s ....

  • World’s second-strongest army can and should be defeated - Ukraine’s Defense Minister

    Date: 2022-05-28 21:45:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:67 - ID:9593429

    KYIV, May 28 (MENA) – Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyy have visited an exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv’s Mykhailivska Square, ukrinform reported. Oleksiy Reznikov said ....

  • Ireland, Mexico confirm first cases of monkeypox

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:56:55 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:64 - ID:9593382

    DUBLIN/MEXICO CITY, May 28 (MENA) - Ireland has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, the country’s health agency said on Saturday. A separate suspected case is also being investigated and test results are awaited, the Health Service Executive ....

  • Response to threats against Baltic States will be unified, rapid: Estonian defense min.

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:56:00 GMT - Estonia - World - SN:62 - ID:9593357

    TALLINN, May 28 (MENA) - Estonian Defense minister Kalle Laanet said an agreement with his Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts would, when it enters into force, allow the three countries to maneuver both military forces and equipment rapidly between ....

  • US, Honduras tackle developing ties

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:55:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:9593354

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with President Xiomara Castro of Honduras, the White House said in a press release. President Castro updated the vice president on actions she has taken to advance Honduras’ ....

  • Global Covid-19 caseload surpasses 528 million: Johns Hopkins University

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:08:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:9593356

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The global coronavirus caseload has topped 528.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.38 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update ....

  • Russia-linked superyachts ‘going dark’ to avoid sanctions threat

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:08:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:9593359

    LONDON, May 27 (MENA) – Since the invasion of Ukraine, the superyacht, which is linked to the Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev, has vanished off the global tracking maps used to locate marine traffic, the Guardian reported. An investigation ....

  • US values Azerbaijan's contributions to fight against terrorism

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:05:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9593355

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken valued on Saturday Azerbaijan's contributions to the global fight against terrorism and illicit trade networks, as well as support for Ukraine, particularly the humanitarian ....

  • Russia outpaces US in developing hypersonic weapons - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2022-05-28 18:57:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:9593266

    MOSCOW, May 27 (MENA) – Russia has significantly outpaced the United States in the development of hypersonic weapons, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov told TASS on ....

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