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Russian mission in Ukraine could take 5-10 years - official
Date: 2022-05-28 18:56:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:9593267
MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Ex-commander of the Russian Airborne Forces Vladimir Shamanov said Saturday the "demilitarization" of Ukraine in parallel with the "denazification" could take five to ten years. No need to make any acceleration in the ....
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EU pursues centralized purchase of monkeypox vaccine, antiviral drug
Date: 2022-05-28 09:10:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:9592422
LONDON, May 28 (MENA) - The European Commission is going ahead with the centralized purchase of an antiviral drug and a vaccine to be deployed against monkeypox, according to people familiar with the matter, as cases of the disease continue to climb ....
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UN chief condemns killing by armed groups in Burkina Faso
Date: 2022-05-28 07:42:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9592271
NEW YORK, May 28 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the killing of some 50 people, reportedly by extremist armed groups in Madjoari in the east of Burkina Faso, ANI News reported on Saturday. UN chief expressed ....
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Russian ambassador says food crisis worsened due to Western sanctions on Russia
Date: 2022-05-28 07:21:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:5 - ID:9592241
MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov on Friday said the food crisis, which had been unfolding for the past couple years, worsened due sanctions on Russia by the US and its satellites, Tass news agency reported ....
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US extends tariff exemptions on Chinese medical products
Date: 2022-05-27 22:47:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:9592106
WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) - The United States has extended exemptions from punitive tariffs for dozens of Chinese medical products for another six months due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the US Trade Representative said Friday. The ....
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Ukraine war shifts thinking on Taiwan - Commentary
Date: 2022-05-27 19:47:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:9591977
WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) – The Christian Science Monitor said "while the world watches Ukraine, the Taiwan Strait may be heating up. More than 70 Chinese military aircraft have encroached on Taiwan’s air defense zone this month, including fighter ....
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Finland reports 1st monkeypox case
Date: 2022-05-27 18:24:54 GMT - Finland - World - SN:75 - ID:9591939
HELSINKI, May 27 (MENA) - Finland's biggest hospital district HUS on Friday said it confirmed the country's first monkeypox case, YLE News reported Friday. Lasse Lehtonen, HUS' diagnostics director, said the case was the only one that had been ....
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16 new cases of Monkeypox in Portugal
Date: 2022-05-27 17:41:01 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:72 - ID:9591897
LISBON, May 27 (MENA) – Portuguese health authorities have detected 16 more cases of human infection with the Monkeypox virus, out of a total of 74 cases already detected in Portugal, all men between 23 and 61 years of age, The Portugal News ....
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16 further monkeypox cases detected in England, UK Health Security Agency confirms
Date: 2022-05-27 17:14:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:9591874
LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed a further 16 cases of monkeypox have been detected in England, Sky News reported Friday. There have been three confirmed monkeypox cases in Scotland, one in Wales and one ....
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WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox virus recorded across more than 20 countries
Date: 2022-05-27 17:00:59 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:66 - ID:9591870
GENAVA, May 27 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been tallied globally, Fox News reported Friday. The cases have been found in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the ....