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  • Pentagon: Sinking of warship a 'big blow' to Russian fleet

    Date: 2022-04-15 09:31:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:9523040

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - The Pentagon said the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva was a "big blow" to Russia's naval strength in the Black Sea. "This is going to have an effect on their capabilities," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told ....

  • Moon to leave Cheong Wa Dae on May 9, attend Yoon's inauguration ceremony

    Date: 2022-04-15 09:29:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:9523071

    SEOUL, April 15 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will move out of Cheong Wa Dae on May 9, a day before his successor Yoon Suk-yeol takes office, and will attend Yoon's inauguration ceremony the following day, Yonhap news agency quoted ....

  • Russia reports 11,432 new COVID-19 in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-04-15 09:09:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:9523024

    MOSCOW, April 15 (MENA) - Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 11,432 over the past 24 hours to 18,053,359, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Friday. The anti-coronavirus crisis center said that Russia’s COVID-19 death toll surged by ....

  • Ukraine says nine humanitarian corridors agreed with Russian forces

    Date: 2022-04-15 08:38:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9523012

    KIEV, April 15 (MENA) - Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon with Russia to allow for the evacuation of civilians from several cities, including the besieged port of Mariupol, Sky ....

  • Japan's population down 640,000 in 2021, biggest drop on record

    Date: 2022-04-15 08:29:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9523002

    TOKYO, April 15 (MENA) - Japan's population totaled 125,502,000 as of October 1, down 644,000 from a year earlier, marking the biggest decline on record, Kyodo news agency reported quoting government data released on Friday. The fall was ....

  • Chinese mainland reports 3,472 new local COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-04-15 07:33:58 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:9522940

    BEIJING, April 15 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 3,472 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the National Health Commission (NHC)'s report released Friday. A total of 1,430 COVID-19 patients were ....

  • New COVID-19 cases in South Korea fall for 3rd day; gov't to lift social distancing rules

    Date: 2022-04-15 07:32:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:9522948

    SEOUL, April 15 (MENA) - South Korea's COVID-19 cases continued to fall for the third consecutive day to around 125,000 on Friday, with the government deciding to remove all social distancing rules except the mask mandate amid the slowing virus ....

  • Poland received 2.76 mln refugees from Ukraine since February 24

    Date: 2022-04-15 07:29:14 GMT - Poland - World - SN:12 - ID:9522944

    WARSAW, April 15 (MENA) - Over 2.76 million refugees from Ukraine had crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, announced Poland's Border Guard on Friday. As many as 26,800 refugees have crossed the ....

  • No casualties reported after 5.4-magnitude quake in China's Qinghai

    Date: 2022-04-15 07:13:19 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:9522926

    BEIJING, April 15 (MENA) - Local authorities said no casualties have been reported as of Friday morning after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Qinghai Province, Xinhua reported Friday. The quake hit the city of Delingha, ....

  • Biden says he's deciding on whether to send a senior administration official to Ukraine

    Date: 2022-04-15 07:10:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9522881

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said he was still working with his team to determine whether he should dispatch a senior member of his administration to Ukraine, CNN reported Friday. "We're making that decision now," Biden ....

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