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New COVID wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’, UN warns
Date: 2022-04-09 09:45:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:16 - ID:9512873
NEW YORK, April 9 (MENA) – UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that Covid-19 is “far from over’, according to a statement issued by the United Nations. Guterres was addressing the GAVI COVAX international vaccine equity initiative’s ....
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Germany reports more than 150,000 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-04-09 08:31:03 GMT - Germany - World - SN:12 - ID:9512896
BERLIN, April 9 (MENA) - Germany recorded 150,675 new coronavirus cases and 309 more deaths in the last 24 hours, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. Coronavirus numbers remain very high in the ....
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UK says Ukraine’s resistance aborts Russian ambitions to establish land corridor
Date: 2022-04-09 08:20:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:11 - ID:9512784
LONDON, April 9 (MENA) – The UK Defense Ministry said Saturday Russian ambitions to establish a land corridor between Crimea and the Donbas continue to be thwarted by Ukrainian resistance. “Russia continues to hit Ukrainian non-combatants, such ....
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US, S. African presidents discuss boosting bilateral partnership
Date: 2022-04-09 08:14:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9512870
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden spoke with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, the White House said in a release. Biden emphasized the strength of the bilateral partnership, as well as global challenges brought on by ....
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Biden signs sanctions bills targeting Russian oil, trade with Russia, Belarus
Date: 2022-04-09 07:52:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9512797
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden on Friday signed two bills levying further sanctions on Russia and Belarus, CNN reported. One bill suspends normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, punishing the countries by paving the ....
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Zelensky calls for ‘firm global response’ to deadly strike on Kramatorsk train station
Date: 2022-04-09 07:47:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:9512838
KIEV, April 9 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he expected a "firm global response" to the deadly missile strike that killed more than 50 people at a train station in Kramatorsk earlier that day, France24 reported. ....
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Friday sees lowest weekday Covid tally of year
Date: 2022-04-09 07:37:42 GMT - Czech - World - SN:7 - ID:9512816
PRAGUE, April 9 (MENA) - Some 4,150 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic, which is the lowest weekday tally seen this year, Radio Prague International reported on Saturday. The number was around 1,800 down on that recorded ....
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S. Korea reports 185,566 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-04-09 07:31:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:9512805
SEOUL, April 9 (MENA) – South Korea reported 185,566 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 15,169,189, Yonhap News Agency reported. A total of 338 more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at ....
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US, Ukrainian top military officials discuss developments of Russia’s military operation
Date: 2022-04-09 07:11:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9512769
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov American military support for Ukraine, TASS news agency quoted Pentagon Press Secretary John ....
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Ukrainian President meets European Commission President in Kyiv
Date: 2022-04-08 21:21:13 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:83 - ID:9512611
KIEV, April 8 (MENA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Kyiv on Friday, Euronews reported. Their visit came as the European Union recalled ....