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New Zealand reports 9,257 new Covid cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2022-05-10 06:59:59 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:8 - ID:9560071
WELLINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 9,257 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,005,674 million, according to TVNZ. The total number of publicly reported deaths ....
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Havana hotel explosion: 40 dead after rescuers find more bodies in ruins
Date: 2022-05-10 06:59:30 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:7 - ID:9560069
HAVANA, May 10 (MENA) - More bodies were pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital on Monday, bringing the official death toll of a powerful explosion at the iconic building to 40, Global News reported. Dr. Julio Guerra, chief of ....
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Prince Charles to stand in for Queen Elizabeth at UK parliament opening
Date: 2022-05-09 23:29:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:116 - ID:9559950
LONDON, May 9 (MENA) - The Queen has pulled out of this year's State Opening of Parliament and the reading of the Queen's speech, Buckingham Palace has announced. This will be the first time since 1963 that the Queen will have missed this ....
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Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports, prevent global food crisis
Date: 2022-05-09 17:03:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:83 - ID:9559561
KIEV, May 9 (MENA) - Ukraine’s president called on the international community on Monday to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade of his country’s ports to allow wheat exports and prevent a global food crisis, the Financial Post said. ....
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Macron: We are not at war with Russia
Date: 2022-05-09 14:11:42 GMT - France - World - SN:70 - ID:9559130
STRASBOURG, May 9 (MENA) - French President Emmaneul Macron said on Monday it is up to Ukraine alone to define the conditions for any negotiations with Russia, noting: "our European duty to stand by Ukraine." Delivering a speech during the ....
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Russia not to remain indifferent if Finland joins NATO - Senior diplomat
Date: 2022-05-09 12:54:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:9558970
MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - Russia will "not remain indifferent" if Finland joins NATO, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Monday, according to Russia Today. Finland and Sweden are deliberating applying for membership in the ....
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German chancellor in London vows to continue sending heavy weapons to Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-09 11:03:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:9558595
LONDON, May 9 (MENA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his county will continue sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, adding that it was the country’s historical responsibility to help the government in Kyiv defend itself against Russian aggression, ....
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‘West was preparing to invade our land,’ Putin says on Victory Day
Date: 2022-05-09 10:41:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:9558514
MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his country's intervention in Ukraine had been necessary because the West was “preparing for the invasion of our land, including Crimea.” Putin was speaking at the annual ....
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Elon Musk warns Japan will cease to exist if birthrate continues decline
Date: 2022-05-09 10:40:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:9558518
TOKYO, May 9 (MENA) - Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has warned that Japan will perish if it does not reverse its declining birthrate, responding to a tweet of a Kyodo News article that said the country's population saw its largest drop on record in ....
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Canada to help Ukraine demine Russia-controlled territories - Zelensky
Date: 2022-05-09 10:33:09 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:38 - ID:9558307
KIEV, May 9 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to increase cooperation in demining the Russia-controlled territories of Ukraine, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform ....