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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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. ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • ‘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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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