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2 South Korean air force planes collide midair, 3 pilots reportedly killed
Date: 2022-04-01 08:01:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9501163
SEOUL, April 1 (MENA) - Two trainer aircraft of South Korea's air force collided in mid-air on Friday, authorities said, with media putting the casualties at three pilots killed and another injured in the rare accident. The crash took place near ....
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Moscow will respond to EU sanctions, says Russian foreign ministry
Date: 2022-04-01 07:46:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9501139
MOSCOW, April 1 (MENA) - The Russian Foreifn Ministry said Moscow will respond to EU sanctions, Sputnik news agency reported Friday. "The actions of the European Union will not go unanswered," said Nikolai Koprinets, the director of the European ....
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Ukraine: 153 children killed since beginning of Russian attack
Date: 2022-04-01 07:41:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:9501101
KIEV, April 1 (MENA) - Since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale armed invasion of Ukraine, 153 children have been killed and at least 245 have been injured in hostilities, Ukrinform news agency reported on Friday. "Almost 400 children have ....
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Poland accepts nearly 2.4 mln refugees since war in Ukraine started
Date: 2022-04-01 07:36:43 GMT - Poland - World - SN:12 - ID:9501123
WARSAW, April 1 (MENA) - Since February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, 2.393 million people have crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border into Poland, the Border Guard (SG) tweeted. The SG wrote on Twitter that on Wednesday Border Guard officers ....
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Ukrainian forces retake villages near Kyiv, says UK
Date: 2022-04-01 07:28:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:11 - ID:9501116
LONDON, April 1 (MENA) - Ukrainian forces have retaken two villages north of the capital Kyiv, Evening Standard quoted British defense chiefs as saying on Friday. In its latest update on the military situation in Ukraine, the UK’s Ministry of ....
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US to provide additional dlrs 204 million in assistance to Afghans
Date: 2022-04-01 07:10:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:9501096
WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) - The US State Department said the US would give an additional dlrs 204 million in humanitarian aid "to help the people of Afghanistan." In a press release, the US State Department said "We’ve just heard about the ....
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Japan expands sanctions against N. Korea over ICBM launch
Date: 2022-04-01 07:05:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9501088
TOKYO, April 1 (MENA) - The Japanese government on Friday announced additional sanctions on North Korea over its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch last week, Yonhap news agency reported. Six North Koreans, three Russians and four ....
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases dip below 300,000 as omicron wave tops out
Date: 2022-04-01 06:16:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:9501028
SEOU, April 1 (MENA) - South Korea's new daily COVID-19 cases dipped below 300,000 on Friday as the omicron wave that gripped the country for months appears to be topping out with one in every four people having had the virus, Yonhap news agency ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 488mn
Date: 2022-04-01 06:12:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9501024
WASHINGTON, April 1 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 488 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....
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Russia bans EU leadership after sanctions
Date: 2022-03-31 22:53:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:113 - ID:9500931
MOSCOW, March 31 (MENA) – Russia on Thursday said it will expand the list of EU figures banned from entering the country following Western sanctions over Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine. “The restrictions apply to the top leadership of the ....