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  • Pakistani PM to leave on first visit to S. Arabia this week

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:51:50 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:9540066

    ISLAMABAD, April 26 (MENA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is paying his maiden official visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Dawn News Agency reported Tuesday. He is scheduled to hold talks with the Saudi leadership. He will also perform ....

  • Nearly 100,000 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Ukraine so far

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:50:58 GMT - Italy - World - SN:15 - ID:9540065

    ROME, April 26 (MENA) - More than 100,000 refugees from Ukraine have arrived in Italy so far. Most of them are women and children, given that Ukrainian men up to the age of 60 are required to stay in their home country. Italy has so far welcomed ....

  • Japan panel oks plan to limit 4th COVID-19 shot to elderly

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:50:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9540055

    TOKYO, April 26 (MENA) - A panel of Japan's health ministry has approved a plan to limit the fourth round of COVID-19 vaccinations mainly to elderly people, Kyodo News reported. The required interval from the previous coronavirus vaccine shot ....

  • Kim Jong Un says North Korea will continue to strengthen its nuclear forces

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:49:33 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:13 - ID:9540067

    PYONGYANG, April 26 (MENA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the parade in honor of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army (KPA), said that his country will continue to strengthen its nuclear forces at maximum speed, ....

  • PM Kishida, Yoon's delegation agree to seek better Japan-S Korea ties

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:26:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9539999

    TOKYO, April 26 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and a delegation sent by South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol agreed Tuesday on the need to improve bilateral ties that have sunk to the lowest level in years over wartime issues, ....

  • White House: More sanctions against Russia likely

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:25:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9540003

    WASHINGTON, April 26 (MENA) - The US is likely to impose more economic sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine and "no one is safe from our sanctions," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. "We’ve already, of course, ....

  • Germany reports more than 136,000 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:21:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:9540008

    BERLIN, April 26 (MENA) - Germany recorded 136,798 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. Coronavirus numbers remain very high in the country, with the ....

  • Australia reports more than 36,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-04-26 07:14:53 GMT - Australia - World - SN:8 - ID:9540006

    CANBERRA, April 26 (MENA) - Australia registered 36,350 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Australian Health Ministry said Tuesday. The caseload hit 5,756,477 in the country, according to the ministry. Also, 50 new fatalities ....

  • Russia: Kyiv can use weapons of mass destruction on battlefield

    Date: 2022-04-25 22:05:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9539827

    MOSCOW, April 25 (MENA) – The Kyiv regime and Ukrainian radicals can use weapons of mass destruction to gain an advantage on the battlefield, TASS quoted Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN as ....

  • Elon Musk says he wants to make Twitter better than ever

    Date: 2022-04-25 20:08:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:9539737

    CALIFORNIA, April 25 (MENA) - Billionaire Elon Musk said “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” CNBC reported on Monday. Musk made ....

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