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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 456mn

    Date: 2022-03-14 05:26:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9467458

    WASHINGTON, March 14 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 456 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Monday that the current ....

  • US will not send troops to Ukraine -- Biden's security adviser

    Date: 2022-03-13 21:57:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:104 - ID:9467138

    WASHINGTON, March 13 (MENA) - The US will not send its forces to Ukraine and there are no US forces operating in Ukraine, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. Sullivan made the remarks in a statement reported by USA Today, ....

  • 47th meeting of OIC's Union of Assembly kicks off in Algiers

    Date: 2022-03-13 21:55:33 GMT - Algeria - World - SN:103 - ID:9467326

    ALGIERS, March 13 (MENA) - The 47th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Union of Assembly of Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) kicked off on Sunday in Algiers. Hosted by the Algerian Parliament, the meeting ....

  • Over 140,000 civilians evacuated from Ukraine front lines: Deputy PM

    Date: 2022-03-13 21:01:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:99 - ID:9467249

    KIYV, March 13 (MENA) - More than 140,000 civilians have been evacuated from conflict zones in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk said in an interview on national television on Sunday. Vereshchuk added a humanitarian ....

  • Pfizer CEO says a fourth booster shot 'is necessary'

    Date: 2022-03-13 19:51:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:92 - ID:9467245

    WASHINGTON, March 13 (MENA) - Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Sunday that a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary to continue to help keep hospitalizations manageable and sicknesses more mild, The Hill reported. "Right now, the ....

  • Half of Russia’s foreign exchange reserves frozen due to sanctions — Finance minister

    Date: 2022-03-13 18:23:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:9467135

    MOSCOW, March 13 (MENA) - Half of the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia have been frozen due to sanctions, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Sunday in an interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel. "This is about ....

  • Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine could be war crime: UN rights office

    Date: 2022-03-13 12:34:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:51 - ID:9466373

    GENEVA, March 13 (MENA) - The UN rights office, OHCHR, has reiterated deep concern at the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine following the Russian invasion which began on 24 February, according to UN News Center. “Civilians are ....

  • Lithuanian president: help Ukraine by fast-tracking EU accession

    Date: 2022-03-13 10:35:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9466072

    LONDON, March 13 (MENA) - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda urged the European Union to accelerate Ukraine's accession to the European Union based on the progress achieved by Ukraine on the road to political and economic reform. In an article ....

  • Russia’s COVID-19 case tally grows by 44,989 over past day to 17,335,186

    Date: 2022-03-13 10:27:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9466074

    MOSCOW, March 13 (MENA) - Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 44,989 over the past day to 17,335,186, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Sunday. As many as 3,191 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Russia over the past day, ....

  • Ukrainian state rail network looks to make up for loss of sea routes

    Date: 2022-03-13 10:14:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:33 - ID:9466005

    KIEV, March 13 (MENA) - The Ukrainian state rail network said it will "at the very least double the capacity of the western railway border crossings with EU countries" to help make up for the loss of Ukrainian ports during Russia's invasion of ....

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