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  • Conflict in Ukraine threatens to push 1.7 billion people across the world into hunger and poverty: UN

    Date: 2022-04-13 19:01:39 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:100 - ID:9520859

    NEW YORK, April 13 (MENA) - The conflict in Ukraine could throw more than one-fifth of humanity into poverty, destitution and hunger on a scale not seen in decades, USA Today quoted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as saying Wednesday. "But ....

  • UNITAD, Iraq, Germany renew commitment to investigating Daesh international crimes in Iraq

    Date: 2022-04-13 18:47:29 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:97 - ID:9520756

    BERLIN, April 13 (MENA) - The United Nations Investigative Team to promote accountability for crimes committed by Daesh (UNITAD) joined by the Embassy of Iraq to Germany and the German Federal Foreign Office co-hosted a special event on ....

  • U.K. sanctions 206 individuals over Ukraine invasion

    Date: 2022-04-13 18:04:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:90 - ID:9520798

    LONDON, April 13 (MENA) - The United Kingdom on Wednesday sanctioned 206 people in connection with Russia’s war on Ukraine, including 178 individuals it said were involved in propping up Russian-backed breakaway regions and several relatives and ....

  • World leaders commit dlrs 4.8 billion to help break COVID now

    Date: 2022-04-13 16:14:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:78 - ID:9520658

    ACCRA, April 13 (MENA) - The 2022 Break COVID Now Summit, co-hosted by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance alongside the governments of Germany, Ghana, Indonesia and Senegal saw world leaders come together to reaffirm support for equitable access to COVID-19 ....

  • Russia deploying more 'volunteers' to Ukraine - operation update

    Date: 2022-04-13 09:48:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:9519544

    KIEV, April 13 (MENA) - The Russian army command is deploying more “volunteers” to take part in the invasion of Ukraine. That’s according to the Ukrainian Army’s General Staff, Ukrinform news agency reported. “Nearly a 400-strong battalion was ....

  • S. Korea to send additional non-lethal aid to Ukraine: source

    Date: 2022-04-13 09:03:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:9519407

    SEOUL, April 13 (MENA) - South Korea plans to provide Ukraine with additional non-lethal aid worth 2 billion won (dlrs 1.6 million) this month to help the war-torn country, an informed source said Wednesday. Seoul is preparing to start sending to ....

  • Death toll from Agaton-spawned landslides, floods rises to 58: official tallies

    Date: 2022-04-13 08:24:18 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:16 - ID:9519331

    MANILA, April 13 (MENA) - The death toll from landslides and floods in the Philippines rose to 58 on Wednesday, official tallies showed, as rescuers dug up more bodies with their bare hands in villages crushed by rain-induced avalanches, ABS-CBN ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 500 mln

    Date: 2022-04-13 08:11:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9519423

    WASHINGTON, April 13 (MENA) - As many as 500,903,088 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Wednesday. It added that about 6,185,143 have died from the virus ....

  • Nearly 200 children killed since Russian military operation began, Ukrainian officials say

    Date: 2022-04-13 07:32:50 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:9519338

    KIEV, April 13 (MENA) - Some 191 children have been killed and 349 others injured in Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation on February 24, Ukrainian prosecutors said in a news release on Wednesday, citing CNN. The Ukrainian ....

  • Special envoy for the Horn of Africa to arrive in Ethiopia today

    Date: 2022-04-13 07:28:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9519329

    WASHINGTON, April 13 (MENA) - Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield and Deputy Special Envoy Payton Knopf will arrive in Ethiopia on Wednesday for meetings with Ethiopian government officials, representatives of humanitarian ....

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