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S.Korean Prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
Date: 2022-03-03 07:55:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:9448148
(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, March 3 (MENA) - Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Thursday, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on ....
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UN records 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine conflict
Date: 2022-03-03 07:19:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:14 - ID:9448100
NEW YORK, March 3 (MENA) - The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said that it has recorded 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian attack, CNN reported. It said that until midnight on March 1, ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 440 million
Date: 2022-03-03 07:17:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9448096
WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 440 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Thursday that the ....
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Greece lifts mask-wearing outdoors as Covid infections recede
Date: 2022-03-03 07:13:18 GMT - Greece - World - SN:12 - ID:9448084
ATHENS, March 3 (MENA) - Greece will lift its requirement of mask-wearing outdoors from Saturday, its health minister said on Wednesday, as Covid-19 infections are trending lower. Health Minister Thanos Plevris said the advisory committee of ....
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Ukraine crisis causes delay in S. Korea,-U.S.-Japan talks to arrange defense ministerial meeting: official
Date: 2022-03-03 07:10:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:9448074
SEOUL, March 3 (MENA) - The armed conflict in Ukraine has led to a delay in talks among South Korea, the United States and Japan to arrange their in-person defense ministerial meeting, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Thursday, quoting a ....
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Blinken: Infrastructure destroyed in Ukraine not military targets
Date: 2022-03-03 07:02:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9448065
WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the infrastructure which Russia destroyed in Ukraine is not military targets. "They’re destroying critical infrastructure which supplies millions of people across Ukraine with ....
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Japan to freeze assets of 4 more Russian banks to align with EU
Date: 2022-03-03 06:38:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9448009
TOKYO, March 3 (MENA) - The Japanese government will freeze assets held by four more Russian banks following the European Union's latest financial sanctions against Moscow imposed in response to Russia's attack against Ukraine, Finance Minister ....
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India reports 6,561 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-03-03 06:08:43 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:9447960
NEW DELHI, March 3 (MENA) - India's COVID-19 case tally rose to 4,29,45,160 with 6,561 people testing positive for the infection in a day while active cases declined to 77,152, NDTV reported on Thursday, quoting the Union Health Ministry ....
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Russian armed forces destroyed more than 1,500 military targets in Ukraine — ministry
Date: 2022-03-02 22:39:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:136 - ID:9447882
MOSCOW, March 2 (MENA) - The Russian armed forces have destroyed more than 1,500 military targets in Ukraine since the start of the military operation, including shooting down 13 planes and 47 drones, TASS news agency quoted Defense Ministry ....
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Russian tycoon Abramovich decides to sell English football club Chelsea
Date: 2022-03-02 22:37:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:135 - ID:9447880
MOSCOW, March 2 (MENA) - Russian businessman Roman Abramovich has announced a decision to sell Chelsea Football Club, an English professional football team based in London, according to TASS News Agency. "I have always taken decisions with the ....