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  • Japan eyes more humanitarian aid for Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-24 07:55:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:9486634

    TOKYO, March 24 (MENA) - The government is considering providing an additional humanitarian aid package of about $100 million to assist displaced people in Ukraine, the Japan News said. The government has already announced a prior humanitarian ....

  • Russian Air Transport Agency extends restrictions on flights until April 1

    Date: 2022-03-24 07:53:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:9486660

    MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has confirmed the extension of the regime of temporary restrictions on the operation of airports in a number of cities in southern and central Russia until April 1, TASS ....

  • Russia expels U.S. diplomats in tit-for-tat move - Official

    Date: 2022-03-24 07:44:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:9486637

    MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Russia on Wednesday said it was expelling U.S. diplomats in retaliation for Washington's step to remove 12 of Moscow's representatives to the UN based in New York, the Moscow Times said Thursday. "On March 23, a note ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 475mn

    Date: 2022-03-24 07:21:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9486655

    WASHINGTON, March 24 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 470 million and deaths surged to more than six million cases, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said Thursday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current global ....

  • S.Korea reports new cases below 400,000

    Date: 2022-03-24 06:59:23 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:9486612

    SEOUL, March 24 (MENA) - South Korea reported nearly 400,000 new cases and record high deaths Thursday as the omicron variant is tightening its grip on the country, sickening nearly 20 percent of the 52 million population, the Korean news agency ....

  • 1,938 COVID-19 cases reported in India

    Date: 2022-03-24 06:46:20 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:9486585

    NEW DELHI, March 24 (MENA) - With 1,938 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 4,30,14,687, while the active cases further declined to 22,427, according to Union health ministry data updated on ....

  • North Korea fires what appears to be ballistic missile: Japan

    Date: 2022-03-24 06:33:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:9486567

    TOKYO, March 24 (MENA) - North Korea on Thursday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile, Japan's Defense Ministry said. Since the beginning of this year, North Korea has conducted a flurry of ballistic missile tests in violation of U.N. ....

  • Madeleine Albright, first woman to serve as secretary of state, dies at 84

    Date: 2022-03-23 20:13:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:113 - ID:9486396

    WASHINGTON, March 23 (MENA) - The first female US Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, has passed away at the age of 84. According to a statement from her family, carried by The New York Times, Albright died from cancer surrounded by family and ....

  • Zelenskyy calls on French companies to stop backing 'Russia's war machine

    Date: 2022-03-23 18:25:22 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:101 - ID:9486253

    KIEV, March 23 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday urged French companies established in Russia to stop supporting the Russian "war machine" and to leave the country, according to the Ukrainian news agency. "French ....

  • Singapore reports 8,940 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths

    Date: 2022-03-23 17:54:38 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:100 - ID:9486149

    SINGAPORE, March 23 (MENA) - Singapore reported 8,940 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, comprising 8,749 local infections and 191 imported ones, Channel News Asia quoted the Singaporean Ministry of Health as saying. There were six fatalities, ....

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