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New cases dip below 100,000 in South Korea
Date: 2022-02-21 07:25:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:9428690
SEOUL, Feb 21 (MENA) - South Korea logged fewer than 100,000 daily coronavirus cases Monday, due to less testing over the weekend, while health authorities forecast the current COVID-19 wave to peak between late February and March, Yonhap ....
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Japanese PM to partake in G7 summit to discuss situation in Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-21 07:25:01 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:9428721
TOKYO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will attend an online summit of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Thursday to discuss Ukraine, NHK news reported. Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu said Monday Germany will host the ....
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Biden agrees "in principle" to meet with Putin
Date: 2022-02-21 07:23:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9428712
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has agreed "in principle" to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future, provided Russia has not invaded Ukraine, CBS News quoted the White House as announcing Monday. Jen ....
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Germany records 73,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-02-21 06:37:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:9428651
BERLIN, Feb 21 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said Monday that 73,867 new coronavirus cases and 22 deaths were reported in the country in the past 24 hours. This takes the country's total number of cases to ....
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Ukraine continues bombardment of areas in Donbass
Date: 2022-02-21 06:29:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:9428635
MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Police spokesman of the Luhansk People’s Republic Ivan Filipunenko confirmed that “Ukraine carried out intense artillery shelling of Luhansk police positions”, Archyde News reported Monday. “Ukrainian forces launched ....
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Biden, Macron discuss Ukraine crisis over phone
Date: 2022-02-21 06:01:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9428622
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden spoke with President Emmanuel Macron of France Sunday night, the White House reported. They discussed ongoing diplomacy and deterrence efforts in response to Russia’s military buildup on the ....
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India reports 16,051 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2022-02-21 05:44:44 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9428607
NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (MENA) - India on Monday reported 16,051 new Covid cases, taking the virus tally to 42,838,524, The Times of India reported. Active active cases dipped to 202,131, according to the Health Ministry. The death toll climbed to ....
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Canadian FM postpones trip to France over tensions in Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-21 05:43:51 GMT - Canada - World - SN:5 - ID:9428615
OTTAWA, Feb 21 (MENA) - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has said that she had decided to postpone her trip to France because of rising tensions in Ukraine and would immediately fly back to Canada. “We will be relentless in our pursuit of a ....
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JHU: global coronavirus cases exceed 424 million
Date: 2022-02-21 05:34:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9428610
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 424 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Monday that the current ....
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Netherlands to move embassy in Ukraine over security concerns
Date: 2022-02-20 21:59:46 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:106 - ID:9428558
AMSTERDAM, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Netherlands on Sunday announced that it would temporarily relocate its embassy in the Ukrainian capital to another city for security reasons, ABC news reported. The embassy in Kyiv will continue its operations from ....
