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US approves $100 million sale for Taiwan missile upgrades
Date: 2022-02-08 07:43:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9406353
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (MENA) - The United States has approved a possible US$100 million sale of equipment and services to Taiwan to "sustain, maintain, and improve" the Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon said. A statement from the US ....
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Putin: Negotiations with Macron substantive, useful
Date: 2022-02-08 07:43:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9406365
MOSCOW, Feb 8 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is satisfied with the talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, TASS news agency reported Tuesday. "Our negotiations today with Macron were held traditionally in a business-like ....
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US climate envoy Kerry to travel to Mexico City, meet Mexican president
Date: 2022-02-08 07:28:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9406315
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (MENA) - US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry will travel to Mexico City on Wednesday and meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and other government officials, the US State Department said in a ....
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South Korea records 36,719 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-02-08 07:24:50 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:9406377
SEOUL, Feb 8 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 infections stayed at more than 35,000 cases for four days in a row Tuesday as the highly infectious omicron variant has become the country's dominant strain, Yonhap News Agency reported. The ....
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Germany records 169,571 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-02-08 06:53:42 GMT - Germany - World - SN:12 - ID:9406312
BERLIN, Feb 8 (MENA) - Germany reported 169,571 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to 11,287,428, according to data released by Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Tuesday. While the country’s ....
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India reports 67,597 daily new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2022-02-08 06:32:48 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9406267
NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (MENA) - India saw a single-day rise of 67,597 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 42,339,611, NDTV reported Tuesday. India's active caseload, which has come down significantly in the last few days, currently stands ....
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Japan gov't OKs bill for foreigners-only SDF evacuation missions
Date: 2022-02-08 06:29:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9406281
TOKYO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Japan's Cabinet approved Tuesday a bill that would facilitate future evacuation missions by the Self-Defense Forces targeting only foreign nationals during overseas crises, after Tokyo rescued just one citizen when Afghanistan ....
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Japan to send Myanmar dlrs 18.5mn in humanitarian aid
Date: 2022-02-08 06:25:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9406273
TOKYO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Japan will send about 18.5 million dollars worth of food and other humanitarian aid to Myanmar, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa told reporters on Tuesday that ....
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Canada's Trudeau says anti-vaccine trucker protest 'has to stop'
Date: 2022-02-08 06:12:56 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:9406261
OTTAWA, Feb 8 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded an end to a protest by hundreds of truckers against Covid-19 restrictions that has paralyzed the capital, as Ottawa's mayor called on federal authorities for support, France 24 ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 397mn
Date: 2022-02-08 05:29:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9406238
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 397 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Tuesday that the current ....
