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  • PM Modi speaks to Putin, discusses evacuation of Indian students from Kharkiv

    Date: 2022-03-03 08:13:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:9448167

    MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Russian president Vladimir Putin over phone on the Ukraine conflict. The telephonic conversation pertained to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, especially in Kharkiv where ....

  • Russia delivers 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukrainian residents from Belgorod region

    Date: 2022-03-03 08:05:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:9448186

    MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - Russian servicemen have delivered more than 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to residents of Ukraine from the Belgorod region, Tass news agency reported on Thursday, quoting Russia’s Defense Ministry. "The Russian military ....

  • China calls for de-escalating situation in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-03 08:01:41 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:9448032

    BEIJING, March 3 (MENA) - China calls on all parties concerned to exercise restraint, de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, and avoid civilian casualties, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. The safety of life and property of all ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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