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Lavrov wishes China success in hosting Olympics at meeting with Wang Yi
Date: 2022-02-03 21:17:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:9400044
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wished China success in hosting the 24th Winter Olympic Games at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday. The two top diplomats agreed that a diplomatic boycott of the ....
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EU: Eighth round of Iran nuclear deal talks to resume this week
Date: 2022-02-03 21:17:40 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:114 - ID:9400046
AMSTERDAM, Feb 3 (MENA) - The eight-round of talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will resume in Vienna later this week, according to a European Union spokesman. "Right now we are ....
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Russia shuts down Deutsche Welle broadcast in response to Germany's RT DE ban
Date: 2022-02-03 19:47:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:112 - ID:9399968
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Russia is shutting down Deutsche Welle's broadcast in response to Germany banning RT DE and is launching a procedure to recognize it as a foreign agent, Sputnik reported. "The correspondent's office of the German ....
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Omicron sub-variant BA.2 harder to identify, found in 5 African nations -WHO
Date: 2022-02-03 18:20:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:105 - ID:9399897
GENEVA, Feb 3 (MENA) – The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding she was concerned about the development because samples of BA.2 may not be spotted as a ....
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Biden: US raid in Syria killed Daesh leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Quraishi
Date: 2022-02-03 17:55:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9399841
NEW YORK, Feb 3 (MENA) - The leader of the violent Daesh group was killed during an overnight raid carried out by US special forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, President Joe Biden said Thursday. The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim Al ....
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FAO: Global food prices rise in January
Date: 2022-02-03 17:44:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:91 - ID:9399637
GENEVA, Feb 3 (MENA) - The gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely catalyzed by supply-side constraints for vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Thursday. The FAO Vegetable ....
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WHO: 11% of Africans inoculated, Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold
Date: 2022-02-03 16:48:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:82 - ID:9399693
GENEVA, Feb 3 (MENA) - With only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated in Africa, the vaccination rate on the African continent needs to increase six times to meet the 70 percent target set for mid-2022, warned Thursday the World Health ....
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Biden says US raid in Syria killed Daesh leader
Date: 2022-02-03 13:44:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:9399419
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said Thursday that a US raid in Syria killed the leader of Daesh terrorist group, ABC News reported. "Last night at my direction, US military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a ....
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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceed 100,000 for first time
Date: 2022-02-03 12:16:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:54 - ID:9399195
TOKYO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Japan posted more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases on Thursday for the first time with the accumulated nationwide total also soaring past 3 million the same day. About 40 percent of all COVID-19 cases in Japan during the pandemic ....
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US preparing new package of economic assistance to Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-03 11:15:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:9399089
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - The White House has officially confirmed that the U.S. side is working with the Government of Ukraine on a new package of economic assistance against the background of Russia’s aggression. “Yes, we have been discussing ....
