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Pentagon puts 8,500 troops on heightened alert to deploy if requested by NATO
Date: 2022-01-25 06:37:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9383762
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - The Pentagon has notified military units in the US that they should be prepared to deploy to Europe if the NATO alliance requests them, as tensions with Russia over its buildup on the border of Ukraine continue to rise, ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 354,717,844
Date: 2022-01-25 06:23:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9383757
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - As many as 354,717,844 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Tuesday. It added that 5,604,293 people have died from the virus worldwide. ....
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EU reaffirms 'strong unity' in Ukraine-Russia crisis
Date: 2022-01-25 06:21:46 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:4 - ID:9383764
BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (MENA) - The European Union has reaffirmed its "strong unity" and "unwavering support" for Ukraine amid growing reports of division and disagreement among member states, Euronews reported. The eastern European country fears an ....
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1 killed 4 injured in shooting at Heidelberg University in Germany
Date: 2022-01-24 21:25:44 GMT - Germany - World - SN:89 - ID:9383572
BERLIN, Jan 24 (MENA) - One woman was killed and three people injured in a shooting at Heidelberg University in Germany on Monday, DW reported. A man entered a university lecture hall with a double-barreled shotgun and another firearm as a class ....
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2 quakes shake southern Haiti; 2 deaths reported
Date: 2022-01-24 21:25:23 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:88 - ID:9383573
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan 24 (MENA) - Two moderate earthquakes shook southwest Haiti on Monday, killing two people and damaging homes as it created panic and prompted schools and businesses to close. A magnitude 5.3 quake at 8:16 a.m. (1316 GMT) ....
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UK Covid cases up by 88,447
Date: 2022-01-24 21:25:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:9383574
LONDON, Jan 24 (MENA) - Britain's Covid outbreak could be rebounding already, with infections now creeping back up after the Omicron crisis seemingly fizzled out, The Daily Mail reported. UK Health Security Agency bosses on Monday logged 88,447 ....
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British PM orders inquiry into Nusrat Ghani ‘Muslimness’ sacking claims
Date: 2022-01-24 19:25:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:9383471
LONDON, Jan 24 (MENA) - Boris Johnson has ordered a formal inquiry into allegations by the Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked as a minister after being told her “Muslimness” was “making colleagues uncomfortable”, the Guardian ....
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine would be 'bloody and painful' for Putin: UK PM
Date: 2022-01-24 19:25:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9383472
LONDON, Jan 24 (MENA) - Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "painful, violent and bloody business" for Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned as Britain withdrew its diplomats from Kyiv. The UK was "leading on creating a ....
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One person dead, several others wounded in shooting at German university
Date: 2022-01-24 14:56:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:63 - ID:9383099
BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - A lone gunman injured several people in a shooting in an auditorium at the University of Heidelberg, in south west Germany on Monday, police, quoted by CNN, said. A police spokesman said that the perpetrator, ....
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Global conditions "ideal" for more Covid variants to emerge - WHO chief
Date: 2022-01-24 14:07:45 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:54 - ID:9382669
GENEVA, Jan 24 (MENA) - WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the “acute phase” of the Covid-19 global health crisis can be finished this year if countries globally use strategies and tools in a comprehensive way. As the world ....
