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  • US denies visa to Russian cosmonaut planning to train in US

    Date: 2022-01-22 13:27:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9379665

    MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - The United States denied an entry visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub, who was to undergo training at NASA's Johnson Space Center, a source familiar with the situation told TASS on Saturday. "Without explaining its ....

  • Japan's SDF plane delivers water to Tonga

    Date: 2022-01-22 13:18:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:9379650

    TOKYO, Jan 22 (MENA) - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircraft has delivered a load of drinking water to volcano-stricken Tonga, NHK reported. Japan's Defense Ministry says a C-130 transport plane arrived at Tonga's main airport on Saturday ....

  • UN urges Taliban to provide info on whereabouts of two missing women activists

    Date: 2022-01-22 10:50:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:9379360

    KABUL, Jan 22 (MENA) - The United Nations on Saturday expressed concern over the disappearance of two Afghan women activists who were allegedly abducted from their houses in Kabul and urged the Taliban to provide information on their whereabouts, ....

  • Russia reports new record of daily coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-01-22 09:46:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9379170

    MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed 57,212 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 11,044,986, the highest daily count since the pandemic hit the country, according to Sputnik news agency. The Federal ....

  • Mexico reports 49,906 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-01-22 09:33:21 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:17 - ID:9379134

    MEXICO CITY, Jan 22 (MENA) - Mexico reported 49,906 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, according to data released by the country's health ministry on Saturday. This brings the total number of the virus cases in Mexico to 4,595,589, ....

  • Philippines reports 30,552 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-01-22 09:17:06 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:16 - ID:9379095

    MANILA, Jan 22 (MENA) - Some 30,552 new coronavirus cases were reported in the Philippines over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 3,387,524, according to ABS-CBN channel on Saturday. Data from the Department of Health showed that the ....

  • Germany reports 135,461 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-01-22 08:05:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:9379028

    BERLIN, Jan 22 (MENA) - Germany reported 135,461 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to 8,596,007, according to data released by Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Saturday. The virus claimed 179 ....

  • India reports 337,704 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-01-22 07:28:05 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:9378987

    NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (MENA) - India reported 337,704 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 38,903,731, according to data released by the health ministry on Saturday. The ministry said that 488 new virus-linked deaths ....

  • M6.6 quake hits southwestern, western Japan

    Date: 2022-01-22 06:47:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:3 - ID:9378944

    TOKYO, Jan 22 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 rattled southwestern and western Japan early Saturday, leaving more than 10 injured but no tsunami waves were triggered, the weather agency and local authorities said. The focus of the ....

  • WH on possible evacuation in Ukraine: US always conducts contingency planning

    Date: 2022-01-21 22:06:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:9378851

    WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) - Washington conducts rigorous contingency planning if a security situation worsens in any country, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a press briefing when asked about plans to evacuate US citizens from ....

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