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Canada to offer Ukraine over $95-million loan
Date: 2022-01-21 19:22:56 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:60 - ID:9378680
KYIV, Jan 21 (MENA) - Canada will offer Ukraine a loan of up to $95.6 million and is looking at other ways to support Kyiv as a crisis with Russia deepens, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. "Russia is aiming to destabilize ....
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Switzerland ready to host another Russia-US summit - President
Date: 2022-01-21 18:02:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:9378657
GENEVA, Jan 21 (MENA) - Switzerland is ready to host another high-level summit between Russia and the United States to promote peace and stability, President Ignazio Cassis said. Cassis met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US ....
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Blinken: Any Russian invasion of Ukraine would be met with severe response
Date: 2022-01-21 15:46:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:50 - ID:9378485
GENEVA, Jan 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that any Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "met with a severe and a united response". Following his meeting Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in the latest ....
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Kuwait registers 4,809 new Covid-19 cases, one fatality
Date: 2022-01-21 15:38:25 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:49 - ID:9378486
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 4,809 new Covid-19 infections, 4,299 recoveries, and a single death were reported in the last 24 hours. The ministry's official spokesman Dr. Abdullah al-Sanad said in a ....
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Scholz to meet Macron on Tuesday in Berlin
Date: 2022-01-21 13:35:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:38 - ID:9378335
BERLIN, Jan 21 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will receive French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to the Federal Chancellery on Tuesday, the deputy spokeswoman for the federal government, Christiane Hoffmann said Friday. The two ....
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Blinken: US committed to path of diplomacy, dialogue with Russia
Date: 2022-01-21 13:27:50 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:37 - ID:9378145
GENEVA, Jan 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped a 90-minute meeting Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, the fourth time in recent days that US and Russian officials have engaged in direct talks, Voice ....
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5.6 magnitude earthquake hits northeastern India
Date: 2022-01-21 12:37:55 GMT - India - World - SN:32 - ID:9378224
NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (MENA) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was reported near Champhai in Mizoram this afternoon, with tremors being felt in Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, and North Bengal. The quake struck at a depth of 60 km from the surface, NDTV said ....
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UK, Germany share deep concern over Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-21 09:51:27 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:9377912
BERLIN, Jan 21 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, discussing their concern over Russia’s actions towards Ukraine, with Britain stressing the need for NATO allies to act together in ....
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Germany reports 140,160 new Covid cases, 170 deaths
Date: 2022-01-21 09:31:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:20 - ID:9377867
BERLIN, Jan 21 (MENA) - The confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Germany have risen by 140,160 in the past 24 hours to 8,460,546, according to data released Friday by the Robert Koch Institute. Some 170 patients died due to complications of the ....
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Japan records 46,197 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-01-21 09:18:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9377853
TOKYO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Japan registered 46,197 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 2,017,531, the Japanese health ministry said on Friday. The ministry added that 12 coronavirus-linked deaths were recorded, pushing the ....