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  • The Queen tests positive for Covid

    Date: 2022-02-20 19:03:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9428412

    LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch is experiencing "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue "light duties" at Windsor over the coming week, the palace said as quoted ....

  • Unvaccinated patients’ death rate higher than those with booster shots, says Khairy

    Date: 2022-02-20 19:00:42 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:83 - ID:9428408

    KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 (MENA) - The death rate for unvaccinated Covid-19 patients is significantly higher compared to those who have completed their vaccinations and those with booster shots, Bernama news agency reported. According to data of ....

  • UK records 25,696 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-02-20 18:01:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:9428258

    LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) - Another 25,696 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the UK, bringing the total caseload to 18,605,752 cases, Sky News reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, a further 74 deaths have been reported, bringing the UK’s official ....

  • 'Leave Ukraine if...' India tells its citizens amid Russian invasion threat

    Date: 2022-02-20 17:32:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:68 - ID:9428292

    KIEV, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Indian Embassy in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday asked its nationals, whose stay is not essential, to leave the country temporarily amid high levels of tensions on borders. “In view of the continued high levels of ....

  • Macron, Ukrainian president discuss security situation in Donbas

    Date: 2022-02-20 17:26:47 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:67 - ID:9428208

    KYIV, Feb 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday held phone talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the latest security developments in Donbas. "I informed Macron about the current security situation and new ....

  • Pakistani PM to visit Russia Wednesday

    Date: 2022-02-20 11:13:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9427381

    MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - Preparations for the visit of Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan are underway, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, reported TASS News Agency Sunday. "The visit will take place on February 23-24," the ....

  • Japan's top envoy, NATO chief agree to cooperate on Ukraine

    Date: 2022-02-20 10:18:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:9427358

    TOKYO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has agreed with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to cooperate in their efforts to ease tensions over Ukraine, noting they are warily watching Russia's actions with grave ....

  • Australia to welcome tourists for first time in nearly two years amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Date: 2022-02-20 10:17:31 GMT - Australia - World - SN:31 - ID:9427344

    CANBERRA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline, CNA reported. "The wait ....

  • Kiev forces shell six areas in DPR, including Donetsk

    Date: 2022-02-20 10:16:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:9427321

    MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - The armed forces of Ukraine shelled six populated areas in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, including its largest city of Donetsk late on Saturday and early on Sunday, the DPR mission to the Joint Center for ....

  • ICRC calls on sides to spare critical civilian infrastructure in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2022-02-20 10:01:27 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:27 - ID:9427168

    GENEVA, Feb 20 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on sides to spare critical civilian infrastructure in eastern Ukraine, again putting certain key essential services at risk of coming to a full stop, the ICRC said in ....

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