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India reports 25,920 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2022-02-18 07:09:16 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9423805
NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (MENA) - India reported 25,920 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 42,780,235, according to data released by the health ministry on Friday. The ministry said that 492 new virus-linked deaths ....
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S. Korea's daily COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000
Date: 2022-02-18 07:08:13 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:9423804
SEOUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 on Friday for the first time since the pandemic began about two years ago as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads rapidly, Yonhap news agency reported. The ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 419 million
Date: 2022-02-18 07:05:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9423864
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 419 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....
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Ukraine accuses Russian-backed separatists of attacking eastern borders
Date: 2022-02-17 22:55:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:113 - ID:9423691
KIEV, Feb 17 (MENA) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has accused Russian-backed separatists of using a tank to carry out artillery fire in eastern Ukraine, adding that authorities had, as of 3 p.m. local time, “tallied 42 instances of ....
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WHO announces partnership with EIB to support health systems in Africa
Date: 2022-02-17 20:08:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:107 - ID:9423553
GENEVA, Feb 17 (MENA) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussed Thursday with President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Werner Hoyer the WHO-EIB initiative aiming at promoting an innovative impact investment that will ....
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US Defense Secretary: Russian steps don't show they are 'ready to pack up and go home'
Date: 2022-02-17 20:06:57 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:106 - ID:9423606
BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that a series of steps Russia has taken near the Ukrainian border do not suggest that Moscow is "ready to pack up and go home" despite its claims of drawing down ....
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UN urges all parties in Ukraine to refrain from steps in violation of Minsk accords
Date: 2022-02-17 19:28:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:105 - ID:9423554
NEW YORK, Feb 17 (MENA) – The United Nations called on all parties to the crisis in eastern Ukraine to avoid any unilateral measures that would violate the Minsk Agreements. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told a UN ....
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EU commission president: We should work for building joint trust with African partners
Date: 2022-02-17 17:29:47 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:91 - ID:9423232
BRUSSELS, Feb 7 (MENA) - European Union (EU) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed the importance of building joint trust between the European Union (EU) and African partners. In her speech before the EU-African Union (AU) summit ....
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Europe mobilized its capabilities to help Africa to produce Covid-19 vaccines - European Council chief
Date: 2022-02-17 16:15:40 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:78 - ID:9423192
BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (MENA) - Europe has mobilized its capabilities over the past period in order to help Africa in producing Covid-19 vaccines, affirmed European Council President Charles Michel. Speaking during the sixth European Union–African ....
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‘Strengthened int'l cooperation’ needed for safe, regular migration: UN chief
Date: 2022-02-17 13:58:19 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:63 - ID:9422663
NEW YORK, Feb 17 (MENA) - “Migration is a fact of life” and a “positive phenomenon” that enriches societies and economies, Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly, launching his second report on the Global Compact for Safe, ....
