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Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 58
Date: 2022-02-16 20:03:16 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:110 - ID:9421725
BRASILIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 58, ABC News quoted local authorities as saying Wednesday. The city of Petropolis was ....
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US warns Russia against recognizing Ukraine breakaway regions independent
Date: 2022-02-16 20:02:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:9421676
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - The US State Department denounced Wednesday a move by Russian legislators to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk People's republics, two Russian-supported breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, as independent, VOA ....
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Japan to cut isolation period for some overseas arrivals to 3 days
Date: 2022-02-16 19:25:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:107 - ID:9421683
TOKYO, Feb 16 (MENA) - The isolation period for people entering Japan from destinations categorized as low risk for infection with the omicron coronavirus variant will be reduced from seven days to three from March, according to sources, who said ....
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Lt. Col. Damiba sworn in as Burkina Faso's new president
Date: 2022-02-16 17:12:48 GMT - Burkina Faso - World - SN:91 - ID:9421506
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 16 (MENA) - Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday. The swearing-in ceremony was broadcast live on Burkina Faso's public television RTB. Damiba, head of the Patriotic ....
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Singapore reports 16,883 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
Date: 2022-02-16 16:25:06 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:81 - ID:9421370
SINGAPORE, Feb 16 (MENA) - Singapore reported 16,883 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday, comprising 16,689 local and 194 imported infections, Channel News Asia reported. There were also 13 fatalities, the highest number since Dec 5. This ....
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Western media tried hard to trigger war in Ukraine — Russian Foreign Ministry
Date: 2022-02-16 15:42:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:9421233
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Western mass media went to great lengths trying to trigger real war in Ukraine, but all their content has nothing to do with the reality, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on ....
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Italian FM heads for Moscow
Date: 2022-02-16 15:10:52 GMT - Italy - World - SN:68 - ID:9421097
ROME, Feb 16 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will head for Moscow on Wednesday to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, carried by Italian Aki news agency that Di Maio's ....
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Makei: Belarus-China relations may advance to a higher level
Date: 2022-02-16 14:22:05 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:59 - ID:9420977
MINSK, Feb 16 (MENA) – Belarus and China are considering a possibility to advance bilateral relations to a higher level, BelTA reported, quoting Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei as saying at a press conference on Wednesday. “We are now ....
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Putin, Bolsonaro launch talks in Kremlin without additional anti-COVID measures
Date: 2022-02-16 14:21:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:9420851
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted on Wednesday his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro at the Kremlin. The conversation is taking place without additional social distance - the two leaders are sitting next to each ....
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US, Canada probe efforts to urge Russia de-escalate aggression against Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-16 10:48:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:9420342
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - US and Canada discussed efforts meant to urge Russia to de-escalate and choose diplomacy regarding Ukraine, said the US Department of State in a statement published on its website Wednesday. During a phone call ....
