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US army chief phones his Russian counterpart
Date: 2022-02-12 08:41:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:9413114
MOSCOW, Feb 12 (MENA) - Top US General Mark Milley spoke by telephone on Friday with his Russian counterpart General Valery Gerasimov, the Pentagon said, amid US warnings that Russia is poised to potentially invade Ukraine, NDTV reported. ....
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Canada urges its nationals to leave Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-12 08:09:42 GMT - Canada - World - SN:10 - ID:9413117
OTTAWA, Feb 12 (MENA) - The Canadian government is urging its nationals still in Ukraine to leave the country now over ongoing Russian threats and the danger of the eruption of an armed dispute. "As we continue to work closely with our partners ....
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Pandemic's 'acute phase' could end by midyear: WHO
Date: 2022-02-11 22:04:21 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:82 - ID:9412953
CAPE TOWN, Feb 11 (MENA) - Head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday the acute phase of the coronavirus pandemic could end this year if around 70 percent of the world gets vaccinated. Ghebreyesus was speaking ....
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UK, Norway join US in urging nationals to leave Ukraine immediately
Date: 2022-02-11 20:37:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:9412915
LONDON, Feb 11 (MENA) - Britain and Norway have joined the US in urging their nationals in Ukraine to leave the country as soon as possible amid fears of a Russian invasion, euronews reported. Britain's Foreign Office said on Friday evening that ....
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Taiwan — EMSC
Date: 2022-02-11 20:12:50 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:79 - ID:9412886
TAIPEI CITY, Feb 11 (MENA) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Taiwan on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km, EMSC said. (MENA) K F E/R R N ....
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Japan urges nationals to leave Ukraine over crisis
Date: 2022-02-11 18:38:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:74 - ID:9412801
TOKYO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Japan's Foreign Ministry on Friday advised Japanese citizens in Ukraine to leave the Eastern European country immediately as Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border, Kyodo news agency reported Friday. The ministry ....
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UK records 58,899 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-02-11 17:47:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:9412738
LONDON, Feb 11 (MENA) - Another 58,899 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the UK, Sky News reported on Friday. The latest daily figure compares with 66,638 cases reported on Thursday. Meanwhile, a further 193 deaths have been reported ....
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S. Korea, US, Japan discuss ways to engage with N. Korea
Date: 2022-02-11 17:42:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:70 - ID:9412728
SEOUL, Feb 11 (MENA) - The top nuclear negotiators of South Korea, Japan and the United States discussed ways to engage with North Korea in what they called very "productive" and "substantive" discussions held here in Honolulu on Thursday, Yonhap ....
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UNHCR: Two journalists, number of Afghan nationals arrested in Kabul
Date: 2022-02-11 17:28:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:9412737
KABUL, Feb 11 (MENA) - Two journalists on assignment with UNHCR and a number of Afghan nationals working with them have been detained in Kabul," Sky News quoted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as saying. The UNHCR said in a ....
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Kerry urges world to take actions to combat marine pollution
Date: 2022-02-11 17:16:15 GMT - France - World - SN:65 - ID:9412067
BREST, France, Feb 11 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry urged on Friday the world to go beyond words and take actions to combat marine pollution, France24 reported. Addressing the "One Ocean" summit in Brest city of ....
