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Curfew extended in Kazakhstan’s Taraz amid mass riots
Date: 2022-01-07 21:28:50 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:73 - ID:9355901
NUR-SULTAN, Jan 7 (MENA) - Curfew has been extended in Kazakhstan’s city of Taraz from seven in the evening to seven in the morning and the alarm level has been raised to Red due to mass riots, the Khabar-24 television channel reported on Friday, ....
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S.Korea condemns Houthis’ seizure of UAE-flagged vessel
Date: 2022-01-07 20:19:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:71 - ID:9355866
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) – The Korean government condemned on Friday the Houthis’ seizure on January 2 of a United Arab Emirates-flagged vessel off the coast of Hudaydah, Yemen. In a press release, the South Korean Foreign Ministry also urged the ....
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Putin spoke by phone with CSTO counterparts on Kazakhstan - Kremlin
Date: 2022-01-07 20:04:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9355822
MOSCOW, Jan 7 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his counterparts in CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) over the past two days to discuss the situation in Kazakhstan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ....
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Trump’s ‘non-woke’ Twitter alternative plans to launch February 21
Date: 2022-01-07 17:17:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:9355659
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Trump Media and Technology Group, former President Donald Trump’s new company, indicated Thursday it’s planning to launch a social media platform February 21, more than a year after Trump was banned from Facebook and ....
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Belgium suffers record COVID cases, adapts quarantine strategy
Date: 2022-01-07 17:09:42 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:61 - ID:9355598
BRUSSELS, Jan 7 (MENA) – Belgian kindergartens, primary and secondary schools will reopen fully from January 10 despite an ongoing resurgence of new Covid-19 cases, said Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. "We are going to have a difficult few ....
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South Korea disputes North Korea's claim of hypersonic missile test
Date: 2022-01-07 17:06:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:60 - ID:9355699
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - South Korea dismissed North Korea’s claim to have recently launched a hypersonic missile as an exaggeration on Friday, saying it was a normal ballistic missile that could be intercepted, Yonhap news agency reported. The ....
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Japan, US vow more defense cooperation to counter Chinese threat
Date: 2022-01-07 16:52:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:57 - ID:9355677
TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - The United States and Japan on Friday voiced strong concern about China's growing might in unambiguous terms and pledged to work together against attempts to destabilize the region, Kyodo news agency reported. The comments ....
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France plans to ease travel rules for Britons
Date: 2022-01-07 16:39:22 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:54 - ID:9355666
BRUSSELS, Jan 7 (MENA) - The French government has announced that the travel restrictions imposed against travelers from the United Kingdom will soon be eased, euronews reported. After the cabinet meeting, which was held yesterday, on January 5, ....
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Japan declares quasi-emergency for 3 prefectures
Date: 2022-01-07 15:54:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:49 - ID:9355583
TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - Japan imposed stricter coronavirus measures in response to a spike in cases. The government has declared a quasi-emergency in three prefectures where the virus is quickly spreading, NHK reported on Friday. Japanese Prime ....
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103 coronavirus cases among UN staff in Geneva since November
Date: 2022-01-07 15:19:29 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:44 - ID:9355502
GENEVA, Jan 7 (MENA) - The United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said that since November 2021, there had been 103 new cases of COVID-19 among United Nations staff in Geneva, bringing the total since the onset of the pandemic to 441 ....
